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India: Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said he was closely following the situation in Bangladesh. [413] In its official press briefing, the Ministry of External Affairs described the events as Bangladesh's 'internal matter' and expressed the Indian government's commitment to protect Indian citizens living in Bangladesh.
Students in Bangladesh began a quota reform movement in early June 2024 after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector. The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as July massacre , by the ...
Awami League men set fire to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party office. [38] The home of Shamsul Hoque Tuku, deputy speaker of Bangladesh Parliament, was vandalized. [2] The home of Hosne Ara, a Member of Parliament, was burned and looted during the violence. [44] Two Jubo League leaders were murdered in Bogura District. [41]
Inside Bangladesh it’s being dubbed a Gen Z revolution – a protest movement that pitted mostly young student demonstrators against a 76-year-old leader who had dominated her nation for decades ...
Reports that Hasina had stepped down circulated before Bangladesh army chief Waker-uz-Zaman confirmed the news in an address to the nation at 4 p.m. local time, prompting widespread jubilation ...
The situation worsened when Ansar members forced their way into the Secretariat, chanting slogans and demanding that their demands be met. [14] Around 9.00 PM , a group of students marched from Dhaka University TSC to the Secretariat and were met with bricks and stones thrown by Ansar members, leading to 40 injuries, including Hasnat Abdullah.
Quota system was first introduced in 1972 after the independence of Bangladesh in government jobs. At that time, 20% of the merit list was allocated, 40% was district-wise, 30% was allotted to family members of freedom fighters who participated in the freedom struggle of Bangladesh, and 10% was allotted to war-affected women. [13]
Bangladesh, being situated on the Brahmaputra River Delta (also known as the Ganges Delta) is a land of many rivers, and as a result, is very prone to flooding. Due to being part of such a basin and being less than 5 meters above mean sea level, Bangladesh faces the cumulative effects of floods due to water flashing from nearby hills, the accumulation of the inflow of water from upstream ...