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Hundreds of people protested in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday against violence targeting the country's minority Hindus since former prime minister Sheikh Hasina quit and fled the country ...
DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and fled the country, as more people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation ...
Venus sculpture in Shashi Lodge (Mymensingh) was destroyed.. On 5 August, the 140-year old home of folk singer Rahul Ananda in Dhanmondi locality of the capital city of Dhaka was torched along with 3,000 handmade musical instruments due to the fire set on Bangabandhu's residence near the home by agitated people shortly after Hasina's resignation. [31]
Three days after her flight, an interim government was formed, with Muhammad Yunus sworn in as Chief Adviser. [10] [3] Following the oath-taking of the interim government, student leader and ICT adviser Nahid Islam announced that a constituent assembly election would be held to draft and adopt a new constitution to resolve the crisis.
The blockade in Shahbagh was supposed to start at 03:00 p.m. but due to rain, the students crossed the police barricade on their way to Shahbagh and started later at 04:30 p.m. [140] Dhaka College students retreated due to police barricades and Dhaka University students joined the students of Jagannath University at Shahbagh. Apart from ...
However, Md Ramzanul Haque Nihad, Managing Director of Amin Mohammad Group, purchased the seventh floor and rented it to a Chinese restaurant named Hakka Dhaka. [18] Further Investigation found that the building had multiple “voids” spaces designed for light and air circulation whiche were closed to expand usable space inside the building. [19]
Chittagong, similar to other cities in Bangladesh, has a predominantly Muslim population, with 87.96% identifying as Muslim and 10.30% as Hindu, according to the 2022 Bangladeshi census. Hazari Lane, the location of the incident, is a historically Hindu-majority area and hosts approximately 150 Hindu jewellery traders at Mia Shopping Center. [1]
Jamuna Television was one of the nine Bangladeshi television channels to sign an agreement with Bdnews24.com to subscribe to a video-based news agency run by children called Prism in May 2016. [12] In December 2018, journalists working for Jamuna Television and Jugantor were attacked in Nawabganj Upazila of Dhaka, injuring 10 people. [ 13 ]