Bangladesh

Authorities cut some mobile internet services to quell anti-quota protests that have killed at least 12 people this week.

Protesters set the headquarters of Bangladesh's main state broadcaster ablaze on Thursday after riot police retreated there after firing rubber bullets.

Incensed crowd facing riot police set BTV building on fire as students demand end to discriminatory job quotas.

Media reports from Bangladesh say 19 more people have died in clashes between police and student protesters attempting to impose a “complete shutdown” of ...

Bangladesh has been gripped by violence this week after relentless clashes between student protesters, security officials and pro-government student ...

The country is confronting some of its most violent unrest in years over a controversial job quota system. By Christina Lu, a reporter at Foreign Policy ...

Students have been demonstrating for weeks against a quota system for government jobs they say favors allies of the ruling party.

DHAKA: Bangladeshi students set fire to the country's state broadcaster on Thursday (Jul 18) as protests against civil service hiring rules escalated, ...

Dozens of people have died since the violence erupted, and hundreds more have been injured. Bangladesh police officers wearing riot gear carry a man by the arms ...

Thirteen people were killed as thousands of students armed with sticks and rocks clashed with armed police in Dhaka on Thursday, the worst day of violence ...

Telecommunications were widely disrupted in Bangladesh on Friday amid violent student protests against quotas for government jobs in which nearly two dozen ...

Huge protests across Bangladesh escalated into deadly violence this week with clashes between students, pro-government supporters and armed police fueling ...

Internet and mobile services were cut off in Bangladesh on Friday following days of violent protests over the allocation of government jobs, with local ...

Anger over job quotas highlights deep economic distress in world's second-largest garment exporter.

Internet, mobile phone and TV broadcast services were cut off in Bangladesh Friday after days of violent anti-government protests, which killed at least 28 ...

Death toll expected to rise amid violence that has seen government buildings torched and telecommunications disrupted.

Television news channels were off the air and telecommunications were widely disrupted amid violent student protests against quotas for government jobs in ...

Protesting students have returned to the streets of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, defying a ban on public rallies following a day of clashes which left ...

Mobile internet access blocked and news broadcasts shut down as students demand end to discriminatory job quotas.

KeepItOn coalition urges authorities in Bangladesh to ensure that people can access open, secure, and unrestricted internet during the ongoing student ...

The websites for PM Hasina's office, Bangladesh's central bank have been hacked amid a telecommunications blackout.

Continued demonstrations over government job quotas see the death toll climb to at least 64 as student protesters attempt a "complete shutdown" of ...

Student protests in Bangladesh have turned violent with dozens of people reportedly killed and hundreds injured in clashes with police.

Internet and mobile services were cut off in Bangladesh on Friday, following days of violent protests over the allocation of government jobs, ...

The rising death toll is a shocking indictment of the absolute intolerance shown by the Bangladeshi authorities to protest and dissent.

Security forces in Bangladesh have fired bullets and tear gas at protesters, as internet and mobile services have been cut off after days of deadly clashes ...

The Bangladesh government is set to intervene as more than 100 people died in violent student protests over...

Bangladesh announces a nationwide curfew and the deployment of military forces after police failed to quell days of deadly unrest spreading throughout the ...