New UK travel advisory warns terror attacks likely in Bangladesh

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Students beat a policeman with sticks during a protest over a controversial quota system for government job applicants in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 18 July 2024 Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, whose government was overthrown in a mass street agitation earlier this year, has accused interim leader Muhammad Yunus of orchestrating a “genocide” and failing to safeguard the country’s minorities such as Hindus, Buddhists and Christians. open image in gallery Sheikh Hasina waits to cast her vote in Bangladesh’s general election in Dhaka on 7 January 2024 She also alleged a deliberate campaign of persecution. The exiled prime minister highlighted growing strain in relations between Bangladesh and neighbour India under Mr Yunus’s rule, with New Delhi expressing concern over attacks on minority groups. “They are undermining our efforts to build a new Bangladesh and spreading fictitious stories,” he told a gathering of Bangladeshi politicians, in an apparent reference to New Delhi’s condemnation of the attacks on minorities.