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Protesters in Bangladesh have vandalised and set fire to the former family home of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as those of other members of her party. The unrest was sparked by news that Hasina would address the country via social media from India, where she has been in exile since a student-led revolt ousted her last year.

Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh’s founding leader, as his daughter, ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina delivered a fiery social media speech calling on her supporters to stand against the interim government.

Anti-Discrimination Student Movement leader says existing parties ‘failed to read the aspirations of the people in the country’ – Anadolu Ajansı

Bangladesh’s interim government is making all efforts to bring back ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and others from India under the extradition treaty, Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Wednesday.

The incident took place just a day after Hasina delivered an online speech urging Awami League supporters to protest against the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, according to a report

The demonstrators reportedly declared that the house, long associated with the Mujibur family, symbolised authoritarianism and fascism. They expressed their intentions to erase any trace of what they …

The Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala had suspended all visa and consular services after a security breach.