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Bangladesh student protests: Why is the government facing public anger?

by NEWSROOM


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Image caption, Bangladeshi students set fire to the country’s state broadcaster on Thursday

  • 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.

The government has imposed an…



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