Image caption, Bangladeshi students set fire to the country’s state broadcaster on ThursdayArticle information
Author, Anbarasan Ethirajan
Role, South Asia Regional Editor
Bangladesh is in turmoil.
Street protests are not new to this South Asian nation of 170 million people – but the intensity of the demonstrations of the past week has been described as the worst in living memory.
More than 100 people have died in the violence, with more than 50 people killed on Friday alone.
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