Bangladesh

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus becomes head of interim government in Bangladesh<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//02//12//bangladeshs-protest-crackdown-may-be-crime-against-humanity-says-un/">Bangladesh's protest crackdown may be crime against humanity, says UN <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Yunus has committed to all these things and more, and he\u2019s been rightly lauded for it. The Economist ranked Bangladesh Country of the Year in 2024, and its new leader graced the front cover of Time magazine. <\/p>\n<p>But his biggest challenge is rebuilding Bangladesh\u2019s economy in the face of rising commodity prices and lacklustre growth. <\/p>\n<h2>Help Bangladesh rebuild its democracy<\/h2>\n<p>In his effort to retrieve Bangladesh\u2019s stolen billions, Yunus faces significant odds. One of Bangladesh\u2019s richest businessmen, Mohammed Saiful Alam, is threatening the new government with international legal action over the asset freezes and travel bans imposed by Dhaka as part of efforts to retrieve stolen billions. <\/p>\n<p>Alam and his associates in turn are accused of siphoning money out of the banking system with the help of military intelligence officials, the FT reported. <\/p>\n<p>If the EU seriously wants to help Yunus and the new Bangladesh, it should get tough on those who created this economic crisis with years of misrule, corruption, and theft.<\/p>\n<p>It would also remind Bangladeshis that Europe and the UK have a moral compass defined by our commitment to democracy, fairness and human rights. So often, the EU is accused \u2014 and not always unfairly \u2014 of being mealy-mouthed in its commitment to those values. <\/p>\n<p>It is easy to call for human rights from EU offices in Brussels and Luxembourg, our old, established democracies. In Bangladesh, Yunus is trying to build a new one. We must help him.<\/p>\n<p><em>Muddassar Ahmed is Managing Partner at Unitas Global Advisory. He is a former independent adviser to the UK Government and a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1738684476,"updatedAt":1739480599,"publishedAt":1739469785,"firstPublishedAt":1739469785,"lastPublishedAt":1739469785,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/03\/02\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_568c3efd-2068-52e5-8c44-0bbaf9314f6b-9030206.jpg","altText":"University students shout slogans during a protest to demand justice for the victims killed in deadly clashes and ask for their campuses to be opened, in Dhaka, July 2024","caption":"University students shout slogans during a protest to demand justice for the victims killed in deadly clashes and ask for their campuses to be opened, in Dhaka, July 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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PROTEST DEATHS UN","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Bangladesh's protest crackdown may be crime against humanity, says UN ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Bangladesh's protest crackdown may be crime against humanity, says UN ","titleListing2":"Bangladesh's protest crackdown may be crime against humanity, says UN ","leadin":"As many as 1,400 people were killed, mostly by the country's security services, in demonstrations last summer against the now ousted leader Sheikh Hasina.","summary":"As many as 1,400 people were killed, mostly by the country's security services, in demonstrations last summer against the now ousted leader Sheikh Hasina.","keySentence":"","url":"bangladeshs-protest-crackdown-may-be-crime-against-humanity-says-un","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/02\/12\/bangladeshs-protest-crackdown-may-be-crime-against-humanity-says-un","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Bangladesh\u2019s former government could be guilty of crimes of humanity, after its crackdown on protests last summer left as many as 1,400 people dead, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has said. \n\nThe student-led demonstrations against state corruption erupted at the start of July and continued until 15 August, when Sheikh Hasina, the country\u2019s long-serving leader, fled to India. \n\nIn a report published on Wednesday, the OHCHR said that Bangladesh\u2019s intelligence and security services had \u201csystematically engaged\u201d in rights violations during the protests. \n\nMost of the 1,400 people who are thought to have died \u201cwere shot by Bangladesh's security forces\u201d, with up to 13% of them being children, the report said.\n\nIt added that security forces had carried out \"summary executions by deliberately shooting unarmed protesters at point blank range\u201d. \n\nOne of those believed to have been killed extrajudicially is Abu Sayed, a student leader who the report says was shot at least twice during a protest at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur.\n\nThousands more people were injured, and more than 11,700 were detained during the unrest. \n\nA total of 44 officers were killed last summer, according to Bangladesh Police. \n\nUN Human Rights Chief Volker T\u00fcrk said the state\u2019s brutal response to the protests was \u201ca calculated and well-coordinated strategy\u201d by Hasina\u2019s government to cling onto power. \n\n\u201cThere are reasonable grounds to believe hundreds of extrajudicial killings, extensive arbitrary arrests and detentions, and torture, were carried out with the knowledge, coordination and direction of the political leadership and senior security officials as part of a strategy to suppress the protests,\u201d he said. \n\nT\u00fcrk said accountability and justice were essential for Bangladesh\u2019s future.\n\nThe OHCHR investigation was requested by Mohammad Yunus, a Nobel prize winner, who currently leads Bangladesh\u2019s interim government. \n\nAfter the publication of the UN report, Yunus called on all state employees to hold to account anyone who had broken the law. \n\nThe message came as OHCHR warned that it would not be easy to bring about reform, as employees appointed by the previous government could attempt to block change.\n\n\u201cMany officials and people who had served or been appointed under the previous regime continue to function,\u201d said Rory Mungoven, the head of the OHCHR's Asia-Pacific region.\n\nLast week, protesters destroyed the house in Dhaka where Hasina\u2019s father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, declared the country\u2019s independence from Pakistan in 1971. \n\nThey were angered by Hasina\u2019s decision to give a speech from India that aimed to grow her support within Bangladesh. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Bangladesh\u2019s former government could be guilty of crimes of humanity, after its crackdown on protests last summer left as many as 1,400 people dead, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has said. <\/p>\n<p>The student-led demonstrations against state corruption erupted at the start of July and continued until 15 August, when Sheikh Hasina, the country\u2019s long-serving leader, fled to India. <\/p>\n<p>In a report published on Wednesday, the OHCHR said that Bangladesh\u2019s intelligence and security services had \u201csystematically engaged\u201d in rights violations during the protests. <\/p>\n<p>Most of the 1,400 people who are thought to have died \u201cwere shot by Bangladesh's security forces\u201d, with up to 13% of them being children, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>It added that security forces had carried out \"summary executions by deliberately shooting unarmed protesters at point blank range\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>One of those believed to have been killed extrajudicially is Abu Sayed, a student leader who the report says was shot at least twice during a protest at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands more people were injured, and more than 11,700 were detained during the unrest. <\/p>\n<p>A total of 44 officers were killed last summer, according to Bangladesh Police. <\/p>\n<p>UN Human Rights Chief Volker T\u00fcrk said the state\u2019s brutal response to the protests was \u201ca calculated and well-coordinated strategy\u201d by Hasina\u2019s government to cling onto power. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are reasonable grounds to believe hundreds of extrajudicial killings, extensive arbitrary arrests and detentions, and torture, were carried out with the knowledge, coordination and direction of the political leadership and senior security officials as part of a strategy to suppress the protests,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>T\u00fcrk said accountability and justice were essential for Bangladesh\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>The OHCHR investigation was requested by Mohammad Yunus, a Nobel prize winner, who currently leads Bangladesh\u2019s interim government. <\/p>\n<p>After the publication of the UN report, Yunus called on all state employees to hold to account anyone who had broken the law. <\/p>\n<p>The message came as OHCHR warned that it would not be easy to bring about reform, as employees appointed by the previous government could attempt to block change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9035346,8639224\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//02//06//protesters-destroy-family-home-of-bangladeshs-ousted-leader-sheikh-hasina/">Protesters destroy family home of Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//08//nobel-laureate-muhammad-yunus-becomes-head-of-interim-government-in-bangladesh/">Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus becomes head of interim government in Bangladesh<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cMany officials and people who had served or been appointed under the previous regime continue to function,\u201d said Rory Mungoven, the head of the OHCHR's Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, protesters destroyed the house in Dhaka where Hasina\u2019s father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, declared the country\u2019s independence from Pakistan in 1971. <\/p>\n<p>They were angered by Hasina\u2019s decision to give a speech from India that aimed to grow her support within Bangladesh. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1739375748,"updatedAt":1739377308,"publishedAt":1739377275,"firstPublishedAt":1739377275,"lastPublishedAt":1739377275,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/05\/10\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_76362559-75f4-51c3-b6bb-c21e03ceecc1-9051070.jpg","altText":"People carry an injured protester in a cycle rickshaw to a hospital after he was shot at by the police during a protest against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. ","caption":"People carry an injured protester in a cycle rickshaw to a hospital after he was shot at by the police during a protest against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. 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Her critics accuse her of widespread human rights abuses, suppressing dissent and corruption during her authoritarian regime. \n\nDemonstrators had threatened to destroy the house in Dhaka \u2014 which had been home to Hasina's late father and Bangladesh\u2019s independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and later turned into a museum \u2014 unless the deposed prime minister cancelled a speech she planned to make to her supporters from exile. \n\nAs Hasina began speaking on Wednesday, protesters started to attack the house. They later brought a crane and an excavator to help with the building\u2019s demolition. \n\nHasina\u2019s father was assassinated in the house in 1975, four years after he used the spot to formally declare Bangladesh\u2019s independence from Pakistan.\n\nSome of her supporters have gathered at the site since she was deposed last year. \n\nHasnat Abdullah, a student leader, said on Facebook on Wednesday that \"tonight Bangladesh will be freed from the pilgrimage site of fascism\".\n\nProtesters at the site chanted slogans criticising India, which has not responded to Bangladesh\u2019s requests for Hasina\u2019s extradition. \n\nWhile the building was being destroyed, Hasina called on the country to resist the interim government led by the Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, alleging that it had assumed power by \"unconstitutional\" means.\n\n\"They do not have the power to destroy the country's independence with bulldozers. They may destroy a building, but they won't be able to erase the history,\" Hasina said of the protesters. \n\nHer speech marked the start of a month-long campaign to gain support by her Awami League political party. \n\nHouses and businesses belonging to Hasina\u2019s supporters were targeted overnight, according to the country's leading English-language Daily Star. \n\nBefore she resigned and fled the country, Hasina's security forces killed hundreds of people amid a crackdown on protests. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh set fire to the former family home of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday night as she gave a speech on social media urging her supporters to resist the country's interim government. <\/p>\n<p>Hasina, who ruled the country for 15 years, fled to India in August after being toppled by a popular student-led uprising. Her critics accuse her of widespread human rights abuses, suppressing dissent and corruption during her authoritarian regime. <\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators had threatened to destroy the house in Dhaka \u2014 which had been home to Hasina's late father and Bangladesh\u2019s independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and later turned into a museum \u2014 unless the deposed prime minister cancelled a speech she planned to make to her supporters from exile. <\/p>\n<p>As Hasina began speaking on Wednesday, protesters started to attack the house. They later brought a crane and an excavator to help with the building\u2019s demolition. <\/p>\n<p>Hasina\u2019s father was assassinated in the house in 1975, four years after he used the spot to formally declare Bangladesh\u2019s independence from Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Some of her supporters have gathered at the site since she was deposed last year. <\/p>\n<p>Hasnat Abdullah, a student leader, said on Facebook on Wednesday that \"tonight Bangladesh will be freed from the pilgrimage site of fascism\".<\/p>\n<p>Protesters at the site chanted slogans criticising India, which has not responded to Bangladesh\u2019s requests for Hasina\u2019s extradition. <\/p>\n<p>While the building was being destroyed, Hasina called on the country to resist the interim government led by the Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, alleging that it had assumed power by \"unconstitutional\" means.<\/p>\n<p>\"They do not have the power to destroy the country's independence with bulldozers. They may destroy a building, but they won't be able to erase the history,\" Hasina said of the protesters. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8629952,8639224\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//05//bangladesh-pm-resigns-and-flees-after-weeks-of-unrest-reports-claim/">Bangladesh PM resigns and flees after weeks of unrest, reports claim<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//08//nobel-laureate-muhammad-yunus-becomes-head-of-interim-government-in-bangladesh/">Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus becomes head of interim government in Bangladesh<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Her speech marked the start of a month-long campaign to gain support by her Awami League political party. <\/p>\n<p>Houses and businesses belonging to Hasina\u2019s supporters were targeted overnight, according to the country's leading English-language Daily Star. <\/p>\n<p>Before she resigned and fled the country, Hasina's security forces killed hundreds of people amid a crackdown on protests. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1738838285,"updatedAt":1738860823,"publishedAt":1738840745,"firstPublishedAt":1738840745,"lastPublishedAt":1738840745,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/03\/53\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6425bc43-00d9-56fc-b02b-654116bea7ad-9035346.jpg","altText":"Demonstrators destroy Sheikh Hasina's house in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 6 February, 2025. 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Yunus also condemned any violence since Hasin\u2019s resignation on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0\n\n\u201cViolence is our enemy. Please don\u2019t create more enemies. Be calm and get ready to build the country,\u201d Yunus said. \u00a0\n\nYunus will be sworn in as interim leader on Thursday night, according to the Bangladeshi military chief Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman.\u00a0\n\n\u00a0The military leader said that those responsible for violence since Hasina\u2019s resignation would be brought to justice. \u00a0\n\nYunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his work developing microcredit markets.\u00a0\n\n\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to going back home and seeing what\u2019s happening there,\u201d he told reporters in Paris, \u201cAnd howe we can organise ourselves to get out of the trouble that we are in.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\n\nAsked when elections would be held, he put his hands up as if to indicate it was too early to say. \u00a0\n\n\u201cI\u2019ll go and talk to them. I\u2019m just fresh in this whole area.