Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT, August 05, 2024

There was “absolutely no way” the ruling government in Bangladesh would have survived, says a Bangladeshi analyst, after PM Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country.

The simmering protests and the government's heavy-handed response highlight deep-seated frustrations and grievances among the young people in Bangladesh, says an activist.

Public rallies have been banned by the police in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka following the most fatal day of continuous student protests, during which government buildings were set on fire by demonstrators and a nationwide internet blackout was enforced, killing dozens, and injuring thousands.

Bangladeshi students have set fire to the country's state broadcaster amid escalating clashes that have killed at least 32 people. 

Thousands of Bangladeshi students march in Dhaka in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and with pro-Palestinian student protests around the world.

Hundreds of Dhaka University students burned an effigy of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a pro-Palestinian rally in the Bangladesh capital.