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Sheikh Hasina Vows To Return To Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus Responds

February 19, 2025 admin

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in exile in India, called the South Asian nation’s interim government chief Muhammad Yunus a “mobster” and accused him of unleashing “terrorists” and fostering “lawlessness” in the country. In response, Dhaka reaffirmed its commitment to bringing her back from India and stressed securing Ms Hasina’s…

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Amid ‘Deep State’ Allegations, US Slashes Funding In Bangladesh

February 16, 2025 admin

Washington DC: In its bid to save US taxpayers’ money, the Donald Trump administration’s cost-cutting team–Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)– has cancelled a slew of overseas projects, including one in Bangladesh that raised several eyebrows. The billionaire Elon Musk-led department said it is cancelling $29 million funding intended for “strengthening the political landscape in Bangladesh”….

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Future of Bangladesh depends on Trump’s attitude towards Yunus-led interim government in Dhaka: Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury

January 17, 2025 admin

Nobel peace prize winner Prof. Mohammad Yunus. File | Photo Credit: Reuters KOLKATA: NEW DELHI: Bangladesh must not become a new home for Islamic extremists from across the world, said one of the key exiled members of the Sheikh Hasina government that was deposed last August in a student-people uprising in Dhaka. In an exclusive…

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Bangladesh’s Top Court Acquits Khaleda Zia In Graft Case, Clears Way For Her To Run In Next Election

January 16, 2025 admin

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last remaining corruption case against her, paving the way for the BNP Chairperson to contest elections. Along with Ms Zia, the top court also cleared charges against Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, and all other suspects in their appeal over…

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U.S. NSA Sullivan and Yunus express commitment to protect human rights in Bangladesh

December 24, 2024 admin

File picture of Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh’s interim government. | Photo Credit: AP Amid growing outrage here about the large-scale attack on minority Hindus and their places of worship in Bangladesh, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Monday (December 23, 2024) spoke with the Bangladesh interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and both…

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Yunus, Sharif meet in Cairo, discuss settling 1971 issues “once and for all”

December 20, 2024 admin

In this handout photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID), Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (L) shakes hands with Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the D-8 summit in Cairo on December 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladesh has asked Pakistan to settle the issues of…

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Bangladesh to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026: Yunus

December 16, 2024 admin

Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Bangladesh’s national elections could be held between late 2025 and early 2026, depending on the extent of reforms implemented. If minimal reforms are undertaken to ensure an accurate voter list, elections could be possible by late 2025. However, if comprehensive reforms are…

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Yunus stresses on ‘mutual interest’ as he greets Trump

November 6, 2024 admin

File picture of Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus. | Photo Credit: Reuters Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, on Wednesday congratulated U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on his election victory. Bangladesh and the U.S. “share a long history of friendship and collaboration across numerous areas of mutual interest,” Mr. Yunus said in…

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Bangladesh’s Yunus says no elections before reforms

October 8, 2024 admin

File picture of Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s interim leader has refused to give a time frame for elections following the ouster of his predecessor, saying in an interview published Tuesday (October 8, 2024) that reforms are needed before polls. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was appointed the…

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Muhammad Yunus Over Sheikh Hasina’s Ouster

August 12, 2024 admin

Bangladesh News: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is ‘chief advisor’ of the interim government (File). New Delhi: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus – who last week took oath as head of Bangladesh’s interim government – has heaped praise on students who spearheaded protests against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “There is no doubt… because of the student-led…

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