\u201d\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Bangladesh\u2019s incoming interim leader Muhammad Yunus appealed for calm on Wednesday, urging parties to help the country rebuild after weeks of violence killed hundreds and prompted the Prime Minister to resign and fled to India.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yunus, a Nobel peace laureate, was in Paris to spectate the Olympics when he was named interim leader following talks amongst civic leaders, military leaders and the student activists who led the protests against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina \u2013 who was viewed as increasingly autocratic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yunus made his first public comments in Paris before boarding a plane to Bangladesh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He congratulated the student protestors, saying they had made \u201cour second Victory Day possible,\u201d and appealed to them to remain peaceful. Yunus also condemned any violence since Hasin\u2019s resignation on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence is our enemy. Please don\u2019t create more enemies. Be calm and get ready to build the country,\u201d Yunus said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yunus will be sworn in as interim leader on Thursday night, according to the Bangladeshi military chief Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The military leader said that those responsible for violence since Hasina\u2019s resignation would be brought to justice. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his work developing microcredit markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to going back home and seeing what\u2019s happening there,\u201d he told reporters in Paris, \u201cAnd howe we can organise ourselves to get out of the trouble that we are in.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked when elections would be held, he put his hands up as if to indicate it was too early to say. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll go and talk to them. 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him.","keySentence":"","url":"protesters-who-toppled-hasina-want-nobel-laureate-muhammad-yunus-to-lead-bangladesh","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/08\/06\/protesters-who-toppled-hasina-want-nobel-laureate-muhammad-yunus-to-lead-bangladesh","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus should head Bangladesh's interim government, a key organiser of the country's student protests said a day after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned.\n\nThe country's figurehead president and the military chief said on Monday that an interim government would be formed soon.\n\nNahid Islam, the organiser, said in a video post on social media that student protest leaders have already talked with Yunus, who consented to take over considering the present situation of the country.\n\nYunus, who called Hasina's resignation the country's \"second liberation day\", faced several corruption accusations and was put on trial during the former prime minister's rule. \n\nHe received the Nobel in 2006 after he pioneered microlending \u2014 granting small loans to people or businesses that might otherwise not qualify for such loans \u2014 and he said the corruption charges against him were motivated by vengeance.\n\nIslam said the student protesters would announce more names for the government, and it would be a difficult challenge for the current leadership to ignore their choices.\n\n'Transitional moment on our democratic path'\n\nHasina resigned and fled the country on Monday after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence and other buildings associated with her party and family.\n\nHer departure threatened to create even more instability in the densely populated South Asian nation already dealing with a series of crises, from high unemployment to corruption to climate change. Amid security concerns, the main airport in Dhaka, the capital, suspended operations.\n\nViolence just before and after her resignation left at least 109 people dead and hundreds of others injured, according to media reports, which could not be independently confirmed. \n\nMore than a dozen were reportedly killed when protesters set fire to a hotel owned by a leader of Hasina's party in the southwestern town of Jashore. More violence at Savar, just outside Dhaka, at least 25 people died, the reports said. Another 10 people died in Dhaka's Uttara neighbourhood.\n\nMilitary chief General Waker-uz-Zamam said he was temporarily taking control of the country, and soldiers tried to stem the growing unrest. \n\nMohammed Shahabuddin, the country's figurehead president, announced late on Monday after meeting with Waker-uz-Zamam and opposition politicians that parliament would be dissolved and a national government would be formed as soon as possible, leading to fresh elections.\n\nSpeaking after the embattled leader was seen in television footage boarding a military helicopter with her sister, Waker-uz-Zaman sought to reassure a jittery nation that order would be restored. Experts, though, warned the road ahead would be long.\n\nThe main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party urged people on Tuesday to exercise restraint in what it said was a \"transitional moment on our democratic path\".\n\n\"It would defeat the spirit of the revolution that toppled the illegitimate and autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina if people decide to take the law into their own hands without due process,\" Tarique Rahman, the party's acting chairman, wrote on social media platform X.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, the United Nations human rights chief, Volker T\u00fcrk, said the transition of power in Bangladesh must be \"in line with the country's international obligations\" and \"inclusive and open to the meaningful participation of all Bangladeshis\".\n\nHundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets waving flags and cheering to celebrate Hasina's resignation. But some celebrations soon turned violent, with protesters attacking symbols of her government and party, ransacking and setting fires in several buildings.\n\n\"This is not just the end of the tyrant Sheikh Hasina, with this we put an end to the mafia state that she has created,\" declared Sairaj Salekin, a student protester, on the streets of Dhaka.\n\nBloodshed and outrage\n\nProtests began peacefully last month as frustrated students demanded an end to a quota system for government jobs that they said favoured those with connections to the prime minister's Awami League party. \n\nBut amid a deadly crackdown, the demonstrations morphed into an unprecedented challenge to Hasina, highlighting the extent of economic distress in Bangladesh, where exports have fallen and foreign exchange reserves are running low.\n\nWaker-uz-Zaman promised that the military would investigate a crackdown that had left nearly 300 people dead since mid-July, some of the country's worst bloodshed since the 1971 War of Independence, and which had fuelled outrage against the government.\n\nNearly 100 people, including 14 police officers, were killed Sunday, according to the country's leading Bengali-language daily newspaper, Prothom Alo. At least 11,000 people have been arrested in recent weeks.\n\n\"Keep faith in the military. We will investigate all the killings and punish the responsible,\" he said.\n\nThe military wields significant political influence in Bangladesh, which has faced more than 20 coups or coup attempts since independence in 1971. However, it was not clear if Hasina's resignation or the military chief's calls for calm would be enough to end the turmoil.\n\nThroughout the day, people continued to pour into and out of Hasina's official residence, where they set fires, carried out furniture and pulled raw fish from the refrigerators. They also massed outside the parliament building, where a banner reading \"justice\" was hung.\n\nCrowds also ransacked Hasina's family\u2019s ancestral home-turned-museum where her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman \u2014 the country's first president and independence leader \u2014 was assassinated. They torched major offices of the ruling party and two pro-government TV stations, forcing both to go off air.\n\nHasina, meanwhile, landed at a military airfield near New Delhi on Monday after leaving Dhaka and met India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, the Indian Express newspaper reported. The report said Hasina was taken to a safe house and is likely to travel to the United Kingdom.\n\nThe 76-year-old was elected for a fourth consecutive term in a January vote that was boycotted by her main opponents. Thousands of opposition members were jailed before the polls, and the US and the UK denounced the result as not credible, though the government defended it.\n\nHasina had cultivated ties with powerful countries, including both neighbouring India and China. But relations with the US and other Western nations have been strained over lost civic freedoms in the predominantly Muslim nation of 170 million people.\n\nHer political opponents have previously accused her of growing increasingly autocratic and have blamed the unrest on that authoritarian streak. In total, she served more than 20 years, longer than any other female head of government.\n\nHasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, told the BBC that he doubted his mother would make a political comeback, as she has in the past, saying she was \"so disappointed after all her hard work\".\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus should head Bangladesh's interim government, a key organiser of the country's student protests said a day after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned.<\/p>\n<p>The country's figurehead president and the military chief said on Monday that an interim government would be formed soon.<\/p>\n<p>Nahid Islam, the organiser, said in a video post on social media that student protest leaders have already talked with Yunus, who consented to take over considering the present situation of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Yunus, who called Hasina's resignation the country's \"second liberation day\", faced several corruption accusations and was put on trial during the former prime minister's rule. <\/p>\n<p>He received the Nobel in 2006 after he pioneered microlending \u2014 granting small loans to people or businesses that might otherwise not qualify for such loans \u2014 and he said the corruption charges against him were motivated by vengeance.<\/p>\n<p>Islam said the student protesters would announce more names for the government, and it would be a difficult challenge for the current leadership to ignore their choices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8629952,8628048\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//04//at-least-30-killed-as-violent-protests-rock-bangladesh/">Nearly 100 killed as violent protests rock Bangladesh<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//05//bangladesh-pm-resigns-and-flees-after-weeks-of-unrest-reports-claim/">Bangladesh PM resigns and flees after weeks of unrest, reports claim<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//63//19//78//808x539_cmsv2_53759e64-5b8b-5db1-9be2-fef8d26a889c-8631978.jpg/" alt=\"Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus speaks to the media after he was granted bail by a court in an embezzlement case, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 3, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/384x256_cmsv2_53759e64-5b8b-5db1-9be2-fef8d26a889c-8631978.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/640x427_cmsv2_53759e64-5b8b-5db1-9be2-fef8d26a889c-8631978.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/750x500_cmsv2_53759e64-5b8b-5db1-9be2-fef8d26a889c-8631978.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/828x552_cmsv2_53759e64-5b8b-5db1-9be2-fef8d26a889c-8631978.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1080x720_cmsv2_53759e64-5b8b-5db1-9be2-fef8d26a889c-8631978.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1200x800_cmsv2_53759e64-5b8b-5db1-9be2-fef8d26a889c-8631978.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1920x1281_cmsv2_53759e64-5b8b-5db1-9be2-fef8d26a889c-8631978.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus speaks to the media after he was granted bail by a court in an embezzlement case, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 3, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mahmud Hossain Opu\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>'Transitional moment on our democratic path'<\/h2>\n<p>Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence and other buildings associated with her party and family.<\/p>\n<p>Her departure threatened to create even more instability in the densely populated South Asian nation already dealing with a series of crises, from high unemployment to corruption to climate change. Amid security concerns, the main airport in Dhaka, the capital, suspended operations.<\/p>\n<p>Violence just before and after her resignation left at least 109 people dead and hundreds of others injured, according to media reports, which could not be independently confirmed. <\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen were reportedly killed when protesters set fire to a hotel owned by a leader of Hasina's party in the southwestern town of Jashore. More violence at Savar, just outside Dhaka, at least 25 people died, the reports said. Another 10 people died in Dhaka's Uttara neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>Military chief General Waker-uz-Zamam said he was temporarily taking control of the country, and soldiers tried to stem the growing unrest. <\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Shahabuddin, the country's figurehead president, announced late on Monday after meeting with Waker-uz-Zamam and opposition politicians that parliament would be dissolved and a national government would be formed as soon as possible, leading to fresh elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//63//19//78//808x539_cmsv2_1c65f124-b69d-5695-8048-e0e9f2e00456-8631978.jpg/" alt=\"Protesters climb a public monument as they celebrate the news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina&#39;s resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/384x256_cmsv2_1c65f124-b69d-5695-8048-e0e9f2e00456-8631978.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/640x427_cmsv2_1c65f124-b69d-5695-8048-e0e9f2e00456-8631978.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/750x500_cmsv2_1c65f124-b69d-5695-8048-e0e9f2e00456-8631978.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/828x552_cmsv2_1c65f124-b69d-5695-8048-e0e9f2e00456-8631978.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1080x720_cmsv2_1c65f124-b69d-5695-8048-e0e9f2e00456-8631978.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1200x800_cmsv2_1c65f124-b69d-5695-8048-e0e9f2e00456-8631978.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1920x1281_cmsv2_1c65f124-b69d-5695-8048-e0e9f2e00456-8631978.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protesters climb a public monument as they celebrate the news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina&#39;s resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rajib Dhar\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Speaking after the embattled leader was seen in television footage boarding a military helicopter with her sister, Waker-uz-Zaman sought to reassure a jittery nation that order would be restored. Experts, though, warned the road ahead would be long.<\/p>\n<p>The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party urged people on Tuesday to exercise restraint in what it said was a \"transitional moment on our democratic path\".<\/p>\n<p>\"It would defeat the spirit of the revolution that toppled the illegitimate and autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina if people decide to take the law into their own hands without due process,\" Tarique Rahman, the party's acting chairman, wrote on social media platform X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8591582,8586674\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//07//19//bangladesh-security-forces-fire-at-protesters-demanding-government-jobs/">Bangladesh security forces fire at protesters demanding government jobs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//07//21//bangladeshs-government-extends-nationwide-curfew-and-internet-ban/">Bangladesh's government extends nationwide curfew and internet ban<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In a statement on Monday, the United Nations human rights chief, Volker T\u00fcrk, said the transition of power in Bangladesh must be \"in line with the country's international obligations\" and \"inclusive and open to the meaningful participation of all Bangladeshis\".<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets waving flags and cheering to celebrate Hasina's resignation. But some celebrations soon turned violent, with protesters attacking symbols of her government and party, ransacking and setting fires in several buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is not just the end of the tyrant Sheikh Hasina, with this we put an end to the mafia state that she has created,\" declared Sairaj Salekin, a student protester, on the streets of Dhaka.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.708984375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//63//19//78//808x573_cmsv2_8b91eeba-821f-56a1-9edf-fd03bee15cac-8631978.jpg/" alt=\"Protesters celebrate at the Parliament House premise after news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina&#39;s resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/384x272_cmsv2_8b91eeba-821f-56a1-9edf-fd03bee15cac-8631978.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/640x454_cmsv2_8b91eeba-821f-56a1-9edf-fd03bee15cac-8631978.