Students rally in Dhaka for a new polity amid turmoil


Political uproar: Supporters of the NCP shouting slogans during a political rally in Dhaka. — AP

A new political party formed by the students who spearheaded an anti-government movement ousting former prime minister Sheikh Hasina rallied in Bangladesh’s capital and pledged to build a new Bangladesh amid political uncertainty over the next election.

Separately, supporters of the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, or BNP, also held a rally in the capital, Dhaka, where party leaders also vowed to work to establish democracy following the fall of Hasina.

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