The simmering protests and the government's heavy-handed response highlight deep-seated frustrations and grievances among the young people in Bangladesh, says an activist.

Public rallies have been banned by the police in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka following the most fatal day of continuous student protests, during which government buildings were set on fire by demonstrators and a nationwide internet blackout was enforced, killing dozens, and injuring thousands.

Bangladeshi students have set fire to the country's state broadcaster amid escalating clashes that have killed at least 32 people. 

Thousands of Bangladeshi students march in Dhaka in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and with pro-Palestinian student protests around the world.

Hundreds of Dhaka University students burned an effigy of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a pro-Palestinian rally in the Bangladesh capital.

A devastating fire erupted in a high-rise building in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, killing at least 46 people.

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters filled the streets of Bangladesh’s capital.