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Image source, Badhon SheikhImage caption, Protesters have lit fires in the middle of roads। পুলিশ in বাংলাদেশ have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse supporters of the deposed প্রধানমন্ত্রী Sheikh Hasina, who are demanding her return to the country.। A পুলিশ vehicle was set on fire in Gopalganj district, where the banned student wing of Hasina's Awami League party clashed with security forces.।

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Nationwide protests by pro-Hasina activists started a day after the former leader said she had requested a passport to return to বাংলাদেশ from exile in ভারত.। The demonstrations by the student wing, called বাংলাদেশ Chhatra League (BCL), are seen as the first organised show of force by Hasina's supporters since she was ousted in August 2024 following a huge uprising against her rule.। Image source, ReutersImage caption, Sheikh Hasina was ousted in 2024 following weeks of mass protests।

Traffic was disrupted in some parts of the country as protesters tried to set up roadblocks using burning tyres.। Several passenger vehicles were also set on fire in various parts of বাংলাদেশ in the রান up to the protest.। A 60-year-old driver of a passenger bus was killed by smoke inhalation after people set fire to the vehicle in the city of Faridpur early on Tuesday.।

Elsewhere, about 200 protesters briefly blocked traffic on the 6.2km (4 mile)-long Padma bridge across the Ganges, that connects the capital ঢাকা with the south-western region.। Bangladeshi local media said dozens of crude bombs exploded in the past few days in ঢাকা and elsewhere.। "Any attempt to worsen the law-and-order situation or create instability through any conspiracy within the country from across the border (ভারত) will not be allowed to succeed," বাংলাদেশ Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said.।

"Our supporters were not responsible for the violent incidents. They were carried out by unknown miscreants. We believe in peaceful protests," a senior leader of the BCL, who is now in exile in a foreign country, said.। Hasina fled to neighbouring ভারত two years ago following a massive uprising, bringing an end to her 15-year reign.। Opposition parties accused Hasina of jailing political rivals, supressing dissent and overseeing widespread human rights abuses. She always denied the charges.।

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Student-led demonstrations against job quotas escalated into mass protests in 2024 after a bloody পুলিশ crackdown। The জাতিসংঘ has estimated up to 1,400 people were killed, most by gunfire from security forces, during the anti-সরকার protests in 2024.। The activities of the Awami League were banned soon after she fled the country and it was not allowed to contest the February general নির্বাচন.।

A special Bangladeshi tribunal last year sentenced her to death in absentia after being found guilty of crimes against humanity.। She has denied all the charges, calling the trial "biased and politically motivated".। Despite the death penalty threat, Hasina said she wanted to return to বাংলাদেশ in December and requesteded the বাংলাদেশ High Commission in New Delhi to issue her with a passport.।

But the Bangladeshi সরকার said the country would not provide a passport to her and called her "a terrorist".। "She is a fugitive criminal. We have an active extradition treaty with ভারত. We want her handed over," Humaiun Kobir, বাংলাদেশ's junior foreign affairs minister, said.। "Should we treat her like an ordinary commercial traveller and tell her to come and visit her in-laws' residence।

A state prosecutor in বাংলাদেশ on Tuesday said the verdict would be executed if she came back, saying she had missed the opportunity to appeal.। Awami League leaders allege that in the past two years hundreds of supporters have been killed in mob violence and dozens have died in the custody of security forces.। ঢাকা কর্মকর্তারা reject accusations that Awami League supporters are being systematically targeted.।

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