Wave of attacks overnight also targeted houses and businesses belonging to Hasina’s Awami League supporters. Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh have demolished and set fire to the home of the country’s founding leader, as his daughter, ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, delivered a fiery social media speech calling on her supporters to stand against…
Hundreds of Bangladeshi protesters smashed down buildings connected to ousted former leader Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, hours after students with excavators began demolishing a museum to her father. The museum and former of home of Hasina’s late father, Bangladesh’s first president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, had been set on fire last year during the student-led revolution…
Revolutions often end badly. Bangladesh’s autocratic leader, Sheikh Hasina, was overthrown by student-led protests in August. Muhammad Yunus, a microfinance pioneer and Nobel peace laureate who now leads a caretaker government, has restored order. The police are mostly back in their posts, having abandoned them when Sheikh Hasina, who had ordered them to shoot and…
Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Dhaka on Saturday, demanding protection for Hindus and other minorities who have experienced violence and threats following Sheikh Hasina‘s removal from power in August.Rally organizers called on the interim government to establish legislation protecting minorities and ensure minimum minority representation in governance, along with additional requests.“It’s deeply regrettable that the…