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Bangladesh retained all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Sunday in the squad for this month’s Test series against Pakistan, despite the former ruling party lawmaker facing backlash after the country’s premier was toppled. Shakib, 37, lost his status as a lawmaker after parliament was dissolved following the dramatic ouster of long-time ruler Sheikh Hasina…
File photo Jodhpur: Hitting out at those who are “anticipating” a Bangladesh-like situation in India, Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that this is not Bangladesh, this is Narendra Modi’s India. Speaking to reporters at Jodhpur airport on Saturday, Union Minister Shekhawat said it is unfortunate that some people have made comments that a…
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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Two prominent Indian-American lawmakers have sought the U.S.’s direct intervention to stop the “coordinated attacks” against minority Hindus in Bangladesh, underlining that instability in the region, “fuelled by religious intolerance and violence”, is not in the interest of America or its allies. Members of minority communities in Bangladesh faced at least 205 incidents of attacks…
Bangladesh cricket team durnig practice session.© X/@BCBtigers The Bangladesh senior cricket team will arrive in Pakistan on August 13 after the political unrest at home disrupted the preparations for the two-match Test series, the PCB announced on Saturday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has accepted the invitation from the PCB in this regard….
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Mr Alamgir said that the India-Bangladesh relationship would continue to be sound. A week of fast-paced developments in Bangladesh, which saw Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, widespread violence and the formation of an interim government, has been capped off with the country’s chief justice agreeing to step down on Saturday. While it is unclear when elections will…
PM Modi was among the first to congratulate the interim leader after Sheikh Hasina fled (file). New Delhi: The ouster of Bangladesh’s autocratic premier sparked celebrations in Dhaka this week but alarm in India, which backed Sheikh Hasina to counter rival China and quash Islamist alternatives, analysts say. It has created a diplomatic dilemma for…
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File photo of a Bangladeshi soldier standing guard at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. | Photo Credit: AFP The Chief Justice of Bangladesh’s top court said Saturday he had agreed to resign “in principle” after an ultimatum to do so from protesters, broadcaster Jamuna TV reported. Obaidul Hassan, who was appointed to helm the Supreme…
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Women’s T20 World Cup will be played between October 3-20, 2024© X (Twitter) The Bangladesh Cricket Board has sought security assurance from the country’s army chief for conducting the women’s T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in October 3-20 amid political unrest in the country following ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh…
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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…