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Hindus, Facing Violence, Hold Massive Rally In Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus Responds

August 11, 2024 admin

Minority communities in Bangladesh have faced more than 205 incidents of attacks since August 5. New Delhi: Lakhs of Hindus took to the streets in Bangladesh on Saturday to protest against the ongoing attacks on the community after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled to India. Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka and Chittagong, the second-largest…

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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar On Congress Leader’s “Bangladesh Can Happen Here” Remark

August 10, 2024 admin

Guard against the narrative advanced by some that what happened in Bangladesh can happen in India, advised Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, taking a swipe at Congress leaders and expressing shock and surprise at the equivalence drawn between the two south Asian neighbours. Sheikh Hasina, 76, quit as prime minister in the face of a student-led…

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Minorities faced 205 attacks after fall of Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh: Hindu groups

August 10, 2024 admin

A demonstrator displays a placard during a protest against what they say as violence against Hindu communities during the ongoing unrest, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Members of minority communities in Bangladesh faced at least 205 incidents of attacks in 52 districts since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led…

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How Sheikh Hasina’s Ouster Affects India-Bangladesh Diplomatic Ties

August 10, 2024 admin

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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Watch: What led to Sheikh Hasina’s downfall?

August 10, 2024 admin

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…

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Sheikh Hasina’s Son Strongly Opposes Interim Government In Bangladesh

August 9, 2024 admin

Muhammad Yunus has sworn in as the head of Bangladeshs interim government on Thursday. New Delhi: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has claimed that the recent protests in Bangladesh were likely instigated by a foreign intelligence agency, specifically suspecting the involvement of the ISI. Speaking to ANI, he said…

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Bangladesh Student Leader Who Led Protest Wants Sheikh Hasina To Face Trial

August 9, 2024 admin

Sheikh Hasina’s son said that she will return to Bangladesh from India. Dhaka: A Bangladeshi student leader who was instrumental in overthrowing Sheikh Hasina and is now part of an interim government said she must face trial when she returns home as planned for the killings during her term, including during recent protests, which led…

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Sheikh Hasina’s Son To NDTV

August 9, 2024 admin

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…

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Watch: New regime in Bangladesh | Lessons for India & South Asia

August 9, 2024 admin

As Bangladesh boiled over- -Its Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled Dhaka after being in power for 15 years- she is now at an undisclosed location in India after landing at the Hindon airbase on Delhi’s outskirts, – Days of protests and violence, then saw mobs ransacking Hasina’s homes and Mujib’s memorial. Attacks on Hasina’s Awami League supporters…

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Bangladesh unrest: Indian-American congressmen call for immediate end to violence against Hindus

August 9, 2024 admin

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…

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