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Two months after Cyclone Remal, people are still in shock from the devastation the storm played on their lives. ‘I am literally living in a kind of hell,” says one man, a carpenter who lost the…
Bangladesh
Mass unrest has rocked Bangladesh in July, as students and others demonstrate against quotas for state jobs, and the government responds with deadly repression. In this Q&A, Crisis Group Asia Director Pierre Prakash explains what is…
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In response to recent floods in northern Bangladesh, India and in the Philippines, the EU has approved €2.4 million in humanitarian aid to help the most affected populations. This funding will help provide cash assistance, food,…
Bangladesh
In the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum Ministerial Meeting in Laos on 27 July, I conveyed to the representative of Bangladesh and former Foreign Minister, Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen, MP, my grave concern at the…
Bangladesh
Responding to reports of the arrest and detention of student leaders, protest participants and members of opposition parties following the quota-reform protests, with over 9000 arrests over the weekend in Bangladesh, Smriti Singh, Regional Director for…
Bangladesh
By Harindrini Corea and Nazia Erum July 29, 2024 On 15 July 2024, students of Dhaka University were sitting with placards and flags in a peaceful protest calling for reforms on the quota allocation for government jobs in…
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Situation in Numbers 3 million Children (50 per cent girls) in need of humanitarian assistance (UNICEF HAC 2024) 6.7 million People (51 per cent female, 44 per cent children) in need including refugee and host communities. (UNICEF HAC…
Bangladesh
Les autorités bangladaises continuent de recourir à la force illégale à l’encontre d’étudiant·e·s qui manifestent dans le cadre de la contestation contre la réforme des quotas à travers le pays, tandis que, depuis six jours, Internet…
Bangladesh
Las autoridades de Bangladesh han seguido utilizando la fuerza de forma ilegítima contra manifestantes estudiantiles, en un contexto de seis días de cortes y restricciones a las comunicaciones durante las protestas por la reforma del sistema…
Bangladesh
Thousands of students took to the streets across Bangladesh in early July after a High Court verdict reintroduced controversial quotas in government jobs1 on 5 June. The latest demonstrations come six years after the Awami League…
