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In Bangladesh, 56% of government jobs are reserved for various quotas. Women have a 10% reservation, 10% is for people from underdeveloped districts, 5% for indigenous communities and 1% for ...
A court in Bangladesh’s capital Thursday allowed police to interrogate two journalists in their custody for four days in connection with the murder of a garment worker, who joined recent student ...
Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing opposition party supporters blocking major roads in the capital Dhaka on Saturday to demand the prime minister’s resignation.
A preliminary report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published on 16 August 2024 stated that more than 400 fatalities were reported nationwide between 16 July and 4 August, mainly due to violence carried out by state forces such as the Bangladesh Police, RAB, BGB and Army, as well as the Chhatra League ...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, who visited Bangladesh in October 2024, also raised concerns about attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. [8] After that rally at Laldighi Maidan, Mahmudur Rahman , the chief editor of Dainik Amar Desh , gave an anti-ISKCON speech in an event in Dhaka : [ 4 ]
From January to October 2022, excessive rainfall and widespread monsoon flooding occurred in the South Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It has become the region's deadliest floods since 2020 , with over 4,700 people dead.
The United States is concerned about reports of intimidation and political violence during protests in Bangladesh over the weekend against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, State Department ...
Heavy rains battered Bangladesh beginning in early July, with the monthly rainfall in Cox's Bazar reaching 585 mm (23.0 in) by July 14. [1] Hundreds of makeshift tents collapsed in the Kutupalong and Nayapara refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. At least two children drowned in floods and 40,000 families were affected in the camps.