More than 450 people were killed in Bangladesh unrest (File) The United Nations said Friday there were strong indications that the Bangladeshi security forces used unnecessary force in tackling the student-led uprising that ousted premier Sheikh Hasina. Sheikh Hasina, 76, fled to neighbouring India by helicopter last week as demonstrators flooded Dhaka’s streets in a … Read more
Home News Muhammad Yunus Inducts Four More Advisers To Bangladesh’s Interim Government The strength of the members in the interim government’s advisory council has gone up to 21. FILE – Bangladesh’s figurehead President Mohammed Shahabuddin administers the oath of office to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, right, as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, in Dhaka, … Read more
Home News Bangladesh Crisis: UN Fact-Finding Mission To Probe Killings Of Protesters By Hasina Regime During ‘Student Revolution’ A statement issued by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus-led interim government said a UN team will probe the “atrocities committed during the Student Revolution” during and in the aftermath of the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime in … Read more
With no police in sight, students on Thursday patrolled the street leading into Hasina’s old family home Dhaka: Hundreds of Bangladeshi students wielding bamboo rods patrolled the site of a planned gathering Thursday of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina’s supporters, vowing to quash any show of strength. Hasina, 76, fled by helicopter last week to neighbouring … Read more
Home News Want Justice From My Country: Sheikh Hasina’s First Remark After Ouster As Bangladesh PM Dhaka: Former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina has issued her first statement after she was forced to leave her motherland on August 5. B’desh Interim Govt Chief Yunus Reaches Out To Hindus Bangladesh’s Dhaka: Former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina has … Read more
New Delhi: Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in first comments after leaving Dhaka, has sought that rioters in the country be punished. She has also sought justice for the vandalism to the statue of her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was also the Founding Father of Bangladesh. In a three-page emotive statement posted on … Read more
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina today issued her first statement since her ouster. In the statement, issued through her son Sajeeb Wazed, Hasina sought justice ‘for the countrymen’. Hasina, 76, resigned and fled to India last week following widespread protests against her government over a controversial quota system in jobs. Reminding the countrymen of her … Read more
Sheikh Hasina’s government was accused of widespread human rights abuses. (File) Dhaka: A court in Bangladesh opened a murder investigation into ousted ex-premier Sheikh Hasina and six top figures in her administration Tuesday over the police killing of a man during civil unrest last month. Hasina, 76, fled by helicopter to neighbouring India a week … Read more
Home News ‘Simply False,’ US Denies Allegations of Govt Involvement in Bangladesh Crisis Bangladesh, often referred to as the land of rivers, is facing a fluid political situation with Sheikh Hasina, tendering her resignation from the position of Prime Minister on August 5 amid escalating protests. ‘Simply untrue’ says US government as it refutes interference … Read more
Home News ‘What You Did Is Unparalleled, The Monster Is Gone’: Bangladesh’s Yunus Hails Students For Toppling Hasina Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus who assumed charge as the head of the interim government in Bangladesh last week, has hailed the student protesters for toppling the regime of deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Nobel laureate … Read more