At least four killed in clashes with supporters of ousted Leader Hasina
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In this image made from a video, supporters of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina clash with the police in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo)
Dhaka. At least four people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday in clashes between Bangladeshi security forces with supporters of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, hospital officials and local media reported.
TAG_OPEN_div_74 The violence erupted in the morning after a new political party formed by students leading a revolt against Hasina in August last year announced a march to hasina’s ancestral home in southwestern Gopalganj district and to her Awami League party stronghold.
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authorities later imposed a night curfew in the district.
Bangladesh TAG_OPEN_div_71 has been plagued by chaos and uncontrolled mob violence since Hasina’s expulsion 11 months ago. Wednesday’s attack highlights the country’s deep divisions as the country’s interim government fails to bring the deteriorating security situation under control.
Chaotic state
Television footage shows pro TAG_OPEN_div_67-Hasina activists attacking police with sticks and setting fire to about 20 vehicles carrying National Citizen Party leaders to commemorate the uprising.
Party leaders have taken refuge in the local police chief’s office. Footage showed top leaders being taken in armoured vehicles by soldiers for security. They later left for the neighbouring district with security escorts.
Jibitesh Biswas, TAG_OPEN_div_63 a senior official at the government hospital, told reporters that at least three bodies had been brought inside. The country’s leading English-language Daily Star said four people had died.
TAG_OPEN_div_61 The interim government on Wednesday said those who attacked students would not remain “unpunished”, and a statement issued by interim leader Muhammad Yunus described the violence in Gopalganj as “completely unforgivable”.
Hasina TAG_OPEN_div_59’s Awami League party, which was banned by authorities in May, issued several statements on social network X condemning the violence and blaming the interim government for the deaths and injuries.
“We urge TAG_OPEN_div_57 the world to take note of this apparent misuse of the security apparatus,” an awami statement said. The statement said it used mob violence against “dissenters”.
Student leader Nahid Islam gave a 24 TAG_OPEN_div_55-hour ultimatum to authorities to arrest those responsible for the Gopalganj violence and said there was a possibility of another padayatra in neighbouring Faridpur district on Thursday.
The right-wing Jamaat-TAG_OPEN_div_53 e-Islami party condemned the attack on the student-led party and announced nationwide protests in all districts and major cities for Thursday.
Disturbed nation
Critic TAG_OPEN_div_49 s of the interim government have warned of growing polarisation, saying the clashes have dampened hopes of national reconciliation. However, Yunus’s administration has promised to bring the system in the post-Hasina era. Critics say a peaceful transition to a democracy is at risk if the situation does not improve.
Three days after Hasina was ousted and fled to India, Younus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, took charge of the country and promised to restore order. TAG_OPEN_div_47 He has promised fresh elections in April next year.
TAG_OPEN_div_45 Hasina is currently facing charges of crimes against humanity and the government is trying to extradite her from India. India has not responded to Bangladesh’s request.
Gopalganj is TAG_OPEN_div_43 a politically sensitive district. Hasina’s father’s tomb is located there. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country’s independence leader, was buried there in 1975 after killing most of his family members in a military coup.
The National Citizen’TAG_OPEN_div_41 s Party started its ‘July March for Nation Reconstruction’ earlier this month, saying it would be held in all districts as part of a campaign to establish itself as a new force in Bangladeshi politics.
Bangladesh’s political past has been dominated mainly by two dynastic parties – Hasina’s Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by her rival and former prime minister Khaleda Zia. TAG_OPEN_div_39 The BNP, which hopes to come to power in hasina’s party’s absence, has remained mostly silent about Wednesday’s violence.
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