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, by BAKHTIAR Mehrab, ISLAM Asad
The collapse of Sheikh Hasina’s government was the culmination of years of frustration over an economy that failed to deliver adequate jobs, exacerbated by an education system that poorly prepared students for the demands of the modern workforce.
Once celebrated as an emerging economic success (…)
, by MAHMUD Noman, UDDIN Jasim
The army and police initiated a joint operation tonight in the industrial zones of Savar, Ashulia, and Gazipur to restore order after more than a hundred apparel factories were forced to shut down, with some being attacked by outsiders and protesting workers over various demands.
According to (…)
, by ALAM Badrul, BKF, Flood Victims Assistance Relief Program Committee
We are publishing below an urgent appeal in support of the victims of the floods that have hit part of Bangladesh. The situation is getting worse all the time. Now the flood covers 4 more districts and the total number of affected districts is 12. The total affected people are 5.6 million. ESSF. (…)
, by Prothom Alo
Rumor Scanner revealed that 72% of the accounts spreading fake and misleading information about communal violence in Bangladesh claimed to be based in India, with over 154 million views across 50 accounts.
Some mainstream media of India and responsible persons are also spreading rumors on (…)
, by DHAR Sushovan
Mass protests in Bangladesh ousted Sheikh Hasina after state repression left hundreds dead. But an interim government headed by microcredit guru Muhammad Yunus can’t be relied on to tackle the dire social problems facing the country’s popular classes.
After fifteen years in power, Bangladesh’s (…)
, by ROBERTS Michael
The overthrow of the Sheikh Hasina’s dictatorial government in Bangladesh by students and the populace last week is a startling outcome of the economic nightmare that many so-called developing economies are experiencing now: stagnant trade, rising debt interest costs and severe austerity being (…)
, by DHAR Sushovan
Mass protests in Bangladesh ousted Sheikh Hasina after state repression left hundreds dead. But an interim government headed by microcredit guru Muhammad Yunus can’t be relied on to tackle the dire social problems facing the country’s popular classes.
After fifteen years in power, Bangladesh’s (…)
, by AHMED Kamal
The Modi government must reckon with Bangladeshi anger over its support for Hasina even as the United States, China and Russia all reassess their approaches to Dhaka
In the hours before Sheikh Hasina fled Gonobhaban, her official residence in Dhaka, on 5 August, Bangladeshi security forces (…)
, by GHOSAL Aniruddha
Jannatul Prome hopes to leave Bangladesh to study more or possibly find a job after she finishes her university degree, frustrated by a system that she says doesn’t reward merit and offers little opportunity for young people.
“We have very limited scope here,” said the 21-year-old, who would (…)
, by MUHAMMAD Anu , PEGU Manoranjan
After weeks of protests in July and August during which the security forces killed hundreds of protesters, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on August 5. Sparked by a deep resentment toward a discriminatory government job quota system that denies young (…)
, by ARAFAT Yeasir
The juxtaposition of calm and chaos, of prayer and destruction, painted a disturbing picture of a moment in history that seemed to be spiralling out of control.
Three weeks before the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh, I found myself amid the swelling crowds of the Students (…)
, by JACQUEMONT Stéphanie
The article below was originally written in French on 5 November 2011. It is available on ESSF (article 23467), Les promesses non tenues du microcrédit : nouvelles preuves à charge, but we had not reproduced its English translation.
The CADTM put it back online on 9 August 2024 with a topical (…)
, by ALAM Badrul
On August 5, at 2:30 pm, Sheikh Hasina resigned from her post as prime minister and fled with some of her Special Security Forces by helicopter to India. She is now in Delhi, and some reports indicate that she wants to go to London for political asylum, but Britain is refusing her entry because (…)
, by TAHMINA Qurratul-Ain
The following piece was published on August 7, 2024, in Prothom Alo, a Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh. Read the original here.
I was in a battery-operated rickshaw at the Green Road intersection in Dhaka. A soft voice requested, “Can I get a lift?” I turned around to see a (…)
, by The Wire (IN)
“We know from past experiences that the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government will not automatically bring about a free and democratic Bangladesh and will not eradicate the possibility of reinstalment of another autocratic regime. Because the possibilities of dictatorial autocracy lie within our (…)
, by HUSSAIN Tabarak
It is unacceptable that prisoners are being denied visitations from their families for over two weeks. On August 3, when we went to see our clients at the Dhaka Central Jail, we were stopped at the jail gate by a security guard named Halim and some other female guards. They tried to turn us away (…)
, by ALAM Shahidul
Sheikh Hasina’s government felt that blaming “jihadists” for the July violence would help them annihilate all opposition but given the level of people’s anger, even this will not quell the protest movement
Editor’s note: Bangladesh has been burning since the beginning of July. Peaceful (…)
, by LI Promise, SILVA Lydia
Protests in Bangladesh began over a quota system that limits access to civil service jobs, but they developed into a wider political challenge after a brutal government crackdown. Now the protesters want justice for the victims of repression.
Students face off with police during a protest to (…)
, by LI Promise, SILVA Lydia
Protests in Bangladesh began over a quota system that limits access to civil service jobs, but they developed into a wider political challenge after a brutal government crackdown. Now the protesters want justice for the victims of repression.
In recent weeks, Bangladesh has seen the (…)
, by DHAR Sushovan
Repression of student protests in Bangladesh has killed almost 200 people. The protests began over the allocation of government jobs but developed into a wider challenge to a ruling party that’s out of touch and increasingly authoritarian.
The recent protest movement by the students in (…)
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