Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Younis said on Tuesday he was ready to head a caretaker government, a day after the army took control after mass protests forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee. Microfinance pioneer Younis, 84, is credited with lifting millions of people out of poverty – earning the enmity of the ousted Hasina…
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday rolled back most of the controversial quotas in government jobs that sparked violent protests. Under the quota system, 30% of sought-after jobs are reserved for the descendants of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s 1971 war for independence from Pakistan — to which many of the country’s contemporary political elites belong….
At least 13 people were killed and hundreds injured in the clashes on Thursday Police fight with protesters, fire tear gas Some mobile internet services are temporarily down. The minister says that the government is ready to talk to the students. Thirteen people were killed in Dhaka on Thursday when thousands of students armed with…