The #Bangladesh government has set up a three person judicial committee to investigate the killings and resulting violence in recent weeks. The prime minister has sought United Nations (UN) assistance for this investigation. But a senior UN official has just told me: "The UN

As the student protest in Bangladesh continues into its third week, police in the Sylhet district were seen shooting at protesters earlier today. Reports of fresh clashes between students and security forces are emerging from most major cities across the country.

What do today's large scale protests throughout Bangladesh, involving hundreds of thousands of people, many of which are calling very directly for Sheikh Hasina to resign, mean? The protests are unlikely to stop. They are triggered by a quite understandable deep emotional