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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…
The story so far: In a shocking turn of events, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled Dhaka on August 5, as protests in the capital escalated, with thousands of protestors soon entering the Prime Minister’s official residence. She is currently in India, considering asylum options in a third country. Khaleda Zia, ex-Prime Minister…
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus gestures while speaking to the media upon arriving at Charles de Gaulle’s airport in Roissy, north of Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024.AP/PTI(AP08_07_2024_000436B) | Photo Credit: AP “Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, will take oath on Thursday (August 8, 2024),” Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said. Addressing a…
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People gather in front of the ransacked Awami League’s central office in the aftermath of the prime minister’s resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Photo Credit: PTI Rights groups and diplomats in Bangladesh on Tuesday raised concerns at reports of attacks on minorities including Hindus, a day after the prime minister was ousted following mass protests….
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With unrest and political turmoil rampant in the country, following the resignation of Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina, the people have sounded cries of ‘victory’. In an aggressive burst of joy, protesters joining from different parts of Dhaka were seen storming Ganabhaban (the Bangladesh prime minister’s residence), overturning furniture, smashing glass doors, and taking away different…
“Ms. Hasina, who landed at the Hindon airbase on August 5 in a C-130J military transport aircraft, hours after resigning as the prime minister, has been shifted to an unspecified location under tight security,” people in the know said. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s plan to travel to London…
A demonstrator gestures as protesters clash with Border Guard Bangladesh and the police, as violence erupted across the country after anti-quota protests by students, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina imposed a nationwide curfew last week and used the Army to quell protests against job…
Saima Wazed and Dr. Shambhu Acharya seen together at a meet in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s daughter, Saima Wazed, was on Wednesday nominated as the next Regional Director for the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia region. She defeated Shambu Acharya, a public health veteran from Nepal, in a…