Protests

Protests

A municipal worker, seen through a burnt-out car, cleans a street a day after clashes during a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in Paris, France, 18 October 2026. Photo: Reuters

Nearly 1,000 arrested in France as cost-of-living protests turn violent

France's Interior Ministry estimated that 410,000 people took part in demonstrations nationwide, while trade unions put the turnout at about 800,000

Workers remove graffiti from the pedestal of the equestrian statue of Louis XIV at the Place Bellecour in Lyon, ahead of nationwide protests against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in France, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Louvre, other Paris museums to close as France deploys 70,000 officers for protests

A man throws a plastic traffic cone through a burning barricade amid clashes during a day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement, joined by French high school and university students, teachers and parents demanding better school conditions and government action, as well as labour unions, workers, farmers and retirees, France, October 17, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Abdul Saboor

As France erupts, Europe's far right gains from fuel-price anger ahead of elections

A municipal worker, seen through a burnt-out car, cleans a street a day after clashes during a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in Paris, France, 18 October, 2026. Photo: Reuters

France faces aftermath of worst unrest in years

French high school students, parents and teachers face French CRS riot police while blocking a street near the Lycee Helene-Boucher high school in Paris as part of an ongoing protest movement demanding better school conditions and government action, in France, October 16, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

Students, trade unions and Yellow Vests set to protest across France

Former state minister for information and communication technology, Zunaid Ahmed Palak. Photo: TBS

'The lift only stays out of order for us': Palak fumes after climbing six floors by stairs

Leaders of the Chattogram Bandar Rokkha Sangram Parishad address a press conference at a local hotel on today (19 September 2026), announcing fresh protest programmes against the proposed deal to hand over Chattogram Port's New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to DP World. Photo: TBS

Ctg Port workers announce fresh protests against proposed DP World deal for New Mooring terminal

Photo: UNB

Protests erupt in Rangpur demanding vote recount

People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest US President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, on 23 January 2026. Photo: Reuters

Defiant protests over US immigration crackdown, child's detention

The protests that erupted from Tehran’s bazaars over prices and shortages quickly became a nationwide revolt. Photo: Collected

Iran and the danger of mistaking exhaustion for nostalgia

Protesters gather as vehicles burn, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released on 9 January 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran's Guards declare 'red line' on security as Tehran seeks to quell unrest

The protesters in front of the BTRC office in Agargaon on 7 Dec. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Why are mobile phone traders protesting?

Assistant teachers of government primary schools staged a sit-in at the central Shaheed Minar to press home their three-point demand on Saturday, 8 November 2025. Photo: UNB

Primary teachers call off strike following finance ministry assurances