Portal:Bangladesh/Bangladesh news

1 September 2024 – 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
The United Nations High Commissioner Office for Human Rights announces that it will deploy a fact-finding team to investigate human rights abuses and human rights violations by government forces during the quota reform movement, after being requested to do so by the interim government of Muhammad Yunus. (The New York Times)
29 August 2024 – 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
Bangladeshi interim health minister Nurjahan Begum says that more than 1,000 people were killed during last month's anti-government protests, making it the bloodiest period in the country's history since the 1971 independence movement. (Al Arabiya)
23 August 2024 – 2024 India–Bangladesh floods
At least 23 people are killed and more than 4.5 million people are affected by floods caused by heavy rains in eastern Bangladesh. (Al Jazeera)
10 August 2024 – 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
Non-cooperation movement
Chief Justice of Bangladesh Obaidul Hassan resigns following an ultimatum from protesters and is briefly succeeded by Md. Ashfaqul Islam on an acting basis. Syed Refat Ahmed is later appointed Chief Justice by President Mohammed Shahabuddin. (AP) (Dhaka Tribune) (Prothom Alo English)