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/750x532_cmsv2_8b91eeba-821f-56a1-9edf-fd03bee15cac-8631978.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/828x587_cmsv2_8b91eeba-821f-56a1-9edf-fd03bee15cac-8631978.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1080x766_cmsv2_8b91eeba-821f-56a1-9edf-fd03bee15cac-8631978.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1200x851_cmsv2_8b91eeba-821f-56a1-9edf-fd03bee15cac-8631978.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1920x1361_cmsv2_8b91eeba-821f-56a1-9edf-fd03bee15cac-8631978.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protesters celebrate at the Parliament House premise after news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina&#39;s resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Fatima Tuj Johora\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Bloodshed and outrage<\/h2>\n<p>Protests began peacefully last month as frustrated students demanded an end to a quota system for government jobs that they said favoured those with connections to the prime minister's Awami League party. <\/p>\n<p>But amid a deadly crackdown, the demonstrations morphed into an unprecedented challenge to Hasina, highlighting the extent of economic distress in Bangladesh, where exports have fallen and foreign exchange reserves are running low.<\/p>\n<p>Waker-uz-Zaman promised that the military would investigate a crackdown that had left nearly 300 people dead since mid-July, some of the country's worst bloodshed since the 1971 War of Independence, and which had fuelled outrage against the government.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 100 people, including 14 police officers, were killed Sunday, according to the country's leading Bengali-language daily newspaper, Prothom Alo. At least 11,000 people have been arrested in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\"Keep faith in the military. We will investigate all the killings and punish the responsible,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>The military wields significant political influence in Bangladesh, which has faced more than 20 coups or coup attempts since independence in 1971. However, it was not clear if Hasina's resignation or the military chief's calls for calm would be enough to end the turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the day, people continued to pour into and out of Hasina's official residence, where they set fires, carried out furniture and pulled raw fish from the refrigerators. They also massed outside the parliament building, where a banner reading \"justice\" was hung.<\/p>\n<p>Crowds also ransacked Hasina's family\u2019s ancestral home-turned-museum where her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman \u2014 the country's first president and independence leader \u2014 was assassinated. They torched major offices of the ruling party and two pro-government TV stations, forcing both to go off air.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6640625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//63//19//78//808x535_cmsv2_34f1529a-f725-5af4-86c4-1571674516a2-8631978.jpg/" alt=\"Bangladesh&#39;s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 6, 2014.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/384x255_cmsv2_34f1529a-f725-5af4-86c4-1571674516a2-8631978.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/640x425_cmsv2_34f1529a-f725-5af4-86c4-1571674516a2-8631978.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/750x498_cmsv2_34f1529a-f725-5af4-86c4-1571674516a2-8631978.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/828x550_cmsv2_34f1529a-f725-5af4-86c4-1571674516a2-8631978.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1080x717_cmsv2_34f1529a-f725-5af4-86c4-1571674516a2-8631978.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1200x797_cmsv2_34f1529a-f725-5af4-86c4-1571674516a2-8631978.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/1920x1275_cmsv2_34f1529a-f725-5af4-86c4-1571674516a2-8631978.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Bangladesh&#39;s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 6, 2014.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rajesh Kumar Singh\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Hasina, meanwhile, landed at a military airfield near New Delhi on Monday after leaving Dhaka and met India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, the Indian Express newspaper reported. The report said Hasina was taken to a safe house and is likely to travel to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The 76-year-old was elected for a fourth consecutive term in a January vote that was boycotted by her main opponents. Thousands of opposition members were jailed before the polls, and the US and the UK denounced the result as not credible, though the government defended it.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina had cultivated ties with powerful countries, including both neighbouring India and China. But relations with the US and other Western nations have been strained over lost civic freedoms in the predominantly Muslim nation of 170 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Her political opponents have previously accused her of growing increasingly autocratic and have blamed the unrest on that authoritarian streak. In total, she served more than 20 years, longer than any other female head of government.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, told the BBC that he doubted his mother would make a political comeback, as she has in the past, saying she was \"so disappointed after all her hard work\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1722923634,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1722926017,"firstPublishedAt":1722926017,"lastPublishedAt":1722928559,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/63\/19\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_97b99b1b-e0a8-549e-a859-41ca81aa749c-8631978.jpg","altText":"People shout slogans as they take part in a protest against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.","caption":"People shout slogans as they take part in a protest against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Rajib Dhar\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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PM RESIGNS","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Bangladesh PM resigns and flees after weeks of unrest, reports claim","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Bangladesh PM resigns and flees after weeks of unrest, reports claim","titleListing2":"Bangladesh PM allegedly resigns and flees after weeks of unrest ","leadin":"Sheikh Hasina's whereabouts are currently unknown after crowds stormed the prime ministerial palace in Dhaka.","summary":"Sheikh Hasina's whereabouts are currently unknown after crowds stormed the prime ministerial palace in Dhaka.","keySentence":"","url":"bangladesh-pm-resigns-and-flees-after-weeks-of-unrest-reports-claim","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/08\/05\/bangladesh-pm-resigns-and-flees-after-weeks-of-unrest-reports-claim","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country on Monday, according to multiple outlets citing her aides.\n\nHer resignation would end a 15-year rule in power, as thousands of protesters have stormed her official residence, defying a military curfew put in place after weeks of protests. \n\nSocial media has shown videos of the leader boarding a military helicopter and reported that the country's military chief, General Walker-uz-Zaman, has announced his intentions to seek the president's guidance on forming an interim government. \n\nWaker-uz-Zaman has called on protesters to \"stay calm\" to restore peace in the country. \n\nHe has also announced his intentions for an investigation into the deadly police crackdowns on protests, which have killed over 200 demonstrators. \n\nBangladesh has been rocked by largely student-led protests that started in late June over a quota system for government jobs.\n\nUnder the system, 30% of jobs were reserved for families of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's war of independence against Pakistan in 1971. \n\nAlthough starting peacefully, the protests turned violent as students clashed with police and pro-government activists at Dhaka University, leading to hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries. \n\nThe country's Supreme Court cut the veteran quota to 5% in July, however outrage over deadly protests crackdowns led to the students demanding the prime minister's resignation.\n\nOn Sunday, at least 95 were killed as protesters clashed with security officials and activists from the ruling party across the country, according to Bengali-language daily newspaper Prothom Alo. \n\nAuthorities shut off mobile internet on Sunday to quell the unrest and imposed a military curfew in the country's capital, which was defied by protesters who reportedly stormed the prime ministerial palace. \n\nHasina was elected for a fourth consecutive term in January and is currently Bangladesh's longest-serving leader. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country on Monday, according to multiple outlets citing her aides.<\/p>\n<p>Her resignation would end a 15-year rule in power, as thousands of protesters have stormed her official residence, defying a military curfew put in place after weeks of protests. <\/p>\n<p>Social media has shown videos of the leader boarding a military helicopter and reported that the country's military chief, General Walker-uz-Zaman, has announced his intentions to seek the president's guidance on forming an interim government. <\/p>\n<p>Waker-uz-Zaman has called on protesters to \"stay calm\" to restore peace in the country. <\/p>\n<p>He has also announced his intentions for an investigation into the deadly police crackdowns on protests, which have killed over 200 demonstrators. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div 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Channel 24 reported at least 85 deaths.\n\nThe violence follows peaceful protests in the capital on Saturday, which demanded justice for the over 200 students killed during protests last month.\n\nThe wave of protesters are largely students, but have recently widened to include people from all walks of life including some pro-government groups. \n\nThe students' protests last month began with the demand for an end to a quota system for government jobs that they said was discriminatory. \n\nUnder the system, 30% of such jobs were reserved for the families of veterans who fought in Bangladesh\u2019s war of independence against Pakistan in 1971.\n\nThe protests began peacefully but turned violent as students at Dhaka University clashed with police and the activists of a student wing of the ruling Awami League party on 15 July. Since then, hundreds of people have died, and thousands of others have been injured.\n\nProtests have continued to spread amidst outrage over the violence despite the country's Supreme Court cutting the veteran's quota to 5% in July. \n\nPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered to talk with student leaders on Saturday but was refused by a coordinator in a Facebook post.\n\nThe protests have become a major challenge for Hasina, who returned to power for a fourth consecutive term in January in an election boycotted by her main opponents.\n\nThe general secretary of Hasina's ruling party said Saturday that it was calling on its supporters to demonstrate across the country on Sunday.\n\nHasina and other Cabinet ministers had earlier blamed the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and now-banned right-wing Jamat-e-Islami party's student wing for intruding into the protests, which both have denied. \n\nMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary-general of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, said Saturday that they would continue to support the protesters in their movement.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured Sunday as renewed anti-government protests swept across Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the prime minister to resign and the prime minister accusing them of \u201csabotage\u201d and cutting off mobile internet in a bid to quell the unrest.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s leading Bengali-language daily newspaper, Prothom Alo, said at least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died in the violence. Channel 24 reported at least 85 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The violence follows peaceful protests in the capital on Saturday, which demanded justice for the over 200 students killed during protests last month.<\/p>\n<p>The wave of protesters are largely students, but have recently widened to include people from all walks of life including some pro-government groups. <\/p>\n<p>The students' protests last month began with the demand for an end to a quota system for government jobs that they said was discriminatory. <\/p>\n<p>Under the system, 30% of such jobs were reserved for the families of veterans who fought in Bangladesh\u2019s war of independence against Pakistan in 1971.<\/p>\n<p>The protests began peacefully but turned violent as students at Dhaka University clashed with police and the activists of a student wing of the ruling Awami League party on 15 July. Since then, hundreds of people have died, and thousands of others have been injured.<\/p>\n<p>Protests have continued to spread amidst outrage over the violence despite the country's Supreme Court cutting the veteran's quota to 5% in July. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8626418,8591582\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//07//21//bangladeshs-government-extends-nationwide-curfew-and-internet-ban/">Bangladesh's government extends nationwide curfew and internet ban<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//03//two-dead-and-dozens-injured-as-thousands-protest-against-prime-minister-in-bangladesh/">Two dead and dozens injured as thousands protest against prime minister in Bangladesh<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered to talk with student leaders on Saturday but was refused by a coordinator in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>The protests have become a major challenge for Hasina, who returned to power for a fourth consecutive term in January in an election boycotted by her main opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The general secretary of Hasina's ruling party said Saturday that it was calling on its supporters to demonstrate across the country on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina and other Cabinet ministers had earlier blamed the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and now-banned right-wing Jamat-e-Islami party's student wing for intruding into the protests, which both have denied. <\/p>\n<p>Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary-general of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, said Saturday that they would continue to support the protesters in their movement.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1722775397,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1722782385,"firstPublishedAt":1722782385,"lastPublishedAt":1722830232,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/62\/80\/48\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4c8fc1b8-46e9-5e0a-b8c6-728b842b38eb-8628048.jpg","altText":"Men run past a shopping center which was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government.","caption":"Men run past a shopping center which was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Rajib Dhar\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":576},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/62\/80\/48\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4152400d-72d9-5207-ba7f-8682f484bc3e-8628048.jpg","altText":"Men run past a shopping center which was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government.","caption":"Men run past a shopping center which was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Rajib Dhar\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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This latest unrest follows a violent month in which over 200 people were killed during demonstrations against controversial reforms in the job quota system.\n\nMore than 2,000 protesters gathered in parts of the capital, Dhaka, rallying against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\u2019s government. Chanting slogans like \u201cdown with the autocrat,\u201d they demanded justice for the victims. Clashes between police and students erupted in Dhaka's Uttara neighbourhood, with security forces using tear gas and stun grenades to disperse stone-throwing protesters.\n\nIn Khulna, a southwestern district, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, injuring 50 people. According to the Dhaka-based Daily Star, a policeman was killed after being attacked by protesters.\n\nIn Habiganj, a northeastern district, an arson attack on a local office of the ruling Awami League party resulted in the death of an electrician and injuries to 50 others. The electrician, who was in town to buy shoes, was hit by a bullet in the head, the newspaper reported.\n\nIn Chattogram, a southeastern city, about 1,000 protesters marched after Friday prayers and set a roadside police guard post on fire, according to the report.\n\nWhat began as peaceful student protests against a government job quota system has evolved into a significant challenge to Hasina\u2019s 15-year rule. The demonstrations show no signs of calming down, signalling an unprecedented rebellion against the prime minister\u2019s long-stand. