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Football: Hassan Maatouk Ends His Career on a High Note With a Big Win for Lebanon

par This Is Beirut, 12/06 10:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

The captain and star of the Lebanese national football team, Hassan Maatouk, concluded his international career in the best possible way by leading his country to a resounding 4-0 victory against Bangladesh in his final match of the Asian qualifiers for Group I. In their final match of the combined qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 ...

Bangladeshi Students Set Fire to State TV Station Amid Escalating Clashes

par This Is Beirut, 18/07 18:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Bangladesh Dhaka Protestors Students

Bangladeshi students set fire to the country's state television station on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeared on the network seeking to calm escalating clashes that have killed at least 32 people. Hundreds of protesters demanding reform of civil service hiring rules fought back and overwhelmed riot police who had fired at ...

About 2,500 Arrests in Bangladesh Following Protests

par This Is Beirut, 23/07 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Bangladesh Dhaka Students

The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest. At least 174 people have died, including several police officers, according to a separate AFP count of victims reported by police and hospitals. What began as demonstrations ...

How Bangladesh's Student Protests Overthrew the Government

par This Is Beirut, 05/08 14:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Anti-Government Demonstration Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina

Protests in Bangladesh that began as student-led demonstrations against government hiring rules have spiralled into violence killing more than 280 people and overthrowing the premiership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Here are six key dates spanning the protests that ended the autocratic 15-year rule of 76-year-old Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, ...

Who is Sheikh Hasina, the Iron Lady of Bangladesh?

par This Is Beirut, 05/08 15:42 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina, the outgoing Prime Minister of Bangladesh, once symbolized democratic hope for the country by helping to topple the military dictatorship in the 1980s. However, her rule grew progressively authoritarian. On Monday morning, she resigned and fled to India as thousands of anti-government protesters stormed her official ...

Military in Control of Bangladesh After Hasina Flees

par This Is Beirut, 06/08 11:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Bangladesh control Hasina military

Bangladesh's army chief was due to meet student protest leaders on Tuesday, a day after the military took control as mass demonstrations forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee the country. Hasina, 76, had been in power since 2009 but was accused of rigging elections in January and then watched millions of people take to the streets over the ...

Nobel Winner Muhammad Yunus to Lead Bangladesh Government

par This Is Beirut, 07/08 11:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus Sheikh Hasina Student Protests

Bangladesh's Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus will lead an interim government after mass protests forced longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee, the presidency announced Wednesday. The appointment came quickly after student leaders called on the 84-year-old Yunus — credited with lifting millions out of poverty in the ...

Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poorest of the Poor

par This Is Beirut, 08/08 11:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Bangladesh Interim Government Muhammed Yunus Sheikh Hasina

Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus will helm Bangladesh's interim government after the ouster of premier Sheikh Hasina, who had hounded him in speeches and through the courts. The 84-year-old, known as the "banker to the poorest of the poor," was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his work loaning small cash sums to rural ...

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