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Bangladesh president dissolves parliament

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Anti-government protestors are gathering at the parliament house in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024. [AFP]

Bangladesh's president dissolved parliament on Tuesday, a key demand of student protesters who led demonstrations that ousted longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina.

"The president has dissolved parliament," Shiplu Zaman, press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin, said in a statement.

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