Source: United Press International
“At least one person was killed in protests across Bangladesh by supporters of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calling for her to be allowed to return to the country from India where she has been living since being toppled in a popular uprising in 2024. Student activists of Hasina’s banned Bangladesh Chhatra League blocked roads on Tuesday, set vehicles on fire and clashed with police who fired tear gas and rubber bullets, including in Faridpur, 40 miles southwest of Dhaka, where a 60-year-old bus driver was killed after his vehicle was torched. Dozens of improvised explosive devices were reported to have detonated in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh since the Bangladesh Embassy in Delhi rejected an application by Hasina’s lawyers for a new passport and identity card to allow her to return to Bangladesh.” (11/11/26)