Retaliatory violence grips Bangladesh weeks after Hasina’s resignation
Since Hasina stepped down on August 5, there have been increasing incidents of violence against members of her party and symbols of the Liberation War.
Arshad Nadeem’s rare triumph in Olympics gives Pakistan an opportunity to address structural issues
Given its failure to prioritize social sector investments and its complete negligence of sports, it took Pakistan over seven decades to win its first individual Olympic gold medal
South Korea and US will hold yet another joint military exercise explicitly aimed at North Korea
The number and scale of joint military exercises involving the US and South Korea have increased recently, giving credence to claims made by North Korea and China that the countries intend to launch an Asian NATO
US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered amid growing threat of nuclear war
US bombings of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 of 1945 are the only incidents of nuclear bombings in world history
Iran reiterates its resolve to punish Israel for violating its sovereignty
Last week Israel assassinated Hamas’ political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran when he was visiting to attend the swearing-in of the newly elected president Masoud Pezeshkian
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court scraps most of government job quota amidst widespread protests and violence
Over 140 people including students were killed in the days of clashes between the protesters demanding curtailment of quota in government jobs and security forces
Police intensify repression of student protests in Bangladesh
On Thursday, the Sheikh Hasina government announced that it is ready to start negotiation with the students demanding reforms in the quota system for government jobs.
Six protesters killed amid quota reform protests in Bangladesh, government calls for universities to close
Thousands of students from universities across the country have been protesting for weeks demanding the abolition of the 30% quota for the descendants of country’s freedom fighters and other reforms in the recruitment for government jobs.