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Sheikh Hasina’s media event can hurt ties with India: Bangladesh

August 4, 2026 admin

Sheikh Hasina, the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Continued political activities by deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from Indian territory “could harm” bilateral relations, the Government of Bangladesh conveyed to India on Monday (August 3, 2026) through Humayun Kobir, the Foreign Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Mr….

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Ruling BNP authorises PM Rahman to finalise nominee for Bangladesh’s presidential elections

August 2, 2026 admin

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has authorised Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to select the party’s candidate for the country’s presidential elections, local media reported. The decision was taken on Saturday (August 1, 2026) at BNP’s National Standing Committee’s meeting, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported. The meeting…

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Bangladesh issues countrywide alert fearing unrest on anniversary of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League

June 20, 2026 admin

The Awami League has so far issued no notification on their online platforms, but some media reports suggest that the party activists were directed to hoist national and party flags at party offices and stage flash street processions. File. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh on Saturday (June 20, 2026) issued a nationwide security alert over…

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Bangladesh parliament reconvenes after Gen-Z protests and elections

March 12, 2026 admin

Tarique Rahman. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s Parliament convened on Thursday (March 12, 2026) for the first time since a deadly 2024 uprising plunged the country into political turmoil and following elections last month. The government of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), took over after February 12 elections…

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Oath taking ceremony of new MPs, ‘Constitution Reform Commission’ and new Bangladesh government on February 17

February 16, 2026 admin

The new members of the Parliament of Bangladesh will be sworn in at 10 a.m. on February 17, 2026, the Election Commission of Bangladesh has announced | Photo Credit: Reuters The new members of the Parliament of Bangladesh will be sworn in at 10 a.m. Tuesday (February 17, 2026), the Election Commission of Bangladesh has…

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Bangladesh will have a new political party, interim govt. official confirms to Ireland Ambassador

February 14, 2025 admin

Kevin Kelly, the Irish Ambassador to India and Bangladesh, meets Chief Adviser Mohammad Yunus of the interim government in Dhaka on February 10. Bangladesh will soon witness the birth of a new political party that will safeguard the young generation’s contribution to the uprising that overthrew the Sheikh Hasina government in August 2024. Nahid Islam,…

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Awami League mobilises against Yunus government

January 19, 2025 admin

Muhammad Yunus | Photo Credit: AP After months of maintaining a low profile, the deposed Awami League of Bangladesh has begun to mobilise both inside the country and in different parts of the world. The political party that ruled Bangladesh for over a decade and a half faced serious setbacks when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…

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Sheikh Hasina trying to provoke armed rebellion, says BNP

October 29, 2024 admin

File photo of Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina | Photo Credit: AP NEW DELHI Several audio recordings of purported conversations between deposed Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and members of her party, the Awami League, have stirred controversy in Bangladesh, with her opponents accusing her of trying to incite violence as the interim government plans…

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Attempt to murder case filed against Sheikh Hasina, 58 others in Bangladesh

September 15, 2024 admin

Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “A fresh case has been filed against Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 58 others on the charges of attempting to murder a student during the violent clashes that led to the fall of her government last month,” a media report said on Sunday (September 15, 2024)….

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Sheikh Hasina faces 33 cases, including murder, after ouster from Bangladesh

August 21, 2024 admin

The slogan ‘This is new Bangladesh’ was spray-painted on a gate of a bungalow, to mark the recent anti-government protest that ousted then PM Sheikh Hasina, in the Dhaka University area on August 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI A case was filed on Wednesday (August 21, 2024) against Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina…

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