Centre forms panel to oversee safety of Indians, minorities in Bangladesh | External Affairs Defence Security News [Video]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs the 7th Apex Level Meeting of the Narco-Coordination Center (NCORD), in New Delhi, Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Photo: PTI)

In the wake of the ongoing situation in Bangladesh, the Modi government has constituted a committee to monitor the current situation on the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB). The committee will maintain communication channels with their counterpart authorities in Bangladesh to ensure…

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Violence-hit Bangladesh is reeling under a major political crisis, triggered in mid-July over a controversial quota system rule. The violence began on July 16, after clashes broke out between the protesting student activists at Dhaka University and supporters of the ruling Awami League Party.

Since then, more than 500 people have been killed in different instances of violence, according to local media reports.

The protests, which had been partly controlled after the Bangladesh Supreme Court annulled most of the quota system on July 21, reignited over the …

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