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The Latest Breaking News from Hasina

Former PM’s son returns from exile as frontrunner to lead Bangladesh in new year

Tarique Rahman returns after 17 years in self-imposed exile to lead his party in February’s elections

The Independent UK

Please Don't Kill Me': Deepu Chandra Das' Chilling Final Moments in Viral Bangladesh Attack Caught On Video

Dipu Chandra Das lynching in Bangladesh over blasphemy sparks outrage as viral video shows Hindu worker's pleas to police before mob beats and burns him

International Business Times UK

Takeaways from the AP's report on the impact of aid cuts on Rohingya children in Bangladesh

Severe foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of schools and youth training centers in camps for Rohingya in Bangladesh and crippled child protection programs

The Independent UK

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Kidnapped, married off, robbed of hope: US aid cuts contribute to exploitation of Rohingya children

The Independent UK

A look at some world leaders who have fled uprisings

Many international leaders have been forced to flee their countries or have gone into hiding during uprisings to avoid incarceration or retaliation

The Independent UK

From Colombo to Kathmandu, the furious youth movements toppling entrenched elites

Talk of revolution in the coffee shops of Nepal increased after protest movements across south Asia

The Guardian - UK

Pakistan FM holds talks with Bangladeshi officials during ‘historic’ visit

Pakistan and Bangladesh are expected to sign several agreements, including on trade as the two nations move closer.

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‘I’m collateral damage’: ex-minister Tulip Siddiq on her Bangladesh corruption trial

Exclusive: MP and niece of ousted Bangladesh prime minister says allegations against her are ‘completely absurd’

The Guardian - UK

Bangladeshis Cling To Protest Dreams A Year After Revolution

The memory of Bangladeshi police with shotguns twice blasting the young protester beside him still haunts Hibzur Rahman Prince, one year after a revolution that has left the country mired in turmoil.

International Business Times

‘People see government as the enemy’: Bangladesh’s interim leader on the legacy of a toxic system

A year after a student-led revolt unseated Sheikh Hasina, Muhammad Yunus is fighting to convince both sides of politics to agree to reform

The Guardian - UK

Feminist professor loses job after Islamist group demands her removal

Nadira Yeasmin says she was transferred to an administrative post 300km from the capital after writing articles calling for women to have equal property rights

The Independent UK

Bangladesh Top Court Acquits Islamist Leader On Death Row: Lawyer

Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday overturned a conviction against a key leader of the country's main Islamist party, who had been on death row since being sentenced under the regime ousted last year.

International Business Times

Bangladesh stares at crisis as interim leader ‘threatens to quit’ over lack of reform progress

Muhammad Yunus ‘feels trapped between demands from political camps and growing public impatience’

The Independent UK

Pressure mounts on Bangladesh’s interim leader to hold elections as former premier returns

Khaleda Zia’s party sees her return after treatment in UK as a step towards restoring democracy

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The Guardian - UK

Tulip Siddiq decries Bangladesh arrest warrant as ‘politically motivated smear’

Former City minister denies allegations she received land illegally from her aunt, the ousted PM Sheikh Hasina

The Guardian - UK

MPs think they may have been targets of ‘disinformation’ over Bangladesh inquiry

Group received emails about Ahsan Mansur, the central bank official investigating money laundering allegations

The Guardian - UK

Muhammad Yunus on picking up the pieces in Bangladesh after ‘monumental’ damage by Sheikh Hasina’s rule

Yunus is facing a huge security challenge as some police refuse to return to their posts, gang crime is rife and tensions simmer with the country’s army chief

The Guardian - UK

Building a ‘second republic’: students who led Bangladesh revolution launch political party

Jatiya Nagorik party, popular among the country’s vast youth, could shift electoral landscape but needs to show democratic, secular credentials

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The Independent UK

UN says Sheikh Hasina’s crackdown on protesters may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’

UN human rights body report says grounds to believe Awami League government carried out extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and torture

International Business Times

Bangladesh Student Revolutionaries' Dreams Dented By Joblessness

Bangladeshi students braved bullets to overthrow an autocratic government, but six months after the revolution, many say finding a job is proving a harder task than manning the barricades.

The Guardian - UK

Who is Tulip Siddiq, niece of deposed Bangladeshi PM who quit Treasury role?

Former Labour minister’s family background is indelibly bound up with Bangladesh

The Guardian - UK

Videos reveal new incidents of deadly brutality by Bangladesh police

Exclusive: ‘Grotesque’ footage shows previously undocumented incidents on day PM Sheikh Hasina fled country

The Guardian - UK

Charities call for Tulip Siddiq’s resignation from anti-corruption role

Siddiq has referred herself to a watchdog after allegations she lived in homes tied to her aunt’s ousted regime in Bangladesh

Al Jazeera

Medical victims: Indian visa curbs amid Bangladesh tensions hurt patients

India has scaled back visa operations in Bangladesh, hitting thousands of patients who rely on its hospitals for care.

Dynamite News

Iskcon devotees pray for safety of Hindus in Bangladesh

Iskcon devotees on Tuesday joined in prayers in Kolkata for the safety of Hindus and a peaceful 2025 for the minority community which has been facing attacks in Bangladesh since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government. Read further on Dynamite News:

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