<div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0ITBLG_0unovrMY00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0ITBLG_0unovrMY00" width="450" height="300" ><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> (Reuters) - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation is a "possibility", the AFP news agency reported on Monday citing a senior aide, after days of deadly unrest in the country. (Reporting by Shivam Patel in New Delhi) </div>

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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

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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country on Monday, the army chief said, a day after nearly 100 people were killed in clashes with the police as protesters demanded she step down. In an address to the nation, army chief Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman said...

Bangladesh prime minister is ousted after weeks of deadly protests

At least 90 people were killed in Bangladesh on Sunday, amid worsening clashes between police and anti-government protesters. The unrest comes as student leaders have declared a campaign of civil disobedience to demand that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down. Thirteen police officers were killed when thousands of people attacked...

Bangladesh clashes: 90 killed in anti-government protests

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — New protests erupted in Bangladesh on Friday, leaving two people dead and more than 100 injured — the latest in a wave of unrest that killed more than 200 people last month in violent demonstrations following weeks of rallies over controversial reforms in the job quota system.

New protests in Bangladesh kill 2, keeping pressure on the government after 200 died in violence

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(Reuters) - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation is a \"possibility\", the AFP news agency reported on Monday citing a senior aide, after days of deadly unrest in the country.

Bangladesh PM Hasina's resignation a 'possibility', AFP reports, citing aide

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(Reuters) - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation is a "possibility", the AFP news agency reported on Monday citing a senior aide, after days of deadly unrest in the country.

Bangladesh PM Hasina's resignation a 'possibility', AFP reports, citing aide

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