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>New protests erupted in Bangladesh on Friday, resulting in two deaths and over 100 injuries. This latest unrest follows a violent month in which over 200 people were killed during demonstrations against controversial reforms in the job quota system.<\/p>\n<p>More than 2,000 protesters gathered in parts of the capital, Dhaka, rallying against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\u2019s government. Chanting slogans like \u201cdown with the autocrat,\u201d they demanded justice for the victims. Clashes between police and students erupted in Dhaka's Uttara neighbourhood, with security forces using tear gas and stun grenades to disperse stone-throwing protesters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//62//64//18//808x539_cmsv2_7cf86bae-e042-56c2-a6f1-625c85b45847-8626418.jpg/" alt=\"Activists take part in a protest march against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government to demand justice for more than 200 people killed in last month&#39;s demonstrations\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/62\/64\/18\/384x256_cmsv2_7cf86bae-e042-56c2-a6f1-625c85b45847-8626418.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/62\/64\/18\/640x427_cmsv2_7cf86bae-e042-56c2-a6f1-625c85b45847-8626418.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/62\/64\/18\/750x500_cmsv2_7cf86bae-e042-56c2-a6f1-625c85b45847-8626418.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/62\/64\/18\/828x552_cmsv2_7cf86bae-e042-56c2-a6f1-625c85b45847-8626418.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/62\/64\/18\/1080x720_cmsv2_7cf86bae-e042-56c2-a6f1-625c85b45847-8626418.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/62\/64\/18\/1200x800_cmsv2_7cf86bae-e042-56c2-a6f1-625c85b45847-8626418.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/62\/64\/18\/1920x1281_cmsv2_7cf86bae-e042-56c2-a6f1-625c85b45847-8626418.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Activists take part in a protest march against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government to demand justice for more than 200 people killed in last month&#39;s demonstrations<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rajib Dhar\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In Khulna, a southwestern district, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, injuring 50 people. According to the Dhaka-based Daily Star, a policeman was killed after being attacked by protesters.<\/p>\n<p>In Habiganj, a northeastern district, an arson attack on a local office of the ruling Awami League party resulted in the death of an electrician and injuries to 50 others. The electrician, who was in town to buy shoes, was hit by a bullet in the head, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>In Chattogram, a southeastern city, about 1,000 protesters marched after Friday prayers and set a roadside police guard post on fire, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>What began as peaceful student protests against a government job quota system has evolved into a significant challenge to Hasina\u2019s 15-year rule. The demonstrations show no signs of calming down, signalling an unprecedented rebellion against the prime minister\u2019s long-stand. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1722645736,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1722669822,"firstPublishedAt":1722669822,"lastPublishedAt":1722669822,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/62\/58\/26\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_dc8cde6f-2f7a-5565-b198-03f84e7dd664-8625826.jpg","altText":"Activists take part in a protest march against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.","caption":"Activists take part in a protest march against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Rajib Dhar\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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as its Supreme Court rules on a civil service hiring quota which has sparked violent protests in the last few days.\n\nUniversities have been closed, the internet has been shut off and the government has ordered people to stay at home.\n\nPeople will only be allowed out between 3pm and 5pm, and only to run essential errands.\n\nMeanwhile, the government has declared Sunday and Monday as public holidays, with only emergency services allowed to operate.\n\nThe Supreme Court has now scaled back the controversial system, which had reserved 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971.\n\nThe government previously halted it in 2018 following mass student protests, but in June, Bangladesh\u2019s High Court reinstated the quotas and set off a new round of protests.\n\nRuling on an appeal, the Supreme Court ordered that the veterans\u2019 quota be cut to 5%, with 93% of jobs to be allocated on merit. 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All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Ruling on an appeal, the Supreme Court ordered that the veterans\u2019 quota be cut to 5%, with 93% of jobs to be allocated on merit. The remaining 2% will be set aside for members of ethnic minorities and transgender and disabled people.<\/p>\n<p>It's a partial victory for student protesters after days of deadly clashes with police led to the deaths of at least 100 people, according to national media.<\/p>\n<p>But with most communications offline, it was unclear whether the verdict has satisfied protesting students. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1814030193151078429\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>There was also no immediate reaction from the government.<\/p>\n<p>The protests turned deadly on Tuesday, a day after students at Dhaka University began clashing with police. Violence continued to escalate as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and hurled smoke grenades to scatter stone-throwing protesters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//59//15//82//808x539_cmsv2_a99e1f38-b0f4-5ba5-bd75-4562f97b20eb-8591582.jpg/" alt=\"Police have been given a &#39;shoot-on-sight-order&#39; following deadly protests.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/59\/15\/82\/384x256_cmsv2_a99e1f38-b0f4-5ba5-bd75-4562f97b20eb-8591582.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/59\/15\/82\/640x427_cmsv2_a99e1f38-b0f4-5ba5-bd75-4562f97b20eb-8591582.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/59\/15\/82\/750x500_cmsv2_a99e1f38-b0f4-5ba5-bd75-4562f97b20eb-8591582.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/59\/15\/82\/828x552_cmsv2_a99e1f38-b0f4-5ba5-bd75-4562f97b20eb-8591582.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/59\/15\/82\/1080x720_cmsv2_a99e1f38-b0f4-5ba5-bd75-4562f97b20eb-8591582.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/59\/15\/82\/1200x800_cmsv2_a99e1f38-b0f4-5ba5-bd75-4562f97b20eb-8591582.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/59\/15\/82\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a99e1f38-b0f4-5ba5-bd75-4562f97b20eb-8591582.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Police have been given a &#39;shoot-on-sight-order&#39; following deadly protests.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rajib Dhar\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The protests have posed the most serious challenge to Bangladesh's government since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won a fourth consecutive term in January's elections that were boycotted by the main opposition groups. <\/p>\n<p>Critics argue the quota system is discriminatory and benefits supporters of Sheikh Hasina, whose Awami League party led the independence movement, saying it should be replaced with a merit-based system.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina had defended the quota system, saying that veterans deserve the highest respect for their contributions in the war against Pakistan, regardless of their political affiliation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665721576410547\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//58//73//92//808x539_cmsv2_8ed4e7e2-60c2-5573-a324-0358bad86ebe-8587392.jpg/" alt=\"Protesters argue the quota system benefits supporters of Sheikh Hasina.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/73\/92\/384x256_cmsv2_8ed4e7e2-60c2-5573-a324-0358bad86ebe-8587392.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/73\/92\/640x427_cmsv2_8ed4e7e2-60c2-5573-a324-0358bad86ebe-8587392.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/73\/92\/750x500_cmsv2_8ed4e7e2-60c2-5573-a324-0358bad86ebe-8587392.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/73\/92\/828x552_cmsv2_8ed4e7e2-60c2-5573-a324-0358bad86ebe-8587392.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/73\/92\/1080x720_cmsv2_8ed4e7e2-60c2-5573-a324-0358bad86ebe-8587392.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/73\/92\/1200x800_cmsv2_8ed4e7e2-60c2-5573-a324-0358bad86ebe-8587392.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/73\/92\/1920x1280_cmsv2_8ed4e7e2-60c2-5573-a324-0358bad86ebe-8587392.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protesters argue the quota system benefits supporters of Sheikh Hasina.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Altaf Qadri\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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PROTESTS","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Bangladesh security forces fire at protesters demanding government jobs","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Bangladesh security forces fire at protesters demanding government job","titleListing2":"Bangladesh security forces fire at protesters demanding government jobs","leadin":"Internet and mobile services were cut off after days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs.","summary":"Internet and mobile services were cut off after days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs.","keySentence":"","url":"bangladesh-security-forces-fire-at-protesters-demanding-government-jobs","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/07\/19\/bangladesh-security-forces-fire-at-protesters-demanding-government-jobs","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Police and security officials in Bangladesh fired bullets and tear gas at protesters and banned all gatherings in the capital on Friday, as internet and mobile services were cut off after days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs.\n\nThe protests, which began weeks ago but escalated sharply on Monday, represent the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina since she won a fourth consecutive term in office after elections in January. Main opposition groups boycotted those polls.\n\nSomoy TR, a local television channel, reported that four more people died in the latest clashes. \n\nThis comes a day after the bloodiest day of demonstrations to date when 22 people were killed, according to local media, as protesting students attempted to impose a \u201ccomplete shutdown\u201d on the country. \n\nAuthorities could not be reached immediately to confirm figures for the deaths.\n\nThe chaos has highlighted cracks in Bangladesh\u2019s governance and economy and the frustration of young graduates who face a lack of good jobs.\n\nThe government has deployed police and paramilitary forces across the capital to lock down campuses and break up protests. On Wednesday, universities including the country's largest suspended classes and closed dormitories, and on Friday Dhaka police said they were banning all gatherings and demonstrations in the capital.\n\nAn Associated Press reporter saw border guard officials fire at a crowd of more than 1,000 protesters who had gathered outside the head office of state-run Bangladesh Television, which was attacked and set on fire by protesters the previous day.\n\nThe border guards shot at the right crowd with rifles and sound grenades, while police officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets. Bullets littered the streets, which were also marked by smears of blood.\n\nA news producer and reporter at Bangladesh Television on Thursday told the AP that protesters had broken through the main gate and set fire to vehicles and the reception area. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.\n\n\u201cI escaped by leaping over the wall but some of my colleagues got stuck inside. The attackers entered the building and set furniture on fire,\u201d the producer said by phone.\n\nInternet services and mobile data were widely disrupted on Thursday night and remained down on Friday in the capital, Dhaka. Social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp were also not loading. It coincided with a widespread internet outage on Friday that disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world, but the disruptions in Bangladesh were substantially greater than seen elsewhere.\n\nA statement from the country\u2019s Telecommunication Regulatory Commission said they were unable to ensure service after their data centre was attacked on Thursday by demonstrators, who set fire to some equipment. The Associated Press has not been able to independently verify this.\n\nStudent protesters said they will extend their calls to impose a shutdown on Friday as well, and urged mosques across the country to hold funeral prayers for those who have been killed. Major universities have said they will close their doors until tensions ease. \n\nThe protesters are demanding an end to a quota system that reserves up to 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh\u2019s war of independence in 1971 against Pakistan.\n\nThey argue the system is discriminatory and benefits supporters of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, whose Awami League party led the independence movement, and they want it replaced with a merit-based system.\n\nBut Hasina has defended the quota system, saying that veterans deserve the highest respect for their contributions to the war regardless of their political affiliation.\n\nThe Bangladeshi leader is credited for bringing stable growth to Bangladesh, but rising inflation \u2014 thanks in part to the global upheaval sparked by the war in Ukraine \u2014 has triggered labor unrest and dissatisfaction with the government.\n\nEven though job opportunities have grown in some parts of the private sector, many people prefer government jobs because they are seen as more stable and lucrative. But there aren\u2019t enough to go around \u2014 each year, some 400,000 graduates compete for around 3,000 jobs in the civil service exam.\n\n\u201cWhat is unfolding in Bangladesh is deeply unsettling for a generation that only asked for a fair opportunity in public service recruitment. That a peaceful protest against a state policy would slip into the peak of lawlessness shows the government\u2019s lack of farsightedness and inefficient policy governance,\u201d said Saad Hammadi, policy and advocacy manager at the Canada-based Balsillie School of International Affairs who has advocated for freedom of speech in the country.\n\n\u201cThe internet shutdown makes matters worse. Local news sites are inaccessible, and people in the country are left incommunicado with the rest of the world all in the pretext of conducting sweeping operations by the state that have often resulted in serious human rights violations,\u201d he added in an email.\n\nBangladesh has previously shut down internet services in areas affected by protests, using it as a measure to suppress dissent by opposition parties. Internet watchdog Access Now said it recorded three shutdowns in the country in 2023 - all of which overlapped with opposition rallies and were limited in scope to one city or district. That came after six shutdowns in 2022. \n\nCIVICUS, a non-profit that tracks civic freedoms around the world, last year downgraded Bangladesh to \u201cclosed,\u201d the worst rating that it could assign, along with China and Venezuela, following a crackdown on the country\u2019s opposition members and supporters ahead of its national election.\n\nThe main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has backed the protesting students and vowed to organise its own demonstrations, and many of their supporters have joined in the students' demonstrations. On Friday, police fired tear gas at a few hundred BNP supporters, and arrested senior BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. \n\nHasina's government has accused the BNP of stoking the violence, with authorities raiding the opposition party's headquarters earlier this week and arresting activists from the party's student wing. \n\nThe Awami League and the BNP have often accused each other of fuelling political chaos and violence, most recently ahead of the country's national election, which was marred by a crackdown on several opposition figures while Hasina's government accused the party of attempting to disrupt the vote. \n\nHasina\u2019s government had earlier halted the job quotas following mass student protests in 2018, but last month, Bangladesh\u2019s High Court nullified that decision and reinstated the quotas after relatives of the 1971 veterans filed petitions, triggering the latest demonstrations.\n\nThe Supreme Court has suspended that ruling pending an appeal hearing, and said in a statement it will take up the issue on Sunday.\n\nOn Wednesday, Hasina urged protesters in a televised address to \u201cwait with patience\u201d for the court verdict. \u201cI believe our students will get justice from the apex court. They will not be disappointed.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Police and security officials in Bangladesh fired bullets and tear gas at protesters and banned all gatherings in the capital on Friday, as internet and mobile services were cut off after days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The protests, which began weeks ago but escalated sharply on Monday, represent the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina since she won a fourth consecutive term in office after elections in January. Main opposition groups boycotted those polls.