The government and people of Pakistan stand in solidarity with the people of Bangladesh, sincerely hoping for a peaceful and swift return to normalcy,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a statement. She also expressed confidence that the resilient spirit and unity of the Bangladeshi people would lead them to a harmonious future. […]
Yunus was appointed to the post by Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin after he held meetings with student leaders and chiefs of the three military services. Local media reported late on Tuesday, citing a statement from officials from the president’s office. Yunus, 84, and his Grameen Bank, a microcredit organization, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize […]
In a video posted on Facebook, Nahid Islam and three other key organizers of the student movement called on “revolutionary students to be ready” if their demands were not met. The demands come amid ongoing political unrest in Bangladesh, which has seen over 300 deaths and thousands of injuries as protests against government job quotas […]
Zaman said in a televised address that after discussions with “all political parties”, it was decided that an interim government would be formed. It was not clear if the army would play a role, but Zaman said: “We will now go to the president of the country, where we will discuss the formation of the […]
Earlier reports had said that the prime minister had left the capital Dhaka, a source close to the embattled leader told AFP on Monday. “She and her sister have left Ganabhaban (the premier’s official residence) for a safer place,” the source told AFP. “She wanted to record a speech. But she could not get an […]
The tally is based on reports from police, officials, and hospital doctors. Protests are set to resume on Monday, with heavy deployments of soldiers and police in the capital Dhaka patrolling key roads and barricading routes to the office of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign are set to return […]
Rallies against civil service job quotas sparked days of mayhem last month that killed more than 200 people in some of the worst unrest of Hasina’s 15-year tenure. Troop deployments briefly restored order but crowds hit the streets in huge numbers after Friday prayers in the Muslim-majority nation, heeding a call by student leaders to […]
“At least 532 people have been arrested over the violence,” Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Faruk Hossain told AFP. “They include some BNP leaders,” he added, referring to the opposition Bangladesh National Party. He said the detainees included the BNP’s third-most senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and party spokesman Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed. He added […]
The court’s Appellate Division dismissed a lower court order that had reinstated the quotas, directing that 93% of government jobs will be open to candidates on merit, without quotas, the reports said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government scrapped the quota system in 2018, but the lower court reinstated it last month, sparking the protests and […]
Hasina’s government has ordered schools and universities to close indefinitely and stepped up efforts to contain weeks of rallies demanding equal access to public sector jobs. Riot police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds while protesters and students allied to the premier’s ruling Awami League have battled on the streets with […]
