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Protesters are demanding an end to a quota system that reserves more than half of civil service posts for specific groups, including pro-government entities.
Students and activists marched around Bangladesh on Monday to protest Israel's ongoing war on Gaza, similar to university movements around the world.
Human Rights Watch said Bangladesh authorities are 'carrying out mass arrests of political opposition in a clear attempt to quash the opposition and eliminate competition ahead of the general elections'.
Bangladesh is building the first of two nuclear power plants in collaboration with Russia.
In a visit to Bangladesh, the Russian Foreign Minister says the US Indo-Pacific strategy aims to isolate Russia in the region.
Delwar Hossain Sayedee, 83, died on Monday after suffering a heart attack in a prison outside Dhaka, prompting protests in the capital that turned violent when police moved in to disperse them.
Temperatures in Bangladesh have soared to nearly 41 degrees Celsius, where scientists have attributed factors such as climate change to the more severe heat.
The visit will help determine whether it is possible to start the repatriation process for millions of Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, most of whom fled a military-led crackdown in Myanmar in 2017.
There were no casualties reported so far in the fire, which began in the early hours of Tuesday morning, but army personnel had been called in to help after flames spread rapidly.
A massive fire at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh left 12,000 people homeless, according to officials.