Key facts
- Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at supporters of Sheikh Hasina protesting nationwide, the report said.
- A 60-year-old bus driver died of smoke inhalation in Faridpur early on Tuesday after his vehicle was set on fire.
- About 200 protesters briefly blocked traffic on the 6.2km Padma bridge linking Dhaka with the south-western region.
- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said attempts to create instability through a conspiracy from across the border in India would not succeed.
- A senior Bangladesh Chhatra League leader in exile said the group's supporters were not responsible for the violence.
- A state prosecutor said on Tuesday the death sentence would be executed if Hasina returned, saying she had missed the chance to appeal.
Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets on November 10, 2026, to disperse supporters of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who are demanding her return from exile in India, according to the report.
A police vehicle was set on fire in Gopalganj district, where the banned student wing of Hasina's Awami League party, the Bangladesh Chhatra League, clashed with security forces. Traffic was disrupted in some parts of the country as protesters tried to set up roadblocks using burning tires, and several passenger vehicles were set on fire in the run-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. About 200 protesters briefly blocked traffic on the 6.2km Padma bridge across the Ganges, which connects Dhaka with the south-western region. Bangladeshi local media said dozens of crude bombs exploded in the past few days in Dhaka and elsewhere.
"Any attempt to worsen the law-and-order situation or create instability through any conspiracy within the country from across the border (India) will not be allowed to succeed," Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said. A senior leader of the BCL, now in exile in a foreign country, said: "Our supporters were not responsible for the violent incidents. They were carried out by unknown miscreants. We believe in peaceful protests."
The nationwide protests by pro-Hasina activists started a day after the former leader said she had requested a passport to return to Bangladesh from exile in India. Hasina fled to India two years ago following a mass uprising that ended her 15-year reign. The Awami League was banned soon after she left and was not allowed to contest the February general election.