Bangladesh Unrest LIVE Updates: As Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus was appointed the head of an interim government in bangladesh on tuesday (August 6), at least 24 people were burnt alive at a hotel owned by a leader of the Awami League. While the army took charge, 100 more deaths were reported overnight in incidents of violence in many parts of the country after Sheikh Hasina fled the country.
A number of Hindu temples, households and businesses were vandalised, women assaulted and at least two Hindu leaders affiliated with the Awami League party headed by Hasina were killed in the violence, as per two community leaders in Dhaka.
Hasina, meanwhile, landed at the Hindon airbase near delhi in a bangladesh military aircraft and is unlikely to move out of india for the next couple of days. She has been moved to an unspecified location under tight security.
The bangladesh crisis has affected onion farmers from Maharashtra’s Nashik, as at least 70 trucks loaded with the staple vegetable are stuck at the bangladesh border. A few days ago, the Centre allowed the export of 80,000 tonnes of onion to the neighbouring country. It is likely to take several more days for the border to reopen. Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana president Raju Shetty has written to PM narendra modi on the problems faced by onion growers. He has demanded Modi’s intervention in reopening the border and ensuring smooth transportation. The former mp appealed to the Centre to contact the caretaker government of Bangladesh.
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