<\/p>\n<p>Somoy TR, a local television channel, reported that four more people died in the latest clashes. <\/p>\n<p>This comes a day after the bloodiest day of demonstrations to date when 22 people were killed, according to local media, as protesting students attempted to impose a \u201ccomplete shutdown\u201d on the country. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities could not be reached immediately to confirm figures for the deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The chaos has highlighted cracks in Bangladesh\u2019s governance and economy and the frustration of young graduates who face a lack of good jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The government has deployed police and paramilitary forces across the capital to lock down campuses and break up protests. On Wednesday, universities including the country's largest suspended classes and closed dormitories, and on Friday Dhaka police said they were banning all gatherings and demonstrations in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>An Associated Press reporter saw border guard officials fire at a crowd of more than 1,000 protesters who had gathered outside the head office of state-run Bangladesh Television, which was attacked and set on fire by protesters the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>The border guards shot at the right crowd with rifles and sound grenades, while police officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets. Bullets littered the streets, which were also marked by smears of blood.<\/p>\n<p>A news producer and reporter at Bangladesh Television on Thursday told the AP that protesters had broken through the main gate and set fire to vehicles and the reception area. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI escaped by leaping over the wall but some of my colleagues got stuck inside. The attackers entered the building and set furniture on fire,\u201d the producer said by phone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//58//66//74//808x539_cmsv2_b7714583-41ee-53fa-938f-123f76aa507a-8586674.jpg/" alt=\"Students clash with riot police during a protest against a quota system for government jobs, in Dhaka, Bangladesh onThursday\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_b7714583-41ee-53fa-938f-123f76aa507a-8586674.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_b7714583-41ee-53fa-938f-123f76aa507a-8586674.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_b7714583-41ee-53fa-938f-123f76aa507a-8586674.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_b7714583-41ee-53fa-938f-123f76aa507a-8586674.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_b7714583-41ee-53fa-938f-123f76aa507a-8586674.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_b7714583-41ee-53fa-938f-123f76aa507a-8586674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/1920x1281_cmsv2_b7714583-41ee-53fa-938f-123f76aa507a-8586674.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Students clash with riot police during a protest against a quota system for government jobs, in Dhaka, Bangladesh onThursday<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rajib Dhar\/The AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Internet services and mobile data were widely disrupted on Thursday night and remained down on Friday in the capital, Dhaka. Social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp were also not loading. It coincided with a widespread internet outage on Friday that disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world, but the disruptions in Bangladesh were substantially greater than seen elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the country\u2019s Telecommunication Regulatory Commission said they were unable to ensure service after their data centre was attacked on Thursday by demonstrators, who set fire to some equipment. The Associated Press has not been able to independently verify this.<\/p>\n<p>Student protesters said they will extend their calls to impose a shutdown on Friday as well, and urged mosques across the country to hold funeral prayers for those who have been killed. Major universities have said they will close their doors until tensions ease. <\/p>\n<p>The protesters are demanding an end to a quota system that reserves up to 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh\u2019s war of independence in 1971 against Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>They argue the system is discriminatory and benefits supporters of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, whose Awami League party led the independence movement, and they want it replaced with a merit-based system.<\/p>\n<p>But Hasina has defended the quota system, saying that veterans deserve the highest respect for their contributions to the war regardless of their political affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>The Bangladeshi leader is credited for bringing stable growth to Bangladesh, but rising inflation \u2014 thanks in part to the global upheaval sparked by the war in Ukraine \u2014 has triggered labor unrest and dissatisfaction with the government.<\/p>\n<p>Even though job opportunities have grown in some parts of the private sector, many people prefer government jobs because they are seen as more stable and lucrative. But there aren\u2019t enough to go around \u2014 each year, some 400,000 graduates compete for around 3,000 jobs in the civil service exam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is unfolding in Bangladesh is deeply unsettling for a generation that only asked for a fair opportunity in public service recruitment. That a peaceful protest against a state policy would slip into the peak of lawlessness shows the government\u2019s lack of farsightedness and inefficient policy governance,\u201d said Saad Hammadi, policy and advocacy manager at the Canada-based Balsillie School of International Affairs who has advocated for freedom of speech in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe internet shutdown makes matters worse. Local news sites are inaccessible, and people in the country are left incommunicado with the rest of the world all in the pretext of conducting sweeping operations by the state that have often resulted in serious human rights violations,\u201d he added in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh has previously shut down internet services in areas affected by protests, using it as a measure to suppress dissent by opposition parties. Internet watchdog Access Now said it recorded three shutdowns in the country in 2023 - all of which overlapped with opposition rallies and were limited in scope to one city or district. That came after six shutdowns in 2022. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//58//66//74//808x539_cmsv2_f88d8191-8499-5fb7-ade0-2bdf8c28af3a-8586674.jpg/" alt=\"Students clash with riot police during a protest against a quota system for government jobs, in Dhaka, Bangladesh onThursday\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_f88d8191-8499-5fb7-ade0-2bdf8c28af3a-8586674.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_f88d8191-8499-5fb7-ade0-2bdf8c28af3a-8586674.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_f88d8191-8499-5fb7-ade0-2bdf8c28af3a-8586674.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_f88d8191-8499-5fb7-ade0-2bdf8c28af3a-8586674.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_f88d8191-8499-5fb7-ade0-2bdf8c28af3a-8586674.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_f88d8191-8499-5fb7-ade0-2bdf8c28af3a-8586674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/66\/74\/1920x1281_cmsv2_f88d8191-8499-5fb7-ade0-2bdf8c28af3a-8586674.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Students clash with riot police during a protest against a quota system for government jobs, in Dhaka, Bangladesh onThursday<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rajib Dhar\/The AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>CIVICUS, a non-profit that tracks civic freedoms around the world, last year downgraded Bangladesh to \u201cclosed,\u201d the worst rating that it could assign, along with China and Venezuela, following a crackdown on the country\u2019s opposition members and supporters ahead of its national election.<\/p>\n<p>The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has backed the protesting students and vowed to organise its own demonstrations, and many of their supporters have joined in the students' demonstrations. On Friday, police fired tear gas at a few hundred BNP supporters, and arrested senior BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. <\/p>\n<p>Hasina's government has accused the BNP of stoking the violence, with authorities raiding the opposition party's headquarters earlier this week and arresting activists from the party's student wing. <\/p>\n<p>The Awami League and the BNP have often accused each other of fuelling political chaos and violence, most recently ahead of the country's national election, which was marred by a crackdown on several opposition figures while Hasina's government accused the party of attempting to disrupt the vote. <\/p>\n<p>Hasina\u2019s government had earlier halted the job quotas following mass student protests in 2018, but last month, Bangladesh\u2019s High Court nullified that decision and reinstated the quotas after relatives of the 1971 veterans filed petitions, triggering the latest demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has suspended that ruling pending an appeal hearing, and said in a statement it will take up the issue on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Hasina urged protesters in a televised address to \u201cwait with patience\u201d for the court verdict. \u201cI believe our students will get justice from the apex court. 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\n\nFire Service and Civil Defence Director General Main Uddin said more than a dozen firefighting units were deployed to douse the fire. \n\nFirefighters rescued survivors and pulled out bodies, and by early on Friday, at least 43 people died. Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen said the toll could rise, as at least 18 critically injured people were being treated in two state-run hospitals. \n\nOne survivor said people escaped by heading to the building's roof. \n\n\u201cI knew about the fire when it was at the first floor. We moved to the roof of the building. Around 30 people were there. After the fire was under control, fire service personnel broke into one side of the roof and rescued us,\u201d Mohammed Siam said. \n\nThirty-eight victims have been identified and 26 of the bodies have been handed to their families, said Bacchu Mia, who is in charge of a police outpost at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. \n\n\u201cOvernight many families waited here for their loved ones. It\u2019s a heartbreaking scene as they desperately looked for their family members who died in the tragedy,\u201d Mia said. \n\nA fire department team entered the charred building in the morning to see if there were more bodies, and forensic experts began looking for evidence in the investigation of the fire.\u00a0 \n\nThe cause of the fire has not been determined. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The fire started late Thursday at a restaurant on the first floor of the Green Cozy Cottage shopping centre in Dhaka.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General Main Uddin said more than a dozen firefighting units were deployed to douse the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters rescued survivors and pulled out bodies, and by early on Friday, at least 43 people died. Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen said the toll could rise, as at least 18 critically injured people were being treated in two state-run hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>One survivor said people escaped by heading to the building&#039;s roof.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew about the fire when it was at the first floor. We moved to the roof of the building. Around 30 people were there. After the fire was under control, fire service personnel broke into one side of the roof and rescued us,\u201d Mohammed Siam said.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-eight victims have been identified and 26 of the bodies have been handed to their families, said Bacchu Mia, who is in charge of a police outpost at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOvernight many families waited here for their loved ones. It\u2019s a heartbreaking scene as they desperately looked for their family members who died in the tragedy,\u201d Mia said.<\/p>\n<p>A fire department team entered the charred building in the morning to see if there were more bodies, and forensic experts began looking for evidence in the investigation of the fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire has not been determined.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1709253991,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1709284106,"firstPublishedAt":1709284110,"lastPublishedAt":1709716918,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/27\/72\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a5d4ee60-c39d-5f26-af10-282040907763-8277272.jpg","altText":"Firefighters work to contain a fire that broke out at a commercial complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh.","caption":"Firefighters work to contain a fire that broke out at a commercial complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Associated Press","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":7902,"slug":"fires","urlSafeValue":"fires","title":"Fires","titleRaw":"Fires"},{"id":23304,"slug":"shopping-mall","urlSafeValue":"shopping-mall","title":"shopping mall","titleRaw":"shopping mall"},{"id":19,"slug":"bangladesh","urlSafeValue":"bangladesh","title":"Bangladesh","titleRaw":"Bangladesh"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2492188}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"MK0eaB3kdoo","dailymotionId":"x8tnxee"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/24\/03\/01\/en\/240301_NWSU_54938771_54938793_35000_100011_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":35000,"filesizeBytes":4796664,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/24\/03\/01\/en\/240301_NWSU_54938771_54938793_35000_100011_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":35000,"filesizeBytes":7100152,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/1080p\/EN\/NW\/SU\/24\/03\/01\/en\/240301_NWSU_54938771_54938793_35000_100902_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":35000,"filesizeBytes":23867640,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":19,"urlSafeValue":"bangladesh","title":"Bangladesh","url":"\/news\/asia\/bangladesh"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'gv_death_injury','gb_death_injury_high_med','gb_death_injury_high_med_low','gb_death_injury_news-ent','gb_death_injury_edu','gb_safe_from_high','gs_shopping','gt_mixed'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2024\/03\/01\/fire-at-shopping-centre-in-bangladesh-capital-kills-at-least-43","lastModified":1709716918},{"id":2458806,"cid":8180744,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240118_GNSU_54558952","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"GREEN_Climate change is increasing arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh, scientists find","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Half of Bangladeshi drinking water is polluted with arsenic - and climate change is making it worse ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Half of the drinking water in this country is poisoned with arsenic","titleListing2":"Half of Bangladeshi drinking water is polluted with arsenic - and climate change is making it worse ","leadin":"As more saltwater and freshwater mixes, arsenic leaching could cause health issues for several other countries too, researchers warn.","summary":"As more saltwater and freshwater mixes, arsenic leaching could cause health issues for several other countries too, researchers warn.","keySentence":"","url":"half-of-bangladeshi-drinking-water-is-polluted-with-arsenic-and-climate-change-is-making-i","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/01\/18\/half-of-bangladeshi-drinking-water-is-polluted-with-arsenic-and-climate-change-is-making-i","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Bangladesh is well known to be one of the countries most imperilled by the climate crisis. \n\nIts sea-level is expected to rise half a metre by 2050, claiming around 11 per cent of the land. Intensifying monsoon rains currently flood around a fifth of the nation every year, driving families from their homes . \n\nBut these water disasters are also posing a more insidious threat to the Bangladeshi people: arsenic contamination. \n\nAround 49 per cent of the country\u2019s drinking well water - which almost everyone drinks - has unsafe limits of carcinogenic arsenic. \n\nAnd a new study has found that the climate crisis is making the situation worse - pointing to a looming public health crisis in Bangladesh. \n\n\u201cIssues such as arsenic and climate change is inflaming an already dire situation in Bangladesh,\u201d Md Tahmidul Islam, technical lead at WaterAid Bangladesh, tells Euronews Green. \n\n Cyclones , floods, parching heat are all intensifying, tearing up homes, toilets, roads, farmland. With clean water always the first thing to go, this reality is leaving almost 26 million people being exposed to saline