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Bangladesh parliament reconvenes after Gen-Z protests and elections

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Bangladesh parliament reconvenes after Gen-Z protests and elections

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

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

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 

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

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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Sheikh Hasina trying to provoke armed rebellion, says BNP

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Sheikh Hasina trying to provoke armed rebellion, says BNP

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

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

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

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

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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Probe starts against former Bangladesh PM Hasina, 9 others for genocide, crimes against humanity

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Probe starts against former Bangladesh PM Hasina, 9 others for genocide, crimes against humanity

A protester vandalises a mural of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with paint, demanding her resignation, at Teacher Student Center area of University of Dhaka, in Dhaka. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal has started an investigation against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and nine others on charges of genocide and crimes…

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Bangladesh interim govt’s chief adviser Muhammad Yunus acquitted in graft case

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Bangladesh interim govt’s chief adviser Muhammad Yunus acquitted in graft case

A man poses for pictures in front of new graffiti on a street wall at Dhaka University campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Muhammad Yunus was on Sunday (August 11) acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over the misappropriation of funds from the Grameen Telecom…

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Bangladesh is slowly limping back towards normalcy, local observers say

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Bangladesh is slowly limping back towards normalcy, local observers say

People take photos in front of anti-government graffiti on a vandalised mural depicting Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman days after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of his daughter Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on August 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Even as uncertainty prevails in Bangladesh with an interim government coming to…

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