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Topic: Dhaka

In Dhaka, protests are ‘season’s flavour’. School students, rickshaw pullers, Ansar all seek ‘change’

Students, govt employees & others in Bangladesh are demanding ‘reforms’ or removal of superiors with alleged loyalty to former PM Hasina. But many are ‘opportunists’, officials say.

‘Will do everything to restore democracy’: Sheikh Hasina’s son dismisses asylum rumours

When asked about former PM's plans of returning to politics, Wazed refrained from making definitive comments adding that such questions must be directed to Hasina.

Hindu homes attacked, actor lynched, library gutted in Bangladesh. The crisis could spill over to India

Amid rising violence in Bangladesh, people are divided on whether it's politically or religiously motivated. Experts say change of guard in the troubled country could be bad news for India.

Sheikh Hasina will return to Bangladesh after interim government calls for elections, says son

A caretaker government led by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in Thursday, it will be tasked with holding elections.

Renowned Bangladeshi musician Rahul Ananda’s home in Dhaka attacked, 3,000 instruments destroyed

Adjacent to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house, Ananda’s home was visited by French President Emmanual Macron in 2023. The musician and his family have fled to an undisclosed location.

New Delhi needs to distance itself from Sheikh Hasina to show willingness to move on

Unlike other leaders, Sheikh Hasina resisted the electoral temptation to mobilise voters around ‘India out’ campaigns. Hence, Delhi found it difficult to ditch her when she was losing domestic support in recent years.

Two former Hasina govt ministers try to flee, detained at Dhaka airport, says Bangladeshi media

Ex-foreign minister Mohd Hasan Mahmud & ex-IT minister Junaid Ahmed Palak were stopped at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Palak is reported to have tried to flee to Delhi.

Sheikh Hasina has fled Bangladesh. India needs new allies in Great Game East

Hasina kept a lid on homegrown Islamic terror in Bangladesh. Her government also made significant efforts to prevent the smuggling of arms to Indian separatist groups.

Interim govt to run Bangladesh, says army chief after PM Hasina resigns, flees country

General Waker-Uz-Zaman said he had met representatives of all top political parties. He appealed to demonstrators to remain calm, trust the military.

Sheikh Hasina reached out to India for safe passage, now on her way to London

Sheikh Hasina, it is learnt, was offered military chopper by Bangladesh Army to ferry her from her official residence, which was stormed by protesters moments after she left Dhaka.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.