water and struggling to survive. \n\nWhy are Bangladeshis drinking water poisoned with arsenic? \n\nArsenic is naturally present at high levels in the groundwater of a number of countries, including Bangladesh , Argentina, Cambodia, Chile, China, India, Mexico, Pakistan, the US and Vietnam. \n\nBangladesh\u2019s problem with the toxic contaminant dates back to the 1970s, when there was a concerted effort to move the population away from drinking polluted surface water in which waterborne diseases spread. \n\nThe government, UN aid agencies and NGOS installed around 10 million drinking water wells in the country, which succeeded in lowering the devastatingly high rate of child deaths. \n\nBut by the 1990s it became clear that the water drawn from sedimentary rocks contained high levels of inorganic arsenic. Around 97 per cent of Bangladesh\u2019s 165 million strong population still drink well water, however. \n\nAlmost half of Bangladesh's area has drinking well water with arsenic concentrations that exceed the 10 micrograms per litre (\u03bcg\/L) guideline from WHO, a team of scientists found in 2002 . \n\nChronic arsenic poisoning can cause skin lesions on people\u2019s palms and feet. Internally, the buildup of arsenic in their organs causes cancer . It has also been associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and detrimental cognitive development impacts in those exposed from a young age. \n\nThe lead author of the previous study, Dr Seth Frisbie of Norwich University in the US, has led a new investigation - published in the journal PLOS ONE yesterday - to see what impact climate change is having on this already severely compromised water source. \n\nHow is climate change making arsenic poisoning worse? \n\nIncreased amounts of arsenic are directly tied to rising sea levels and more severe flooding, the scientists say. \n\nFrisbie\u2019s team collected drinking well water samples across all of Bangladesh, testing their arsenic concentration as well as dissolved oxygen concentration and other elements. \n\nThey found that the concentration of arsenic increases as the concentration of dissolved oxygen decreases - a phenomenon that can be caused by rising sea levels. \n\nTwo chemical processes known as \u2018reduction\u2019 and \u2018the salt effect\u2019 mean that more arsenic is leaching from the sediment as saltwater encroaches into the aquifer. \n\n\u201cThis increased exposure to arsenic is expected to increase the rates of death and disease from chronic arsenic poisoning,\u201d Frisbie writes in the study. \n\nThis unfolding crisis is not limited to Bangladesh, Frisbie told UK paper The Independent. \u201cThe same chemical processes from rising sea levels that release arsenic from sediments into Bangladesh\u2019s drinking well water will also very likely release arsenic from sediments into West Bengal\u2019s drinking well water.\u201d \n\nThe scientists called for a quicker roll out of solutions like water purification technologies and infrastructure to prevent groundwater contamination, the paper reports. \n\n\u201cGroundwater could be the world\u2019s insurance policy against climate change and save millions of lives. But investment in responsible groundwater development, such as better mapping and monitoring of the earth\u2019s subsurface to determine where good-quality groundwater is available and extractable, is needed urgently so everyone has clean water nearby,\u201d\u00a0 comments WaterAid\u2019 s Md Tahmidul Islam. \n\nThe charity is calling on world leaders to invest in clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene to work with communities to introduce context-specific technologies. These include rainwater harvesting systems, reverse osmosis plants, climate resilient toilet blocks and faecal sludge treatment plants to secure life-saving water and sanitation for communities living on the climate frontline. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Bangladesh is well known to be one of the countries most imperilled by the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Its sea-level is expected to rise half a metre by 2050, claiming around 11 per cent of the land. Intensifying monsoon rains currently flood around a fifth of the nation every year, driving families from their <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//12//19//extreme-weather-is-turning-many-into-climate-migrants-how-does-it-feel-to-face-leaving-hom/">homes./n

But these water disasters are also posing a more insidious threat to the Bangladeshi people: arsenic contamination.<\/p>\n<p>Around 49 per cent of the country\u2019s <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//21//hundreds-of-millions-of-children-at-risk-from-inadequate-or-unsafe-drinking-water/">drinking well water - which almost everyone drinks - has unsafe limits of carcinogenic arsenic.<\/p>\n<p>And a new study has found that the climate crisis is making the situation worse - pointing to a looming public health crisis in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8159282,8171382\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//09//bottled-water-contains-100-times-more-plastic-nanoparticles-than-previously-thought/">Bottled water contains 100 times more plastic nanoparticles than previously thought<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//15//i-am-more-worried-than-ever-scientists-explain-why-record-shattering-2023-heat-has-them-on/">/u2018I am more worried than ever\u2019: Scientists explain why record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cIssues such as arsenic and climate change is inflaming an already dire situation in Bangladesh,\u201d Md Tahmidul Islam, technical lead at WaterAid Bangladesh, tells Euronews Green.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//16//tropical-cyclone-belal-human-caused-climate-change-is-increasing-storm-intensity-in-indian/">Cyclones, floods, parching heat are all intensifying, tearing up homes, toilets, roads, farmland. With clean water always the first thing to go, this reality is leaving almost 26 million people being exposed to saline water and struggling to survive.<\/p>\n<h2>Why are Bangladeshis drinking water poisoned with arsenic?<\/h2>\n<p>Arsenic is naturally present at high levels in the groundwater of a number of countries, including <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//09//29//views-from-the-global-south-how-to-decolonise-the-climate-crisis/">Bangladesh, Argentina, Cambodia, Chile, China, India, Mexico, Pakistan, the US and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh\u2019s problem with the toxic contaminant dates back to the 1970s, when there was a concerted effort to move the population away from drinking polluted surface water in which waterborne diseases spread.<\/p>\n<p>The government, UN aid agencies and NGOS installed around 10 million drinking water wells in the country, which succeeded in lowering the devastatingly high rate of child deaths.<\/p>\n<p>But by the 1990s it became clear that the water drawn from sedimentary rocks contained high levels of inorganic arsenic. Around 97 per cent of Bangladesh\u2019s 165 million strong population still drink well water, however.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6668615984405458\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//18//07//44//808x539_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg/" alt=\"A woman walks back after collecting drinking water from a tubewell on the outskirts of Dhaka, 2016.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/1920x1280_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A woman walks back after collecting drinking water from a tubewell on the outskirts of Dhaka, 2016.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">A.M. Ahad\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Almost half of Bangladesh&#039;s area has drinking well water with arsenic concentrations that exceed the 10 micrograms per litre (\u03bcg\/L) guideline from WHO, a team of scientists found in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////ehp.niehs.nih.gov//doi//10.1289//ehp.021101147/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>2002<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chronic arsenic poisoning can cause skin lesions on people\u2019s palms and feet. Internally, the buildup of arsenic in their organs causes <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//06//28//10-of-cancer-cases-in-europe-due-to-pollution-says-groundbreaking-new-study/">cancer. It has also been associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and detrimental cognitive development impacts in those exposed from a young age.<\/p>\n<p>The lead author of the previous study, Dr Seth Frisbie of Norwich University in the US, has led a new investigation - <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////journals.plos.org//plosone//article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0295172#pone.0295172.ref011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>published<\/strong><\/a> in the journal PLOS ONE yesterday - to see what impact climate change is having on this already severely compromised water source.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6905128,7315072\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//08//04//rainwater-everywhere-on-earth-unsafe-to-drink-due-to-forever-chemicals-study-finds/">Rainwater everywhere on Earth unsafe to drink due to \u2018forever chemicals\u2019, study finds<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//19//running-out-of-water-is-one-of-the-biggest-risks-facing-the-world-what-can-we-do-about-it/">Running out of water is one of the biggest risks facing the world. What can we do about it? <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>How is climate change making arsenic poisoning worse?<\/h2>\n<p>Increased amounts of arsenic are directly tied to rising sea levels and more severe flooding, the scientists say.<\/p>\n<p>Frisbie\u2019s team collected <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//10//13//swiss-drinking-water-is-contaminated-with-forever-chemicals-research-shows/">drinking well water samples across all of Bangladesh, testing their arsenic concentration as well as dissolved oxygen concentration and other elements.<\/p>\n<p>They found that the concentration of arsenic increases as the concentration of dissolved oxygen decreases - a phenomenon that can be caused by rising sea levels.<\/p>\n<p>Two chemical processes known as \u2018reduction\u2019 and \u2018the salt effect\u2019 mean that more arsenic is leaching from the sediment as saltwater encroaches into the aquifer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis increased exposure to arsenic is expected to increase the rates of death and disease from chronic arsenic poisoning,\u201d Frisbie writes in the study.<\/p>\n<p>This unfolding crisis is not limited to Bangladesh, Frisbie told UK paper The Independent. \u201cThe same chemical processes from rising sea levels that release arsenic from sediments into Bangladesh\u2019s drinking well water will also very likely release arsenic from sediments into West Bengal\u2019s drinking well water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scientists called for a quicker roll out of solutions like water purification technologies and infrastructure to prevent groundwater contamination, the paper reports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8171602\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//30//positive-environmental-stories-from-2024/">Electric wallpaper and carbon-sequestering cows: Positive environmental stories from 2024<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cGroundwater could be the world\u2019s insurance policy against climate change and save millions of lives. But investment in responsible groundwater development, such as better mapping and monitoring of the earth\u2019s subsurface to determine where good-quality groundwater is available and extractable, is needed urgently so everyone has clean water nearby,\u201d\u00a0comments <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//11//09//during-the-two-weeks-of-cop26-women-will-miss-out-on-2-5-million-working-days-while-fetchi/">WaterAid/u2019s Md Tahmidul Islam.<\/p>\n<p>The charity is calling on world leaders to invest in clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene to work with communities to introduce context-specific technologies. These include rainwater harvesting systems, reverse osmosis plants, climate resilient toilet blocks and faecal sludge treatment plants to secure life-saving water and sanitation for communities living on the climate frontline.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1705587357,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1705597205,"firstPublishedAt":1705588759,"lastPublishedAt":1705597207,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_128862de-d919-5c9f-9076-8a45c1b92a1b-8180744.jpg","altText":"Climate-driven sea level rise and flooding is increasing arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh, scientists find.","caption":"Climate-driven sea level rise and flooding is increasing arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh, scientists find.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Mahmud Hossain Opu","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg","altText":"A woman walks back after collecting drinking water from a tubewell on the outskirts of Dhaka, 2016.","caption":"A woman walks back after collecting drinking water from a tubewell on the outskirts of Dhaka, 2016.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"A.M. 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BSCL, and Airbus Defence and Space SAS, France. \n\nMacron and Hasina witnessed the deals signed at the prime minister\u2019s office. \n\nDetails remained unclear, with Bangladesh authorities saying they are still ironing out the details. \n\n\"The satellite that we will buy will travel through the orbit around 350 miles above the earth,\"\u00a0Shahjahan Mahmud, chairman of the state-run Bangladesh Satellite Company Ltd, was quoted as saying. \"This will be used mainly to observe the status of our crops and the sea. Currently, we don\u2019t have any monitoring capabilities across the vast sea.\" \n\nBangladesh bought its first geostationary communications and broadcasting satellite, named Bangabandhu Satellite-1 and launched in 2018, from France where it was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space. \n\nBangladeshi media positively reported Macron's visit, with many seeing it as a step to bring in investments from France in sectors where the United States, China and India are heavily engaged. Some even said the visit may have a political and strategic significance ahead of Bangladesh\u2019s next general election expected in early January. \n\nFrance is Bangladesh's fifth-largest trading partner in the fields of engineering, energy, aerospace and water sectors. \n\n\"We both hope that this new strategic move between Bangladesh and France will play an effective role in establishing regional and global stability and peace,\" Hasina said. \n\nHasina said both the leaders agreed to continue to work to ensure stability in the Asia-Pacific region as well as on projects involving impacts of climate change as Bangladesh is considered to be one of the worst victims of change of weather. \n\nShe said that France has reiterated its commitment to facilitate trade with the South Asian nation under the European Union's Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) scheme, which gives developing countries incentives to pursue sustainable development and good governance. \n\nExperts say once Bangladesh joins the GSP+ scheme, it may lose some benefits it enjoys under the World Trade Organization\u2019s protocol as a least developed country, as it may be fully upgraded into a developing nation status. \n\nBangladesh has long been buying aircraft from US company Boeing, but recently the government has signed an agreement with Airbus in which France has a major stake. \n\nLooming election \n\nHasina has been under pressure lately with her seeking a fourth consecutive term as prime minister. \n\nBangladesh's main opposition party, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, has threatened to boycott the election if Hasina does not resign and hand over power to a caretaker government to oversee the next election. Zia's party accused her of vote rigging in 2018. \n\nThe US has been pushing for a credible election and raised questions about human rights under Hasina's rule, threatening to impose visa sanctions if the next election isn't free and fair. \n\nRussia and China have pledged continued support to Hasina while neighboring India has maintained a cordial relationship with her. \n\nApart from investment and other partnerships with France, Marcon's visit is seen as a boost for Hasina in the run-up to the election. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>France&#039;s President Emmanuel Macron has overseen the signature of a deal to facilitate loans to Bangladesh aimed at infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent to provide the South Asian country with an earth observation satellite system.<\/p>\n<p>This came on Monday during Macron&#039;s two-day visit to Bangladesh\u2019s capital, Dhaka, where he met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to bolster bilateral relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh\u2019s Economic Relations Division signed the agreement with the French Development Agency.<\/p>\n<p>A letter of intent was also signed to provide Bangladesh with an earth observation satellite system through cooperation between Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited, or BSCL, and Airbus Defence and Space SAS, France.