Just a day a go. A lot of kids got shot at New Market today

Bangla Spring: Nearly 1,000 comrades murdered, yet Bangladeshi youth rise again, defy the terrors of dictator #SheikhHasina and are making a history! These powerful videos bring tears to my eyes. I wish I were there in person to witness it! #Bangladesh #Democracy

Wild rumors are swirling about Sheikh Hasina's future as the army chief is poised to address the nation in half an hour. Local TV station reports the army talks with major political parties are underway. Hasina may have budged finally.

Multiple official sources tell me that Sheikh Hasina has resigned as the Bangladesh premier after 15 years of uninterrupted rule.

Bangladeshi PM resigns and flees country as anti-government protesters storm her official residence in capital Dhaka Follow live bbc.in/3Ys66hy

à la Sri Lanka

Incredible! Protestors storm PM Sheikh Hasina's official residence in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the PM resigns and leaves the country, the BBC reports. bbc.com/news/live/ckdg…

This is where Sheikh Hasina — Bangladesh’s erstwhile prime minister whose accumulation of domestic power had no parallel in South Asia’s history — used to work.

Wow: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigns as protests escalate ft.com/content/fbc835… via @ft

Here are the 86 people whom Human Rights Watch identified a few years back as disappeared in #Bangladesh, picked up by Awami League authorities, but whose wherabouts remain unknown. The new government authorities should now given each and every family an explanation now of what

Sheikh Hasina’s swift downfall prompts jubilation and alarm in #Bangladesh ft.com/content/d9742f… with Benjamin Parkin via @ft

👏👏👏on interim govt led by Prof. Yunus but why NO #women in the consultations? Interim govt of #Bangladesh must be inclusive and committed to #HumanRights, accountability & transparency. ⁦Muhammad Yunus⁩ #GenderEquality ⁦The Daily Star⁩ ⁦Prothom Alo⁩

.Financial Times on the power vacuum in Dhaka: "#Bangladesh can ill-afford a period of drift, not least as it faces a growing crisis of unemployment... As has been seen in recent years from Romania to Iraq, the aftermath of autocracy is fraught with peril." ft.com/content/529af3… via @ft

Fall of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh shows people power can still sometimes sweep away an unpopular autocrat. Belarus and Iran suggested that maybe online monitoring and willingness to kill demonstrators had tipped balance towards autocracy. Army loyalty seems to be key variable.

This student movement would not be possible without our young women. Photos after Hasina resigned by journalist Shafiqul Alam: Women of the Revolution #women #bangladesh

Bangladeshis are celebrating the end of an autocrat’s reign. Now the caretaker leader, Muhammad Yunus, needs to try to rebuild democracy. Bangladesh matters; it must not be allowed to fail econ.st/4cyvrdf

#Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus calls for free speech and independent judiciary via Financial Times on.ft.com/4dAT9WW

Exclusive: Top fashion brands are shifting orders away from Bangladesh amid the turmoil that surrounded the government's collapse, manufacturers say. Winter season deliveries are delayed and factories owned by suppliers to H&M, Zara etc were torched on.ft.com/3SNZoih

I’m looking for a farmer who participated in protests earlier this year…if anyone knows anyone get in touch 🙏

Susannah Savage Great article on green ammonia! It's worth mentioning that scaling costs and learning curves for water electrolysis are looking really good - and hydrogen production from it should be cheaper than steam-methane reforming in a few years.