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The UK government called for a United Nations-led probe into the unrest that led to the resignation of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The Central government has called an all-party meeting on Tuesday regarding the situation in Bangladesh, in which External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will brief leaders of all political parties about the situation in the violence-struck nation and the steps taken by the Indian government, according to sources.

President Droupadi Murmu addressed the Fijian Parliament on Tuesday, emphasising the "close ties" and "shared values" between India and Fiji. President Murmu arrived in Suva on the first leg of her three-nation visit, starting in Fiji.

The rescue operations in landslide-affected four villages of Kerala's Wayanad entered the eighth day on Tuesday with the death toll reaching 402 and around 170 still missing.

US President Joe Biden has held crisis talks on a potential Iranian counterattack on Israel as his administration said it was working around the clock to avoid all-out war in the Middle East.

Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has said the current Parliament will be dissolved as soon as possible according to the Constitution, media reported.

The Indian government has granted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina an interim stay following the collapse of her government in the South Asian country on Monday, media reports said.

The President's press team said in a statement that the meeting led by Shahabuddin "decided unanimously to free Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia immediately".

The Meghalaya government on Monday imposed a night curfew along its 443-km-long border with Bangladesh and asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to further tighten security in the wake of the unprecedented unrest in the neighbouring country, officials said. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday convened a critical meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in response to the unrest in Bangladesh.

Protesters have reportedly set on fire the house of former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza as violence and chaos continued in the country after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the nation on Monday.

As the political and social crisis in Bangladesh intensifies, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, engaged in a crucial meeting with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday.

As Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country on Monday following weeks of violent student protests, an intense debate kicked off in Islamabad on the stand that Pakistan needs to take in the coming days. 

Around 300 surrendered militants of different extremist outfits on Monday launched a 48-hour long hunger strike in support of their various demands including their rehabilitation, officials said.

National carrier Air India on Monday announced it has cancelled flights to and from Dhaka with immediate effect, amid the growing unrest in the neighbouring country. 

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Monday chaired a review meeting to check the progress and the achievement of the state power department. Chief Minister Dr Saha said that the government is working on multi-pronged programs to ensure uninterrupted power supply across the state.

Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina landed at the Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad on Monday, hours after resigning as the country's Prime Minister and leaving Dhaka en route Delhi.

Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) on Monday announced it has successfully raised Rs 8,373 crore ($1 billion) via the qualified institutional placement (QIP) route, the largest in the country's power sector. 

The affected trains include the Kolkata-Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Express (13109/13110), Kolkata-Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Express (13107/13108), Kolkata-Khulna-Kolkata Bandhan Express, and Dhaka-New Jalpaiguri-Dhaka Mitali Express, which has been suspended since June 21.

Amid turmoil in Bangladesh, a high alert has been sounded in India's bordering areas with the neighbouring nation where the situation has become extremely volatile following protests over a quota-related issue. 

Agartala Smart City Limited inaugurated its own Data Centre on Monday, becoming the first smart city in India to establish a dedicated data centre under a smart city project.

Local media in Bangladesh reported on Monday that "thousands of protesters" have vandalised the residence of the country's Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in Dhanmondi, an upscale area in Dhaka, following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Tripura University Unit has called for the immediate suspension of Augustine Zimik, an Assistant Professor at Tripura University. The student organization accuses Zimik of engaging in unauthorized religious conversion activities on campus in collaboration with the Union of Evangelical Students of India (UESI).

As the Prime Minister of the neighbouring country of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina left the country following the intensification of the students’ protest, the Tripura’s royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma demanded the Government of India to initiate Plan-B and secure the boundaries of the North East region of the country.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned, and an interim government will be formed to run the country, Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced on Monday.