Hyped as a visit to secure $5 billion in loans and strengthen ties, PM Hasina’s trip to Beijing ended on a sour note, with her leaving a night early…reports Asian Lite News
The verdict, delivered on Sunday, comes after weeks of violent protests – led predominantly by students – that led to over 100 casualties…reports Asian Lite News Following protests that resulted into the
The neighbouring nation has been witnessing widespread protests for weeks over the reintroduction of reservation in government jobs…reports Asian Lite News The Bangladesh government has imposed a curfew and a shoot-on-sight order
Students have been demonstrating since the beginning of July against a rule that reserves a bulk of government jobs for the descendants of those who fought in the country’s 1971 liberation war…reports
Death toll reportedly rose to 39; protesters set fire to a building of the state broadcaster, BTV; the nation experienced widespread mobile internet outages…reports Asian Lite News Violence in Bangladesh intensified on
Bangladesh indefinitely closed all educational institutions on Wednesday following deadly clashes between students and police as campus protests against job quotas spread across the country….reports Asian Lite News The Bangladesh government has
Hasina’s recent visit to China, from July 8-10, 2024, yielded limited results despite significant media hype. The meeting between Hasina and Chinese President Xi Jinping lasted only 30 minutes, indicating a lack
Ian Martin, an English human rights activist who witnessed the early days of the conflict in Dhaka, highlighted the importance of remembering these events despite their relative obscurity in the West…reports Asian
The visit did not lead to any significant progress on economic issues Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to China appears to fall short on both optics and substance with no
Member States agreed that the 7th NSA level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave will be held in India later this year…reports Asian Lite News Bangladesh was officially welcomed on Wednesday as