More than 156 human rights organizations held a joint press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity, demanding the government declare a national emergency over the surge in child rape and murder.

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a parody political movement founded by Abhijeet Dipke, has gone viral across India as young voters use absurdist internet memes to protest economic hardships.

Secret Service officers shot and killed a gunman identified as Nasire Best after he opened fire near a White House checkpoint on Saturday. President Trump was inside but unhurt.

Prominent artists and journalists held a silent protest at Dhanmondi 27 in Dhaka on Saturday, condemning the surge in child rape and blaming the interim government for weak law enforcement.

International journalists and legal experts at a London dialogue called for the immediate release of detained Bangladeshi reporters, warning that media suppression threatens democracy.