<\/p>\n<p>Macron and Hasina witnessed the deals signed at the prime minister\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Details remained unclear, with Bangladesh authorities saying they are still ironing out the details.<\/p>\n<p>\"The satellite that we will buy will travel through the orbit around 350 miles above the earth,\"\u00a0Shahjahan Mahmud, chairman of the state-run Bangladesh Satellite Company Ltd, was quoted as saying. \"This will be used mainly to observe the status of our crops and the sea. Currently, we don\u2019t have any monitoring capabilities across the vast sea.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7885734,7880812,7880132\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2023//09//08//us-to-crack-down-on-1600-millionaires-and-claw-back-millions-of-dollars-in-taxes/">US to crack down on 1,600 millionaires and claw back millions of dollars in taxes<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2023//09//11//bmw-to-invest-600-million-in-uk-electric-mini-plant/">BMW to invest \u00a3600 million in UK electric Mini plant<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//09//08//france-will-launch-a-49-rail-pass-after-the-success-of-the-deutschlandticket/">France will launch a \u20ac49 rail pass after the success of the \u2018Deutschlandticket\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Bangladesh bought its first geostationary communications and broadcasting satellite, named Bangabandhu Satellite-1 and launched in 2018, from France where it was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladeshi media positively reported Macron&#039;s visit, with many seeing it as a step to bring in investments from France in sectors where the United States, China and India are heavily engaged. Some even said the visit may have a political and strategic significance ahead of Bangladesh\u2019s next general election expected in early January.<\/p>\n<p>France is Bangladesh&#039;s fifth-largest trading partner in the fields of engineering, energy, aerospace and water sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\"We both hope that this new strategic move between Bangladesh and France will play an effective role in establishing regional and global stability and peace,\" Hasina said.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina said both the leaders agreed to continue to work to ensure stability in the Asia-Pacific region as well as on projects involving impacts of climate change as Bangladesh is considered to be one of the worst victims of change of weather.<\/p>\n<p>She said that France has reiterated its commitment to facilitate trade with the South Asian nation under the European Union&#039;s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) scheme, which gives developing countries incentives to pursue sustainable development and good governance.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say once Bangladesh joins the GSP+ scheme, it may lose some benefits it enjoys under the World Trade Organization\u2019s protocol as a least developed country, as it may be fully upgraded into a developing nation status.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh has long been buying aircraft from US company Boeing, but recently the government has signed an agreement with Airbus in which France has a major stake.<\/p>\n<h2>Looming election<\/h2>\n<p>Hasina has been under pressure lately with her seeking a fourth consecutive term as prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh&#039;s main opposition party, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, has threatened to boycott the election if Hasina does not resign and hand over power to a caretaker government to oversee the next election. Zia&#039;s party accused her of vote rigging in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The US has been pushing for a credible election and raised questions about human rights under Hasina&#039;s rule, threatening to impose visa sanctions if the next election isn&#039;t free and fair.<\/p>\n<p>Russia and China have pledged continued support to Hasina while neighboring India has maintained a cordial relationship with her.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from investment and other partnerships with France, Marcon&#039;s visit is seen as a boost for Hasina in the run-up to the election.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1694428684,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1694429554,"firstPublishedAt":1694429556,"lastPublishedAt":1694429556,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/88\/64\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_76e732bc-68f8-5006-9617-3cad3c7ea8f0-7886454.jpg","altText":"Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wazed, left, is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee 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","leadin":"As part of our continuing coverage of Women's History Month, we spoke to Nadia Samdani, co-founder of Dhaka Art Summit biennially in Bangladesh, a country grappling with a climate emergency.","summary":"As part of our continuing coverage of Women's History Month, we spoke to Nadia Samdani, co-founder of Dhaka Art Summit biennially in Bangladesh, a country grappling with a climate emergency.","keySentence":"","url":"meet-the-woman-behind-south-asias-largest-art-summit","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/03\/25\/meet-the-woman-behind-south-asias-largest-art-summit","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In a country grappling with a climate emergency, Nadia Samdani is using art to tell the story of hope in times of crisis. Her Dhaka Art Summit is the world's largest research and exhibition platform for art from South Asia and is held biennially in Bangladesh which is celebrating its national day of independence on March 26.\u00a0 \n\nTogether with her husband and business partner, Samdani founded the Samdani Arts Foundation in 2011\u00a0to bring international exposure to the work of contemporary artists and architects from Bangladesh and South Asia.\u00a0 \n\nIn 2017, the art patrons became the first South Asians to receive the prestigious Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award which pays tribute to individuals who work behind the scenes to advance arts and culture. \n\nLast month the power couple celebrated the sixth edition of the Dhaka Art Summit which showcased the work of 120 artists and was attended by 572,000 visitors over the course of its nine-day (free-to-visit) run. Most of the works - by local and international artists - focused on re-imagining a hopeful future inspired by the Bangladeshi experience of climate change and the country\u2019s resilience, found both in its nature and its population. \n\nThe sixth Dhaka Art Summit\u00a0 \n\nWhen it comes to the climate emergency, Bangladesh is one of the world\u2019s most vulnerable countries \u2013 it is regularly hit by increasingly powerful cyclones and flooding, while rising sea levels pose nothing short of an existential crisis. It is even estimated that by 2050, one in every seven people in Bangladesh will be displaced by climate change. With these realities in mind, you\u2019d think that an art show on climate in the country\u2019s capital would be characterized by gloom and despair. Not so. \n\nHow do you tell the story of crises while facilitating hope? This was one of the key questions posed at this year's Dhaka Art Summit held at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cIn a world that is increasingly divided, art shows us the incredible things that humanity can create \u2013 and this brings needed hope to the world,\u201d said Samdani. \n\nThe duality of crisis and hope was manifested in the DAS 2023\u2019s subtitle, Bonna (meaning \u201cflood\u201d in Bengali, the national language of Bangladesh). \n\nSo, what is Bonna? \n\nIn Bangladesh where Bonna is also a common girls\u2019 name, floods are not always synonymous with disaster, but could also denote promise. During the Bengali New Year, Bangladeshi people sing a popular song, Esho He Boishakh (I call on you), calling forth storm waters to wash away the ugliness of the past year. After all, as Chief Curator Diana Campbell told Euronews Culture. \u201cAnother way the word, \u2018flood\u2019, is used is floods of joy, floods of emotion.\u201d With this viewpoint, DAS 2023 invoked visitors to interpret Bonna as a complex symbol-system. \n\nSo, too, Bonna is a child, speaking to the world from Bangladesh, questioning why the words for weather are gendered and imploring the international community to explore the connection between gender, climate change, and the built environment. Her lived experience of climate change and the unbridled potential to create change underpinned the entire program, but were particularly vivid in the summit\u2019s headline exhibition, Very Small Feelings, a collaboration between DAS and India\u2019s Kiran Nadar Museum of Art which gathered together stories, rituals and characters from across South Asia. \n\nAmong the many manifestations of Bonna was Gidree Bawlee Foundation for the Arts\u2019s enchanting performance showing Bangladeshi children imagining the character of Bonna via puppetry. Similarly, local artist Yasmin Jahan Nupur\u2019s participatory performance and space, titled Home, was an invitation to join the artist in searching for the smells, places and sensations of her childhood, while engaging in conversation about one\u2019s own memories. After all, what better way to evoke childlike wonder than by fusing an art show with the playground? Certain works were viewed by jumping on mini trampolines or sitting on swings, infusing the exhibition experience with a sense of playfulness. \n\nAttention seeking art \n\nAmong the first works to greet visitors was Joydeb Roaja\u2019s immersive installation, Submerged Dream 8. It showcased the struggle of the over 100,000 indigenous Chakma people who were evicted from their ancestral land in 1962 upon the construction of the Kaptai dam. Roaja\u2019s work portrayed dams and flooding as tools of violence against indigenous peoples. It also spoke to the unbreakable bond between indigenous communities and their lands \u2013 a weapon of resistance against oppression. \n\nAlthough the \u201cA\u201d in DAS stands for art, the DAS 2023 displayed the work of architects as well. Found at the intersection of art and architecture, Suchi Reddy\u2019s Between Earth and Sky set up a series of \u201cmirages\u201d that blurred the lines between physical constructed spaces and imagination, allowing the mind to run free to explore limitless architectural possibilities. Reddy termed this as \u201cdesign justice\u201d, where empathy and equity are reflected in the built environment. \n\nAnother architect, Rizvi Hassan, interpreted Bonna differently. Using miniature models made of regenerative materials like bamboo and thatch, he replicated the refugee camps around Cox\u2019s Bazaar in Bangladesh where floods of Rohingya refugees seek shelter. For him, architecture has the propensity \u201cto mitigate conflicts, to enrich the ground, or just to ensure the basic but very important needs to have a better quality of life\u201d. \n\nAmong the most world-renowned artists taking part at DAS 2023 was Antony Gormley who returned to South Asia for the first time in 50 years for this summit. He worked with local craftspeople to create Turn: a \u201cdrawing in space\u201d of 2.5 km of bamboo, exuding energy as it resisted containment by the building. \n\nRather than the \u201cnational and individual competitiveness\u201d that Gormley believes art biennales encourage, DAS is a place of dialogue, where the ideas behind an artwork \u2013 on climate change or other questions \u2013 and the conversation they give rise to, are equally as important as the works themselves. \n\n\u201cAt DAS, I sense that the acquisitiveness of the art fair has been replaced by another kind of exchange where the spirit of making art, rather than showing off a finished work, becomes the most valuable thing to be shared,\u201d he told Euronews Culture.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In a country grappling with a climate emergency, Nadia Samdani is using art to tell the story of hope in times of crisis. Her Dhaka Art Summit is the world&#039;s largest research and exhibition platform for art from South Asia and is held biennially in Bangladesh which is celebrating its national day of independence on March 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Together with her husband and business partner, Samdani founded the Samdani Arts Foundation in 2011\u00a0to bring international exposure to the work of contemporary artists and architects from Bangladesh and South Asia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the art patrons became the first South Asians to receive the prestigious Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award which pays tribute to individuals who work behind the scenes to advance arts and culture.<\/p>\n<p>Last month the power couple celebrated the sixth edition of the Dhaka Art Summit which showcased the work of 120 artists and was attended by 572,000 visitors over the course of its nine-day (free-to-visit) run. Most of the works - by local and international artists - focused on re-imagining a hopeful future inspired by the Bangladeshi experience of climate change and the country\u2019s resilience, found both in its nature and its population.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6177083333333333\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//44//69//88//808x499_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg/" alt=\"Peter Mallet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/384x237_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/640x395_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/750x463_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/828x511_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1080x667_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1200x741_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1920x1186_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Nadia Samdani with husband and business partner, Rajeeb Samdani, at DAS 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Peter Mallet<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>The sixth Dhaka Art Summit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the climate emergency, Bangladesh is one of the world\u2019s most vulnerable countries \u2013 it is regularly hit by increasingly powerful cyclones and flooding, while rising sea levels pose nothing short of an existential crisis. It is even estimated that by 2050, one in every seven people in Bangladesh will be displaced by climate change. With these realities in mind, you\u2019d think that an art show on climate in the country\u2019s capital would be characterized by gloom and despair. Not so.<\/p>\n<p>How do you tell the story of crises while facilitating hope? This was one of the key questions posed at this year&#039;s Dhaka Art Summit held at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a world that is increasingly divided, art shows us the incredible things that humanity can create \u2013 and this brings needed hope to the world,\u201d said Samdani.<\/p>\n<p>The duality of crisis and hope was manifested in the DAS 2023\u2019s subtitle, Bonna (meaning \u201cflood\u201d in Bengali, the national language of Bangladesh).<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, what is Bonna?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Bangladesh where Bonna is also a common girls\u2019 name, floods are not always synonymous with disaster, but could also denote promise. During the Bengali New Year, Bangladeshi people sing a popular song, Esho He Boishakh (I call on you), calling forth storm waters to wash away the ugliness of the past year. After all, as Chief Curator Diana Campbell told Euronews Culture. \u201cAnother way the word, \u2018flood\u2019, is used is floods of joy, floods of emotion.\u201d With this viewpoint, DAS 2023 invoked visitors to interpret Bonna as a complex symbol-system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//44//69//88//808x539_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg/" alt=\"Dhaka Art Summit 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/384x256_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/640x427_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/750x500_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/828x552_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1080x720_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1200x800_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1920x1280_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Performance by Gidree Bawlee Foundation for the Arts<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Dhaka Art Summit 2023<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>So, too, Bonna is a child, speaking to the world from Bangladesh, questioning why the words for weather are gendered and imploring the international community to explore the connection between gender, climate change, and the built environment. Her lived experience of climate change and the unbridled potential to create change underpinned the entire program, but were particularly vivid in the summit\u2019s headline exhibition, Very Small Feelings, a collaboration between DAS and India\u2019s Kiran Nadar Museum of Art which gathered together stories, rituals and characters from across South Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many manifestations of Bonna was Gidree Bawlee Foundation for the Arts\u2019s enchanting performance showing Bangladeshi children imagining the character of Bonna via puppetry. Similarly, local artist Yasmin Jahan Nupur\u2019s participatory performance and space, titled Home, was an invitation to join the artist in searching for the smells, places and sensations of her childhood, while engaging in conversation about one\u2019s own memories. After all, what better way to evoke childlike wonder than by fusing an art show with the playground? Certain works were viewed by jumping on mini trampolines or sitting on swings, infusing the exhibition experience with a sense of playfulness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attention seeking art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the first works to greet visitors was Joydeb Roaja\u2019s immersive installation, Submerged Dream 8. It showcased the struggle of the over 100,000 indigenous Chakma people who were evicted from their ancestral land in 1962 upon the construction of the Kaptai dam. Roaja\u2019s work portrayed dams and flooding as tools of violence against indigenous peoples. It also spoke to the unbreakable bond between indigenous communities and their lands \u2013 a weapon of resistance against oppression.