Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that during the past five years, there have been two terrorist attacks on pilgrims and 14 casualties were reported.
Hours after Sheikh Hasina, her fierce adversary, was ousted and fled the nation, Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin issued an order for the release of Khaleda Zia, the imprisoned former prime minister and country's prominent opposition figure, reported Al Jazeera.
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said his mother would not make a political comeback as she is "deeply disappointed" by the uprising against her leadership despite her efforts for the betterment of Bangladesh, Dhaka Tribune reported.
Following a severe crisis in the real estate market, foreign investors are restraining themselves from capital investment into commercial properties in China's real estate market, reported Nikkei Asia.
The farmers in Charsadda and other districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan vowed to stand against the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) which plans to construct hydropower projects on irrigation canals within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, The News International reported.
Amid the intensified protest in Bangladesh, Shahjalal International Airport has closed its operations for six hours, reported Bangladesh local media ProthomAlo reported.
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.
The protests in Bangladesh continued on Monday even after it was reported that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana had fled Dhaka for an undisclosed location.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that during the night its warplanes attacked a munitions warehouse and a number of terrorist infrastructures of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the area of Kfarkela in southern Lebanon.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left the country in a military chopper amid rising violence in the nation over quota protests, ProthomAlo reported.
The report stated that more than 90,000 street crimes were reported in Karachi in 2023, in comparison to 80,000 in 2022, showcasing an 11 per cent rise.