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Friday, September 26, 2025
TopicBangladesh protests

Topic: Bangladesh protests

Bangladesh govt to impose curfew, deploy army, cut mobile services as protests widen

Three people were killed in the country Friday as police cracked down on unrelenting student-led protests against government job quotas despite a ban on public gatherings.

India says violent anti-quota protests in Bangladesh ‘internal matter’. Jaishankar monitoring situation

External affairs ministry says around 8,500 students and 15,000 Indian nationals reside in neighbouring country, clarifies that no Indian national has been killed in the protests.

Bangladesh anti-quota protests now out of control—‘Razakar’ vs dictator debate has split nation

‘If not Hasina, who’ has been a standard response from the PM’s supporters. But now that students say they’d much prefer ‘Razakars’ over a dictator like her, it’s time for the PM to take stock of the narrative.

TV news off air, communications disrupted amidst student protests in Bangladesh

Authorities had cut some mobile services Thursday to try to quell the unrest but the disruption spread across the country Friday morning.

India advises its citizens in Bangladesh to ‘minimise’ movement as Hasina govt grapples with protests

At least 6 have been killed in protests across Bangladesh against Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League administration’s stand on 30% quota for families of freedom fighters in govt jobs.

Bangladesh shuts universities, colleges indefinitely after anti-quota student protests kill 6

Amid high unemployment, students are rallying against 30% reservation in govt jobs for freedom fighters of the 1971 war.

Are Bangladesh youth done with 1971 legacy? Anti-quota student protests question old ideas

Students question why jobs are given to those who flaunt their parents’ sacrifices over their own merit.

BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami violence won’t decide Bangladesh election results—the ballot box will

BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami are parallelly pushing for a ‘caretaker government’ and Sheikh Hasina’s resignation before the 2024 elections.

Why Bangladesh oppn is protesting against Sheikh Hasina govt— price hikes, ‘free and fair polls’

Tens of thousands of protestors, mostly supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, took to the streets Friday and Saturday to demand Sheikh Hasina’s resignation.

Student protests bring Dhaka to a standstill, leave Bangladesh in chaos in election year

A bus accident left two dead, and students took to the streets to protest. Nearly a week later, PM Sheikh Hasina has urged them to ‘go home’.

On Camera

India can’t go one-on-one with Morocco. Move beyond bilateral deals in Africa or get left out

India’s entry into Morocco should not be seen as a direct counter to Pakistan-Saudi Arabia or any singular rivalry. Geopolitics no longer works through straight-line confrontations.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.