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//44//69//88//808x539_cmsv2_9fea2661-8d04-55ed-925f-a3aa050bdc15-7446988.jpg/" alt=\"Dhaka Art Summit 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/384x256_cmsv2_9fea2661-8d04-55ed-925f-a3aa050bdc15-7446988.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/640x427_cmsv2_9fea2661-8d04-55ed-925f-a3aa050bdc15-7446988.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/750x500_cmsv2_9fea2661-8d04-55ed-925f-a3aa050bdc15-7446988.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/828x552_cmsv2_9fea2661-8d04-55ed-925f-a3aa050bdc15-7446988.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1080x720_cmsv2_9fea2661-8d04-55ed-925f-a3aa050bdc15-7446988.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1200x800_cmsv2_9fea2661-8d04-55ed-925f-a3aa050bdc15-7446988.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1920x1280_cmsv2_9fea2661-8d04-55ed-925f-a3aa050bdc15-7446988.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Lake of Tears by Joydeb Roaja<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Dhaka Art Summit 2023<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Although the \u201cA\u201d in DAS stands for art, the DAS 2023 displayed the work of architects as well. Found at the intersection of art and architecture, Suchi Reddy\u2019s Between Earth and Sky set up a series of \u201cmirages\u201d that blurred the lines between physical constructed spaces and imagination, allowing the mind to run free to explore limitless architectural possibilities. Reddy termed this as \u201cdesign justice\u201d, where empathy and equity are reflected in the built environment.<\/p>\n<p>Another architect, Rizvi Hassan, interpreted Bonna differently. Using miniature models made of regenerative materials like bamboo and thatch, he replicated the refugee camps around Cox\u2019s Bazaar in Bangladesh where floods of Rohingya refugees seek shelter. For him, architecture has the propensity \u201cto mitigate conflicts, to enrich the ground, or just to ensure the basic but very important needs to have a better quality of life\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-gallery widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" \n data-ratio=\"0.66675\"\n data-gallery-img-nb=\"6\"\n data-gallery-key=\"be2b4eb0-c3f0-11ed-8ba0-2dd8ad82ff4e\"\n data-gallery-featured-index=\"0\"\n>\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure widget__figure-has-button\">\n <a class=\"widget__gallery__image__link\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"//culture//2023//03//25//meet-the-woman-behind-south-asias-largest-art-summit?gallery=be2b4eb0-c3f0-11ed-8ba0-2dd8ad82ff4e#photo-1\" title=\"open image gallery\">\n <img class=\"widget__gallery__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//library//111//41//83//08//65//30//73//111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a//384x256_cmsv2_572f5b43-9415-58c3-a2cf-91e7373ddab6-111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a.jpg/" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/41\/83\/08\/65\/30\/73\/111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a\/384x256_cmsv2_572f5b43-9415-58c3-a2cf-91e7373ddab6-111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/41\/83\/08\/65\/30\/73\/111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a\/640x427_cmsv2_572f5b43-9415-58c3-a2cf-91e7373ddab6-111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/41\/83\/08\/65\/30\/73\/111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a\/750x500_cmsv2_572f5b43-9415-58c3-a2cf-91e7373ddab6-111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/41\/83\/08\/65\/30\/73\/111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a\/828x552_cmsv2_572f5b43-9415-58c3-a2cf-91e7373ddab6-111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/41\/83\/08\/65\/30\/73\/111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a\/1080x720_cmsv2_572f5b43-9415-58c3-a2cf-91e7373ddab6-111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/41\/83\/08\/65\/30\/73\/111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a\/1200x800_cmsv2_572f5b43-9415-58c3-a2cf-91e7373ddab6-111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/41\/83\/08\/65\/30\/73\/111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a\/1920x1280_cmsv2_572f5b43-9415-58c3-a2cf-91e7373ddab6-111418398a6d0826f6583d3023d0c962e87fc7337e7a.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"widget__button u-color-white u-display-flex u-flex-direction-column u-margin-bottom-2 u-margin-bottom-medium-5 u-text-transform-none\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"//culture//2023//03//25//meet-the-woman-behind-south-asias-largest-art-summit?gallery=be2b4eb0-c3f0-11ed-8ba0-2dd8ad82ff4e#photo-1\" title=\"open image gallery\">\n <div class=\"widget__button__title u-color-white u-margin-top-0 u-text-transform-none u-text-weight-bold\">View Gallery<\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__button__text u-display-flex u-text-weight-semibold u-text-size-extra-small\">6 Photos<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among the most world-renowned artists taking part at DAS 2023 was Antony Gormley who returned to South Asia for the first time in 50 years for this summit. 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This includes about 740,000 who crossed the border starting in 2017, when the Myanmar military launched a brutal crackdown. \n\n\nMuslim Rohingya face widespread discrimination in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where most are denied citizenship and many other rights. \n\nLast year, the United States said the oppression of Rohingya in Myanmar amounted to genocide after authorities in Washington confirmed accounts of mass atrocities against civilians by the military in a systematic campaign against the ethnic minority. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A massive fire raced through a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving thousands homeless. <\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s deputy refugee commissioner, Shamsud Douza, said some 2,000 dwellings, mostly made of bamboo and tarpaulin in the Balukhali refugee camp, were gutted by the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>A fire official at the camp in the Cox\u2019s Bazar district said that no casualties have been reported, and the UNHCR in Bangladesh said it was providing support.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1632403154737455104\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It is not yet clear how the blaze started, but there\u00a0have been hundreds of fires in the overcrowded and squalid Rohingya camps in Bangladesh over the past two years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1632408124442431490\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>More than one million Rohingya refugees have fled to the country from Myanmar over several decades. 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the seventh most vulnerable country in the world to climate change . \n\nAn estimated 4.4 per cent of people around the world are thought to have depression. In Bangladesh, this figure was considerably higher at 16.3 per cent. \n\nAnxiety levels in the country were also higher (6 per cent) compared to the rest of the world (3.6 per cent). \n\nResearchers say the findings of the study could be used to narrow down the wider effect of climate change on mental health. \n\n\u201cAs climate change worsens, temperatures and humidity will continue to increase, as will natural disasters, such as extreme flooding, which portends worsening impact on our collective mental health, globally,\u201d says the study\u2019s lead author Syed Shabab Wahid, an assistant professor in the department of global health at Georgetown University\u2019s School of Health. \n\nHeat and humidity have an alarming effect on mental health \n\nThe study measured climate variables at 43 weather stations in Bangladesh for seasonal changes in temperature and humidity, as well as noting where people were exposed to flooding. \n\nTwo surveys were then conducted in rural and urban areas to assess depression and anxiety in adults. \n\nIt revealed that heat, humidity and climate-related events had an alarming effect on the mental health of the respondents. \n\nPeople experiencing one degree Celsius higher temperatures were found to be 21 per cent more likely to have an anxiety disorder. They were also 24 per cent more likely to have both depression and anxiety together. \n\nThe study also found a link between increased humidity in the air and a higher chance of the participants reporting both depression and anxiety. \n\nExposure to worsening flooding linked to climate change increased the odds of poor mental health. Depression increased by 31 per cent, anxiety by 69 per cent and the presence of both conditions by 87 per cent. \n\nIs the study a warning for other nations? \n\nResearchers say the study isn\u2019t enough to see the impact of major climate change but it does show how even small changes in weather linked to climate change can affect mental health . \n\nWahid says they now plan to conduct further research in Bangladesh and globally to \u201cnarrow down the causes and effects of climate changes on mental health.\u201d \n\nThe study\u2019s authors note that the findings are particularly concerning for countries where people are exposed to heat through daily labour or activities. Women , older populations and people with disabilities were especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on mental health. \n\n\u201cWe have now established a high-water mark that alas could soon be eclipsed for how climate can impact mental health in a highly vulnerable country,\u201d Wahid explains. \n\n\u201cThis should serve as a warning for other nations.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Climate-related events have been confirmed to have a negative effect on mental health, according to new research published this week.<\/p>\n<p>The study looked at the effect of heat, humidity and flooding on rates of depression and anxiety in Bangladesh - the seventh most <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//07//we-are-at-our-limit-developing-countries-score-early-win-at-cop27-with-loss-and-damage-on-/">vulnerable country in the world to climate change<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 4.4 per cent of people around the world are thought to have depression. In Bangladesh, this figure was considerably higher at 16.3 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Anxiety levels in the country were also higher (6 per cent) compared to the rest of the world (3.6 per cent).<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say the findings of the study could be used to narrow down the wider <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//12//15//suicide-may-be-more-common-in-areas-worst-hit-by-air-pollution-new-study-reveals/">effect of climate change on mental health.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs climate change worsens, temperatures and humidity will continue to increase, as will natural disasters, such as extreme flooding, which portends worsening impact on our collective mental health, globally,\u201d says the study\u2019s lead author Syed Shabab Wahid, an assistant professor in the department of global health at Georgetown University\u2019s School of Health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7371962,7365346\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//01//heatwaves-kill-thousands-every-summer-heres-how-many-lives-we-could-save-by-planting-trees/"> Heatwaves kill thousands every summer. Here\u2019s how many lives we could save by planting trees.<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//04//metro-systems-are-among-our-cities-most-polluted-places-we-asked-an-expert-if-we-should-be/">Metro systems are among our cities\u2019 most polluted places: We asked an expert if we should be worried<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Heat and humidity have an alarming effect on mental health<\/h2>\n<p>The study measured climate variables at 43 weather stations in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//tag//bangladesh/">Bangladesh for seasonal changes in temperature and humidity, as well as noting where people were exposed to flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Two surveys were then conducted in rural and urban areas to assess depression and anxiety in adults.<\/p>\n<p>It revealed that heat, humidity and climate-related events had an alarming effect on the mental health of the respondents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//38//10//16//808x454_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo\/Mahmud Hossain Opu\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/384x216_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/640x360_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/750x422_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/828x466_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/1080x608_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/1200x675_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/1920x1080_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Villagers wade through waist-deep waters to reach their homes in Pratap Nagar in Bangladesh.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Mahmud Hossain Opu<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>People experiencing one degree Celsius higher temperatures were found to be 21 per cent more likely to have an anxiety disorder. They were also 24 per cent more likely to have both depression and anxiety together.<\/p>\n<p>The study also found a link between increased humidity in the air and a higher chance of the participants reporting both depression and anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>Exposure to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//tag//flood/">worsening flooding<\/strong><\/a> linked to climate change increased the odds of poor mental health. Depression increased by 31 per cent, anxiety by 69 per cent and the presence of both conditions by 87 per cent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7358082,4589076\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//01//foreign-agents-meet-the-russian-climate-activists-taking-on-their-government-in-court/">'Foreign agents': Inside the Russian climate movement taking the government to court<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//25//climate-migrants-how-even-rich-bavaria-cannot-provide-shelter-from-global-warming/">Climate migrants: How even rich Bavaria cannot provide shelter from global warming<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Is the study a warning for other nations?<\/h2>\n<p>Researchers say the study isn\u2019t enough to see the impact of major climate change but it does show how even small changes in weather linked to climate change can affect <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//tag//mental-healthhttps:////www.euronews.com//green//tag//mental-health/">mental health<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wahid says they now plan to conduct further research in Bangladesh and globally to \u201cnarrow down the causes and effects of climate changes on mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The study\u2019s authors note that the findings are particularly concerning for countries where people are exposed to heat through daily labour or activities. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//11//leaders-not-victims-african-asian-and-latin-american-womens-groups-demand-climate-funding/">Women, older populations and people with disabilities were especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on mental health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">This should serve as a warning for other nations.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Syed Shabab Wahid\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n The study\u2019s lead author\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cWe have now established a high-water mark that alas could soon be eclipsed for how climate can impact mental health in a highly vulnerable country,\u201d Wahid explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis should serve as a warning for other nations.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1675772125,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1675773322,"firstPublishedAt":1675773327,"lastPublishedAt":1675773327,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_eb299880-90e6-5f16-b7c6-368314288318-7381016.jpg","altText":"Rickshaw pullers wait in a line, awaiting passengers in Dhaka, Bangladesh","caption":"Rickshaw pullers wait in a line, awaiting passengers in Dhaka, Bangladesh","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/A.M. 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