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Bangladesh C-130 plane reportedly carrying Sheikh Hasina tracked in Indian
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Agitators in Bangladesh also set fire to the Dhaka district office of Awami League. The agitators started the fire at around 4 pm on Monday. The fire also spread to the gas cylinder shop nearby.
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Amid violence, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina leaves country in Army helicopt
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left the country in a military chopper amid rising violence in the nation over quota protests, ProthomAlo reported.
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"Hope solution be found very quickly, peace return": Shashi Tharoor on Ban
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor expressed hope that a solution be found "very quickly" as a fresh wave of violence gripped Bangladesh leaving at least 93 people dead.
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At least 93 killed, over thousands injured as fresh wave of violence grips
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
At least 93 people were killed as a fresh wave of violence gripped Bangladesh. Over thousands have sustained injuries, many with bullets, the Dailystar reported on Monday.
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76 including 13 police officers killed as fresh protests rock Bangladesh
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Bangladesh Police fired tear gas and lobbied stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of protesters who returned to the streets demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Bangladesh protests: "Govt did not gauge sense of dissatisfaction," says e
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Shedding light on the quota protests in Bangladesh which resulted in a breakout of violence across the country, Former Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that perhaps the government did not gauge the dissatisfaction at various levels, making it a much larger moment than it is.
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Quota reform protesters hold demonstration across Bangladesh
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Students from different universities and colleges held protests against the "detention of six coordinators of the quota reform protest by the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police and forcing them to issue a statement on ending protests.
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Over 6700 Indian students have returned to India from Bangladesh: MEA
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Randhir Jaiswal stated that the Indian High Commission has arranged for the safe and secure travel of Indians to the border crossing points or to the airport, as the case may be.
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"West Bengal not hers alone": Sukanta Majumdar reacts to Mamata Banerjee's
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Majumdar's remarks came in response to Banerjee's offer to shelter Bangladeshi refugees.
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Over 4,500 Indian students have returned to India so far: MEA issues updat
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In the latest update on the return of Indian nationals from violence-hit Bangladesh, the Ministry of External Affairs has said that over 4500 Indian students have returned to India so far.
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Tripura: BSF on "alert" amid widespread violence in Bangladesh
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Bangladesh Supreme Court ruled to slash the quota reserved for relatives of war veterans' from 30 per cent to 5 per cent while allowing 93 per cent to be allocated based on merit and the remaining 2 per cent will be earmarked for members of ethnic minorities, transgender individuals, and the
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Canada "deeply concerned" by escalation of violence following protests in
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The protests in Bangladesh have been driven by demands for reform of the country's quota system for civil service jobs, which reserves positions for specific groups, including descendants of those who participated in the 1971 War of Independence against Pakistan.
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