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Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government on Saturday banned the Awami League, the political party of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, pending the outcome of a trial over its crackdown on mass protests that prompted her ouster last year. According to the United Nations, up to 1,400 protesters died in July 2024 when Hasina’s government launched a…
New Delhi/Dhaka: Ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina tore into the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government on Sunday, branding him as a “self-centered loan shark” who plotted the country’s downfall with foreign players to quench his thirst for power. In an eight-minute virtual address, she also raised doubts over what killed Abu Sayeed, a student protester who…
Dhaka6 minutes ago Copy link In Bangladesh, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party Awami League has announced protests, strikes and blockade across the country. Awami League has made this announcement in protest against the cases filed against Sheikh Hasina and the harassment on religious minorities in the country. The party informed about the programs related…
42 minutes ago copy link Sheikh Hasina’s party Awami League may be banned from participating in the upcoming elections in Bangladesh. Mahfooz Alam, advisor to interim government chief Mohammad Yunus, made this claim at an election rally on Saturday. Mahfooz Alam said that only pro-Bangladeshi parties will be allowed to contest elections. Only pro-Bangladesh parties…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last remaining corruption case against her, paving the way for the BNP Chairperson to contest elections. Along with Ms Zia, the top court also cleared charges against Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, and all other suspects in their appeal over…
London: Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq resigned from the UK government Tuesday after being named in graft probes in Bangladesh launched when her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, was ousted as the country’s leader. In a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Siddiq repeated she had done nothing wrong but said continuing in office would likely “be a…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s anti-graft commission has filed cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including a British government minister and a senior United Nations official, its chief said Monday. Hasina, 77, fled a revolution in August 2024 to neighbouring India, where she has defied extradition requests from Bangladesh to face charges including mass murder….
Bangladesh’s interim government on Tuesday said it has revoked the passport of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 96 others over their alleged involvement in enforced disappearances and the July killings. Hasina, 77, has been living in India since August 5 last year when she fled Bangladesh following a massive student-led protest that toppled her…
Dhakaa few moments ago copy link The Yunus government of Bangladesh has started erasing the legacy of Sheikh Hasina’s father and former President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The current government has decided to make changes in the text books of Bangladesh. According to Daily Star, from now on it will be told in the book that…
Bangladesh has officially requested India through a “note verbale” to send back former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India on August 5 after a student-led movement ousted her from power. “We have sent a note verbale to India requesting to send Sheikh Hasina back,” Bangladesh’s Interim government’s Foreign Affairs Adviser, Touhid Hossain said,…