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Bangladesh president dissolves parliament, frees former PM Zia
Bangladesh’s president dissolved parliament on Tuesday, paving the way for the formation of an interim government, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following a violent crackdown on a student-led uprising. A statement from President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s office also said that Hasina’s arch-rival, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister,…
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Bangladesh prime minister resigns after weeks of violent protests
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned, following weeks of student violent protests that left roughly more than 300 people dead, Army chief Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman said on Monday. “An interim government will be formed,” the army chief told a news briefing after a meeting with leaders of different political parties, excluding those from Hasina’s Awami League party. “Justice will be…
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Bangladesh commemorates language movement heroes on International Mother Language Day
On Wednesday, people in Bangladesh honored those who gave their lives in 1952 to support the country’s language movement. Bangladesh’s Central Shaheed Minar is a somber and iconic monument located in the country’s capital city of Dhaka. President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid wreaths at the monument one minute past midnight on this special day. Alongside a…
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