Tag: Muhammad Yunus

Bangladesh HC acquits ex-PM Khaleda Zia’s son in 2004 Hasina attack case

December 1, 2024 admin

Tarique Rahman (57) is the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and also the son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. File | Photo Credit: AP The High Court in Dhaka on Sunday (December 1, 2024) scrapped the lower court’s verdict and acquitted all accused, including former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s…

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Yunus government cancels passports of 22 veteran security and military officials

November 20, 2024 admin

Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh’s interim government. File. | Photo Credit: AP In a major crackdown on the veteran security officials, the interim government of Bangladesh this week has ordered the cancellation of passports of twenty-two officials who served in the powerful intelligence and law enforcement agencies including the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). In a…

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Bangladesh will seek extradition of ex-premier Sheikh Hasina from India: Interim chief Yunus

November 17, 2024 admin

Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus said that not only the deaths in the uprising but all other violations of human rights, including alleged enforced disappearances while Ms. Hasina was in power, would be investigated. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Bangladesh’s interim leader and Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said Sunday (November 17, 2024) that…

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“Will Ask India To Send Back Sheikh Hasina”: Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus

November 17, 2024 admin

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said on Sunday that the interim government will seek the extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after the fall of her government following a mass protest movement in August. In an address to the nation on the completion of 100 days of the interim…

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“Will Ask India To Send Back Sheikh Hasina”: Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus

November 17, 2024 admin

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“Will Hold The Much-Anticipated Election Once…”: Muhammad Yunus

November 17, 2024 admin

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus begged the country’s “patience” to prepare for much-awaited elections in a speech to the nation marking 100 days in power since a student-led revolution. The 84-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner was appointed to lead the government as “chief advisor” on August 9, days after the student-led uprising that…

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Bangladesh Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina’s Palace To Become Revolution Museum

October 28, 2024 admin

The once luxurious palace of Bangladesh’s autocratic ex-leader Sheikh Hasina will become a museum to honour the revolution that ousted her, the leader of the caretaker government said Monday. “The museum should preserve memories of her misrule and the people’s anger when they removed her from power,” Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus said as…

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Joe Biden, Bill Clinton rally behind Bangladesh interim leader Yunus

September 25, 2024 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden met Bangladesh interim leader Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the U.N.’s annual summit in New York. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden met Tuesday (September 25, 2024) with Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus on the margins of the U.N.’s annual summit, in a show of support after an…

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India reaches out to Bangladesh opposition BNP, envoy meets party leader

September 22, 2024 admin

Indicating broader political outreach in Bangladesh, High Commissioner of India Pranay Verma and other Indian officials met the General Secretary of the Chief Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). | Photo Credit: BNP media cell In a significant act of political outreach, the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, and his colleagues met Mirza…

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Hefazat-e-Islam | Return of the hardliners

September 14, 2024 admin

The Hefazat-e-Islam has carried out multiple rallies in Bangladesh including a protest against Narendra Modi’s visit in 2021. | Photo Credit: AFP In the absence of the ‘Begums’ in ruling Bangladesh, Islamists have staked claim to the nation’s polity once again. Just like Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who attempted to placate hardliner outfit…

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