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Yunus government cancels passports of 22 veteran security and military officials

November 20, 2024 admin

Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh’s interim government. File. | Photo Credit: AP In a major crackdown on the veteran security officials, the interim government of Bangladesh this week has ordered the cancellation of passports of twenty-two officials who served in the powerful intelligence and law enforcement agencies including the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). In a…

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India-Bangladesh ties have been maintained despite political changes, can’t be reduced to ‘single issue’, says Indian envoy

November 17, 2024 admin

India and Bangladesh have maintained their ties despite “turbulent changes” and changes in the “political wind” in the country, said India’s High Commissioner to Dhaka, referring to the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5 and the violence that followed. In his first such major speech to a public audience since the interim…

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Interim government should make way for a ‘more efficient’ set-up: BNP leader Rumeen Farhana

September 29, 2024 admin

Rumeen Farhana. File | Photo Credit: via Rumeen Farhana/Facebook With countrywide incidents of lynching of political activists from the deposed Awami League and growing violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the condition of Bangladesh under Prof. Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has turned ‘clumsy’, said a leading member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Rumeen Farhana….

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visory Issued For Indians In Bangladesh Amid Unrest: Avoid Travel

July 18, 2024 admin

The protests have been driven by demands for reform of the country’s quota system for civil service jobs. Dhaka: Indian High Commission in Dhaka has issued an urgent advisory for Indian citizens and students in Bangladesh to avoid non-essential travel and minimise movement outside their residences due to the escalating unrest in the country. The…

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