Dhaka

As violent protestors filled the streets of Dhaka, marching towards the PM's residence and the Jatiya Sangshad Bhavan, the national parliament, cards were falling fast. Just after 2 pm, ahead of reports of an address by the military chief, news came in that Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka.

Indian High Commission in Dhaka has issued an urgent advisory for Indian citizens and students in Bangladesh to avoid non-essential travel and minimise movement outside their residences due to the escalating unrest in the country.

The members of the Harijan community were going to be rehabilitated but the move didn't go down well with the Islamists in Bangladesh.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) spokesman Faruq Hossain said one officer had been killed and 41 others were injured in clashes with protesters.

A Bangladeshi man was arrested for sexually harassing a female attendant on board a Muscat-Dhaka flight.

Saurabh Kant Tiwari, husband of Bangladeshi Sonia Akhtar, charged that he was forced to convert to Islam.

Mohammad Abul Hossain of the University of Dhaka claims that the skeleton of the human hand forms the Arabic word 'Allah'.

Bangladesh has cancelled Nora Fatehi performance in Dhaka as a part of broader austerity drive to ‘save dollars’.

“Like every year, Bangladeshi extremists have started vandalizing the idols of maa Durga," Tweeted Bangladesh Hindu Unity Council.

Chinese ambassador in Dhaka Li Jiming said Bangladesh's relations with China will be "substantially damaged" if it joins the 4-nation Quad.