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Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said on Sunday that the interim government will seek the extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after the fall of her government following a mass protest movement in August. In an address to the nation on the completion of 100 days of the interim…
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Students from anti-discrimination movements and Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists attack an Awami League supporter in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday, November 10, 2024 | Photo Credit: AP Members of an influential Bangladeshi students’ group that played a key role in toppling Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government prevented Awami League supporters from staging a planned rally in…
Yao Wen, Ambassador of China to Bangladesh, and commanders of the Chinese naval fleet Qi Jiguang and Jing Gangshan, called on Rear Admiral Masud Iqbal, Commander of the Chattogram Naval Area, Rear Admiral Mohammed Moinul Hassan, Commander of the Bangladesh Navy Fleet, and Rear Admiral S.M. Moniruzzaman, Chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority on October…
File picture of Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s interim leader has refused to give a time frame for elections following the ouster of his predecessor, saying in an interview published Tuesday (October 8, 2024) that reforms are needed before polls. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was appointed the…
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The delegation of magisterial powers to the Army will allow the Army to carry out police and jail related functions as well as the task of executive magistrates. File. | Photo Credit: AP The interim government of Bangladesh on Tuesday (September 17, 2024) granted magisterial and policing powers to the Bangladesh Army. An order issued…
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Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh interim government. File | Photo Credit: PTI There is no plan to change the national anthem of Bangladesh, the country’s Religious Affairs Advisor AFM Khalid Hossain said on Saturday (September 7, 2024). “The interim government will not do anything to create controversy,” Mr. Hossain told the media after visiting…
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Bangladesh interim government said it will “soon” start re-investigation and fair trial into the 2009 mutiny in the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) that had killed 74 people, including 57 army officers serving in the force. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh interim government on Monday (September 2, 2024) said it will “soon” start re-investigation and fair…
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The Bangladesh interim government’s foreign affairs advisor Mohammed Touhid Hossain, has said that as cases mount against Sheikh Hasina, his country could consider seeking the extradition of the former premier but that would create an “embarrassing situation for the Indian government.” In an exclusive interview to Reuters TV in Dhaka, Hossain said that “since there…
Students chant slogans near a vandalised mural of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during a protest near Dhaka University in the Bangladesh capital on August 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladesh’s interim government revoked the diplomatic passport of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (August 22, 2024), after she fled a student-led uprising earlier…
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On August 5, ex Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was ousted from her country and power. (Representational) Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government has sought $1 billion from the World Bank as budgetary support. The call came from the country’s Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan’s meeting with Abdoulaye Seck, the World Bank’s Country…
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