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Protesters postpone re-demarcation movement in Faridpur

The All-Party Unity Council in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Tuesday postponed the ongoing movement until Saturday demanding re-demarcation of parliamentary constituencies, threatening tougher programmes from Sunday if their demands are not met.

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Nepal interim ministers sworn in after protests

Nepal’s new interim prime minister unveiled her first ministers Monday, as the Himalayan nation seeks to restore order after deadly youth-led anti-corruption protests that ousted the previous government...

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Sushila Karki takes oath as Nepal PM

Nepal’s former chief justice Sushila Karki was sworn in Friday to lead the transition as the country’s next prime minister after deadly anti-corruption protests ousted the government.

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Sushila Karki named as next Nepal PM

The former chief justice of Nepal, Sushila Karki, has been appointed to lead the transition as the country’s next prime minister after deadly protests ousted the government, the president’s office said Friday.

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Protests grip France as new PM takes office

France’s new prime minister Sebastien Lecornu was set to take office on Wednesday as protesters took to the streets in a show of grassroots opposition to President Emmanuel Macron, sparking clashes with police and dozens of arrests.

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Indonesia replaces finance min after protests

Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto on Monday removed finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in a cabinet reshuffle following deadly anti-government protests across the country.

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Turkey protests erupt over opposition ouster

Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters gathered outside the Istanbul branch of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party on Monday, just days after a court ousted its leadership and appointed a replacement, an AFP correspondent said.

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Rights group says 10 killed in Indonesia protests

At least 10 people were killed during violent protests in Indonesia last week, a rights group said on Wednesday, one of several organisations to report fatalities due to the unrest...

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BAU student protests on

The students of Bangladesh Agricultural University continued their protests for the fourth day running on Wednesday by blocking some administrative offices of the university, following an alleged attack on them on August 31...

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Serbia president vows response after days of unrest

Serbia’s president on Sunday vowed a ‘strong’ response to anti-government protests, after nearly a week of violent clashes involving his supporters, police and demonstrators across the country...

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CUFL workers stage protests in Ctg for pay hike

Workers and employees of the Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Company Limited at Anwara upazila in Chattogram staged a protest rally on Thursday, demanding an end to disparity in pay structure...

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15 RMG factories closed early amid protests

Authorities at 15 garment factories at Ashulia of Savar on Thursday declared a day off for the workers after protests erupted at a nearby factory to demand payment of arrear wages, said an Industrial Police official...

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BGMEA seeks data on losses in NBR protests

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association urged its members to submit details of financial losses caused by the ‘complete shutdown’ programme observed by employees of the customs, VAT, and tax departments...

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Trump seeks $1b from University of California over UCLA protests

President Donald Trump demanded a massive $1 billion fine from the prestigious University of California system on Friday as the administration pushed its claims of anti-Semitism in UCLA’s response to 2024 student protests related to Gaza...

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Road home, back to office

I MOSTLY head home from the office and back to the office from home, which has been a routine for long but for a few erratic days when I have ventured out in other directions, mostly before and after work hours. But it gradually became challenging, risky too, to shuttle between the office and home, let alone darting out here and there even when the need was pressing as violence broke out with student protests...

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Slogans on posters

A LOOK into the newspaper photo morgue, basically an array of directories sequentially numbered by date on the server in this digital era, where photojournalists — Md Sourav and Sony Ramani in the case of ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· — rest their day’s work, might weave a pattern of an event that broke out over days. This might also tell a story. The photographs of the student protests...

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No complete list of July martyrs, wounded as yet troubling

THIS is unfortunate that the interim government, which assumed office after the overthrow of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024 in an uprising that began on July 1 that year as student protests against civil service job reservations, has yet to comprehensively enlist all who died and became wounded at the hand of law enforcers who were aided by the...

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100 students injured in secretariat clash

Over 100 protesting students and 16 members of the security forces were injured as the students entered the Bangladesh secretariat bypassing security barricades and locked into clashes with the Bangladesh Army and police in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday, demanding mainly the resignation of the education adviser and the secretary for their alleged failure...

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Death of student sparks protests at IU

Students of Islamic University in Kushtia staged a demonstration on Saturday, demanding a fair investigation and justice for their fellow student whose body was found floating in a pond on the campus...