The Independent

 The head of Bangladesh's interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, says the high-profile resignations of authorities close to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are legal after student leaders who organized protests against Hasina’s government issued ultimatums for them to quit.“Legally ... all the steps were taken,” Yunus, 83, told a group of journalists Sunday night.The country’s chief justice, five justices and central bank governor have all resigned in the past few days, part of a dramatic transformation after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a mass uprising. Hasina resigned and fled to India...

Bangladesh interim leader Yunus says resignations of officials close to the ousted Hasina are legal

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s prime minister of 15 years, has fled the country after protesters demanding that she step down stormed her residence on Monday.Ms Hasina, 76, reportedly handed over the country’s reins to the military before flying out in a helicopter to India, her strongest ally, bringing to an ignominious end her iron-fisted rule.Bangladesh, a country of 160 million people, plunged into turmoil in late June when Ms Hasina’s government launched a crackdown on mainly student protesters demanding the rollback of a contentious quota system for government jobs. The crackdown saw dozens of protesters killed, many more injured and thousands...

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CBS News

Dhaka — The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest. At least 174 people have died, including several police officers, according to a separate AFP count of victims reported by police and hospitals. What began as demonstrations against politicized admission quotas for sought-after government jobs snowballed last week into some of the worst unrest of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's tenure. A curfew was imposed and soldiers deployed across the South Asian country, and a nationwide internet blackout drastically restricted the flow...

More than 170 dead, thousands jailed after week of unrest in Bangladesh

Reuters

(Reuters) - With Muhammad Yunus in charge, Bangladesh may see much-needed reforms and investment in its telecoms sector given the caretaker government leader's knowledge of the industry, according to one of the country's leading mobile operators.

Muhammad Yunus may bring reforms to Bangladesh telecoms, mobile operator says

 Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus has declared that his first priority is to secure law and order after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina left the country in a “complete mess”.The Nobel laureate economist is the face of the South Asian country’s new leadership, having taken over as chief adviser of the interim government after a street agitation forced Ms Hasina, who ruled with an iron fist for 15 years, to flee to India. Mr Yunus has described the agitation, driven by students, as a “revolution”.   “Law and order is the first priority so that people can sit...

Interim leader Muhammad Yunus says Bangladesh is a mess but at least ‘the monster is gone’

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have urged sanctions on Bangladeshi officials under Sheikh Hasina who recently quit as prime minister and fled, while the U.S. government has formally welcomed the appointment of a new caretaker government there. An interim government, led by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad...

US Senators Demand Sanctions on Bangladesh Crackdown Leaders

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have urged sanctions on Bangladeshi officials under Sheikh Hasina who recently quit as prime minister and fled, while the U.S. government has formally welcomed the appointment of a new caretaker government there.

Some US lawmakers urge sanctions on Bangladeshi officials over rights abuses

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Claims U.S. Sought Control Over Bay of Bengal. Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused the United States of orchestrating her removal from office and eventual exile, citing her refusal to surrender sovereignty over St. Martin Island as the catalyst for Washington’s actions. The small but strategically significant island, located in the northeastern Bay of Bengal, has become a focal point in Hasina’s allegations, which suggest that the U.S. sought to use the island to gain influence in the region.

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 Exiled Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has called for an investigation into the killing of hundreds of students during street protests that toppled her government earlier this month.In a statement posted on X by her son Sajeeb Wazed, Ms Hasina sought “a thorough investigation to identify and bring to justice those responsible for these heinous killings and acts of sabotage”.She is herself facing a murder investigation by the interim government over the fatal police shooting of a man during the protests.“Students, teachers, police officers—including pregnant women—journalists, cultural activists, workers, leaders, activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations,...

Sheikh Hasina breaks silence after fleeing Bangladesh: ‘I seek justice from the people of this nation’

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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Within a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out Sheikh Hasina were directing Dhaka’s traffic. Decked out in neon vests, their university IDs slung around their necks, they clutch sticks and umbrellas to wave cars this way and that, filling the void after police went on strike. They stopped drivers, checking their licenses and telling them off for not wearing their seatbelts. Some opened trunks of cars they deemed could belong to officials from the previous government, looking for smuggled riches. Within a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out Sheikh Hasina were directing Dhaka’s traffic. (AP video shot by Al Emrun Garlon and Shonal Ganguly) Students have not only manned roads, two who led the charge against Hasina are settling into the interim government they ushered in just a few days after she resigned and fled to India in a military helicopter. 

Students who ousted Hasina are helping lead Bangladesh, from the streets to the ministries

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Upheaval in Bangladesh is 'a hugely positive occasion,' says professor

After \"economic mismanagement\" by Bangladesh's previous leadership, the country's...

After "economic mismanagement" by Bangladesh's previous leadership, the country's...

Upheaval in Bangladesh is 'a hugely positive occasion,' says professor

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