बांग्लादेश अवामी लीग ने खगराछरी में हुई गोलीबारी और लोगों की मौत की कड़ी निंदा की है. पार्टी ने इसे “गैरकानूनी कब्जाधारी, किलर-फासिस्ट यूनुस गिरोह” के सीधे आदेश पर हुई घटना बताया. अवामी लीग का कहना है कि जब से इस गिरोह ने सत्ता पर कब्जा किया है, देश में लोगों की सुरक्षा पूरी तरह … Read more
Bangladesh remains on the edge and clashes that erupted in former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s and her father and founder of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujib, Gopalganj, on Wednesday, have reached the United Nations in what is allegedly being described as “Genocide”. In a letter written to the UN Ethical Office, an UK-based independent non-governmental organisation called … Read more
Bangladesh plunges into a major political crisis with several killed in violence following Islamists rampage and shooting by Army in Sheikh Mujib’s birthplace and burial ground in Gopalganj district. The Bangladesh Army launched a crackdown but a number of innocents were killed and Section 144 has been imposed with the situation spiraling out of control. … Read more
Men run past a shopping center which was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government demanding justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide deadly clashes, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A report by the UN Human Rights Office … Read more
Fazlul Haque, a 63-year-old businessman from Narayanganj, travelled to Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on the morning of February 6 to witness the demolition of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s residence at Dhanmondhi-32, which began the previous night. Recalling the moment he heard the news, he said, “When I saw the demolition of Dhanmondi-32 on Facebook on Wednesday … Read more
Protesters and observers gather to see the demolished Dhanmondi-32 residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of the ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh February 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s interim government launched an operation Saturday after a student group gave a 24-hour ultimatum to track down “culprits” who assaulted their activists … Read more
Dhaka: Bangladesh‘s interim government on Tuesday cancelled a national holiday on August 15, marking the assassination of the country’s founder and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina‘s father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. According to the press release issued by the Chief Advisor’s Office, the cancellation of the August 15 holiday was approved in today’s meeting of … Read more
Bangladesh is currently hogging headlines everywhere for all the wrong reasons. Its long-time leader Sheikh Hasina has just been overthrown, causing her to flee the country. The nation is not new to such violent political events. It has seen it all — assassinations, army rule, copious political bloodletting — at various points in its short … Read more
Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party take part in the party’s last divisional rally in Dhaka, on December 10, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main Opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on December 10 held a “grand rally” in capital Dhaka, demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and fresh … Read more