The student group is finalising plans to launch the new party during an event likely on Wednesday, said the sources who did not want to be named as they are not authorized to speak to the media. Nahid Islam, a student leader and adviser to the interim government that took charge of Bangladesh after Hasina’s […]
Tuesday afternoon’s clashes began after the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) sought to recruit students at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology in the country’s southwest. That sparked a confrontation with campus members of Students Against Discrimination, a protest group that led the uprising that ousted autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina last […]
Before Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was toppled in a student-led movement last August, her government cracked down on protesters and others, including “hundreds of extrajudicial killings”, the United Nations said. The UN rights office said it had “reasonable grounds to believe that the crimes against humanity of murder, torture, imprisonment and infliction of other inhumane […]
Adani, which signed a 25-year contract under former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2017, has been supplying power from its $2 billion plant in India’s Jharkhand state. The plant, with two units each of 800 megawatts capacity, sells exclusively to Bangladesh. The Indian company halved supply to Bangladesh on October 31 due to payment delays […]
Hasina fled to India last year following violent protests that killed more than 1,000 people. In an online address on Wednesday, Sheikh Hasina called on her supporters to stand against the interim government in Bangladesh, accusing it of seizing power unconstitutionally. Thousands of protesters gathered in Dhaka before Hasina’s address and, an in effort to […]
Witnesses said several thousand protesters, some armed with sticks, hammers, and other tools, gathered around the historic house and independence monument, while others brought a crane and excavator to demolish the building. The rally was organized alongside a broader call, dubbed “Bulldozer Procession”, to disrupt Hasina’s scheduled 9 p.m. online address on Wednesday. Protesters, many […]
Yunus, 84, an economist and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, took charge of the South Asian country’s interim government in August after Hasina was forced to flee to neighboring India following weeks of violent protests. Hasina has been credited with turning around the economy and the country’s massive garments industry during her 15 years […]
Benefiting from a huge reprieve when he thought he had been run out on 18, the attacking right-hander took a heavy toll on an uninspired Caribbean team, belting six sixes and three fours off just 41 balls to pace his side to a challenging 189 for seven after skipper Litton Das opted to bat first. […]
Hasina’s iron-fisted rule was strongly backed by India and the 77-year-old remains in New Delhi where she took refuge after her ouster, despite Bangladesh announcing it would seek her extradition. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is leading an interim government tasked with implementing democratic reforms, has condemned acts of “Indian aggression” that he alleged were […]
According to reports, the First Information Report (FIR) was registered under Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code. According to the complaint, the Bangladeshi diplomat alleged that unknown persons had been following him, monitoring his movements, and even taking his photographs without consent. A few days ago, a threatening letter was delivered to […]
