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Bangladesh: Students cut short protest against gender-based violence amid threats and intimidation
Dhaka, March 15: As many as eight student organisations - demanding removal of Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, the Home Affairs Advisor in the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, for prevailing lawlessness in the country - called off their planned march in Dhaka on Saturday amid threats and intimidation, local media reported.
Deepening divide over South Korea's President Yoon's impeachment spreads to universities
Seoul, March 3: About two dozen students, alumni and others gathered at Ewha Womans University in Seoul last week, denouncing the National Assembly's impeachment of South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol as "invalid," only to encounter another group of students holding an in-school rally calling for Yoon's ouster at the same time.
Pressure mounts on Bangladesh Home Affairs Advisor to resign
Dhaka, Feb 24: Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, the Home Affairs Advisor to the interim government in Bangladesh, on Monday played down the worsening law and order situation in the country, claiming that only few "minor incidents" have taken place and the security situation remains "satisfactory".