Simon Fraser Asia editor, BBC News website Getty Images Last year’s violence was the worst Bangladesh had seen since its 1971 war of independence Up to 1,400 people were killed in last year’s anti-government protests in Bangladesh, most of them by security forces, the United Nations estimates. UN human rights investigators accuse the deposed government…
Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Editor Protesters set fire to Sheikh Hasina’s house on Wednesday evening Protesters in Bangladesh have vandalised and set fire to the former family home of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as those of other members of her party. The unrest was sparked by news that Hasina would address the…
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the leader of the caretaker government in Bangladesh, announced on Monday that the former palace of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina will be converted into a museum to commemorate the revolution that ousted her. Nobel laureate and chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government Muhammad Yunus (4L) as he tours the battered Gonobhaban…
