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File photo of Bangladesh Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury A newly-appointed top Bangladeshi security official on Monday (August 19, 2024) acknowledged that law and order is the main challenge for the interim government and said that the new administration is focused on improving the situation as quickly as possible. Talking…
Chaitey gelaam odhikaar, hoye gelaam razakar! In the tsunami of slogans that swept away the Sheikh Hasina government earlier this month, this particular one (“We asked for our rights but became razakars”), dripping with sarcasm, stood out as the summary of the political history of Bangladesh’s independent existence. As her law and order machinery overplayed…
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Members of Hindu organisations hold a march against the violence on the minority community of Bangladesh amid the ongoing turmoil in the country, in Amritsar. | Photo Credit: ANI The United States is in touch with India and other countries in the region regarding the situation in Bangladesh and is seeking an end to the…
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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…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on June 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: A week after protests in Bangladesh boiled over, forcing former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India, there’s little clarity about her future. While the Narendra Modi government has…
Image for representation purpose only. “Twin jailbreaks in Bangladesh killed at least 12 inmates and freed hundreds more in the chaotic days after the ouster of autocratic premier Sheikh Hasina,” officials told AFP on Saturday (August 10, 2024). An interim government is struggling to restore law and order, with police going on strike after Ms….
Indo-Bangla bilateral ties are not dependent on the Awami League and it is “natural to evoke adverse reactions” in Bangladesh over India giving refuge to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Senior leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Friday, August 9, 2024. Ground Zero:The making of the Bangladesh revolt Asserting that India was “very…
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As dawn approached on Saturday morning of July 20, 2024 a disturbing scene unfolded in Monsur Nagar Housing Estate in Savar upazila, on the outskirts of Dhaka. Some eight to 10 plainclothes men identifying themselves as being from the detective branch (DB) of Bangladesh Police, surrounded the home of Abul Khair, a 70-year-old, who had…
Two prominent Indian-American lawmakers have called for an immediate end to the ongoing brutal violence against the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led government. The Congressmen have also urged the prime minister-designate of the interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, to uphold the rule of law as he takes…
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) administers the oath of office to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as the leader of the country’s interim government at a ceremony in Dhaka on August 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP A 14-member interim government in Bangladesh, under the leadership of Noble Laureate Muhammad Yunus, was sworn in on Thursday…
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