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South and central Asia

6 August 2024

  • Protesters in Dhaka climb a public monument to the assassinated first premier of Bangladesh, the father of Sheikh Hasina as they celebrate the news of her resignation as prime minister.

    Bangladesh parliament dissolved a day after resignation of prime minister

    Move comes after longtime leader Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled country after weeks of deadly unrest
  • A poster of a veiled older Asian woman with holes in her face

    Sheikh Hasina: child of the revolution who eroded Bangladesh’s democracy

    The sudden downfall of the world’s longest-serving female leader has ended one of South Asia’s most enduring political dynasties. But will Hasina’s legacy be huge development gains or rights abuses and alleged killings?

    • People in Bangladesh: how do you feel about the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina?

    • Mass protests in Bangladesh – in pictures

    • She wanted a divorce so her father hacked her legs with an axe: how Pakistan fails women

5 August 2024

  • Sheikh Hasina raises a fist as she speaks during a meeting at the prime minister's residence in Dhaka

    Why has Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled?

    The 76-year-old has suddenly left the country after weeks of student-led protests that were met with violence
  • Sheikh Hasina giving press conference in front of smashed glass window.

    Bangladesh PM has resigned and left country, army chief confirms

    Sheikh Hasina’s departure sparks both celebrations and looting in the streets of the capital city

    • Bangladesh: protesters storm PM’s residence in Dhaka – video

    • Rights and freedom
      Rebel fighter, Maoist MP, rape survivor: the many lives of Devi Khadka

    • Bangladesh students call for march to capital Dhaka a day after clashes kill nearly 100 people

4 August 2024

  • Dozens of young men carrying sticks walk past a burning motorcycle in the middle of a road

    Almost 100 people killed in Bangladesh as protesters renew call for PM to quit

    Military announces curfew and mobile internet access cut off as fresh wave of demonstrations erupts across country

2 August 2024

  • People and a cow walking on a street in the rain

    Weather tracker
    Weather tracker: Record-breaking rain in Delhi leaves trail of destruction

    Almost 200 killed as deluge sweeps northern India, while rain gives way to high humidity at Paris Olympics

1 August 2024

  • Teaching staff from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology show support for the student protesters. One placard reads 'We stand with our students' and another reads 'Every lie is a debt to the truth. Sooner or later the debt is paid'

    Bangladesh arrests more than 10,000 in crackdown on protests

  • A woman paints another woman's fingernails

    Rights and freedom
    ‘They can stone us and flog us – I will keep using makeup’: why women risk everything in Afghanistan’s secret salons

July 2024

  • People search under the remains of a ceiling covered in mud and debris

    Death toll from landslides in India’s Kerala state rises to 166

  • More than 150 people have died and scores of others are believed to be still missing after heavy rains triggered landslides in Chooralmala and other parts of Kerala

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    Drone footage shows aftermath of deadly landslide in Kerala, India – video

  • Rescuers help residents at the site of a landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, India.

    India landslides: death toll passes 100 with dozens feared missing

  • The tomb of Kharro Syed, tiled in the kashikari tradition.

    Ceramics, miniatures and mosaics: the London school reviving the world’s endangered sacred arts

  • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa review – a female Everest climber’s ascent

  • Bangladesh student protests turn into ‘mass movement against a dictator’

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