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Watch: What led to Sheikh Hasina’s downfall? Sheikh Hasina survived the carnage of August 15, 1975 by sheer chance. Hasina, who was then 28, happened to be abroad when almost all members of her family, including her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, were killed at her residence in Dhaka by a…
Dhaka: Day after protests in Bangaldesh forced Sheikh Hasina to resign as the prime minister, students have now targeted the Supreme Court and are demanding the resignation of all judges, including the Chief Justice. Hundreds of protesters, largely comprising students, have surrounded the Bangladesh Supreme Court, demanding the immediate resignation of Chief Justice. The situation…
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Mr. Yunus has taken the title of “chief advisor” to the caretaker administration, comprised of fellow civilians bar one retired brigadier-general. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and his newly named interim government set out Friday to restore “law and order” after a student-led uprising and deadly mass protests forced predecessor Sheikh…
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Mr Wazed is an IT entrepreneur based in Washington, DC. New Delhi: Days after his mother’s ouster, former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and former adviser Sajeeb Wazed has told NDTV that he would consider returning to the country and leading the Awami League if the party’s workers wanted him to. In an exclusive…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his best wishes to Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, who was sworn in as the head of Bangladesh’s caretaker government today. PM Modi expressed hope for a swift return to normalcy in Bangladesh, and called for the safety and protection of Hindus and other minority communities in the…
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Sheikh Hasina, who quit as Prime Minister and fled Bangladesh, will be back in the country as soon as democracy is restored, his son Sajeeb Wazed Joy said on Thursday (August 8, 2024) and blamed Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI, for fuelling the ongoing unrest in the country. In an exclusive interview with PTI, Mr. Joy…
A student volunteer controls traffic, in the absence of traffic policemen on a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Photo Credit: AP Students carried out traffic management as volunteers for the second consecutive day on Wednesday (August 7, 2024) in Bangladesh, as a top police official called on every member of the police force to resume…
Himanta Biswa Sarma raised concerns Bangladesh may again become a safehouse of insurgents Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has raised concerns that Bangladesh may once again become a safehouse of insurgents from India’s northeast, following the violent ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Mr Sarma also raised concerns over attacks on minorities including…
The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh continues to remain operational. Dhaka: Amid the political unrest in Bangladesh, the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh has said that it continues to remain operational and released helpline numbers for Indian nationals who reside there. According to sources, the diplomats and officials of the Indian High Commission continue to…
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The visuals from Bangladesh are disturbing, and the anger on the streets is palpable. They are reminiscent of scenes from Colombo just two years ago when the Presidential Palace was ransacked following then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s flight from Sri Lanka. According to an NDTV report, “On Monday, protesters set fire to a temporary shed at the…
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