Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Al Jazeera has obtained new video footage suggesting Bangladesh’s government is hiding the true death toll from recent violence, what protesters call the “Seige of Dhaka”. According to official figures, eleven people died in fighting between police and protesters from Hifazat-e-Islam, an Islamic group, on…… Read More
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe In 1971, Bangladesh declared independence from Pakistan and fought a bloody war to establish itself as a fledgling nation. More than four decades on, a country born out of troubles and bloodshed is experiencing growing pains. A war crimes tribunal that was meant to bring…… Read More
At least six people have been killed and more than 100 injured in Bangladesh after communal violence erupted over an alleged image of a Quran being desecrated during Hindu Durga Puja celebrations. @Al Jazeera English #BangladeshViolence #BangladeshHindu #AljazeeraEnglish #AlJazeeraNewsfeed… Read More
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe The Bangladeshi war of independence in 1971 left an estimated three million people dead and displaced many more. At the height of the conflict, rape was commonly used as a weapon of violence. Now, 42 years later, some of the victims are trying to seek…… Read More
Attackers have killed at least seven people in an assault on an Islamic seminary in a Rohingya refugee camp on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the Bangladeshi police said. The attackers shot dead some victims and stabbed others with knives, a regional police chief told the AFP news agency on Friday. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe…… Read More
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Opposition leaders in Bangladesh have called for more protests after the government decided to amend a controversial war crimes law. The change allows prosecutors to appeal a life sentence handed down to a prominent opposition leader accused of war crimes. He could face the death…… Read More
Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has gathered evidence linking agents of the Myanmar government to unrest between Muslims and Buddhists. Anti-Muslim violence spread through Myanmar after riots in 2012, rendering more than 100-thousand people from the Rohingya minority homeless. Al Jazeera’s Phil Rees has part two of our exclusive investigation. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow…… Read More
101 East travels to Bangladesh to find out why young girls are often forced to marry men twice their age. In Bangladesh, 13-year-old Beezly Roy is preparing for her wedding. She is to be married the following day. Despite child marriage being illegal, it is not unusual. Almost a third of all Bangladeshi girls marry…… Read More
A notorious highway in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is the site of a shocking trade. Girls as young as 10 are being forced to work as prostitutes – and it’s their own families selling them to passing trucks. The girls are from the Bachara tribe, a low-caste community known as Dalits. Most of…… Read More
Russia has launched a murder investigation after the daughter of pro-Kremlin commentator Alexander Dugin was killed in a car bomb explosion near Moscow. Unverified social media footage appears to show Darya Dugina’s father Alexander at the scene. He’s been dubbed ‘Vladimir Putin’s brain’. Both have supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi has…… Read More
In this episode of Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan challenges Gowher Rizvi, the International Affairs advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, on the state of the country’s democracy and whether it is heading towards authoritarianism. Once one of the poorest countries in the region, Bangladesh’s economy has been booming over the last decade, with…… Read More
Bangladesh’s dowry-related violence: In Bangladesh, a bride’s family is often expected to bring a dowry of money or goods to the marriage. On this edition of 101 East, we ask what is being done to protect women in Bangladesh from dowry-related violence. More from 101 East on: YouTube – http://aje.io/101eastYT Facebook – http://facebook.com/101east Twitter -…… Read More