Bangladesh will hold a national referendum on implementing its ‘July Charter‘ for state reform, drafted after last year’s deadly student-led uprising, Muhammad Yunus, the head of the country’s interim government, said on Thursday. He also reiterated that parliamentary elections will be held in February and that they would be free and fair. The July Charter … Read more
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) on Thursday announced it would deliver the verdict against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina on November 17 in a case over crimes against humanity. “The three-judge tribunal set Nov 17 for delivering the verdict,” a journalist attending the tightly secured special court in the capital told PTI. Hasina, her home … Read more
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday commenced the trial of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in absentia over crimes against humanity related to the violent suppression of the 2024 student-led protests. The interim government-appointed Chief Prosecutor, Tajul Islam, in his opening statement, described Hasina as the “nucleus of all crimes” and called for the … 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
A meeting between Bangladesh Chief Adviser Mumammad Yunus with BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has irked two major allies of the interim government, the student-led NCP and Jamaat-e-Islami. Yunus returned to Bangladesh on Saturday ending his four-day London tour, which featured the meeting with Rahman, the acting chief of former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh … Read more
Even as an illegitimate Yunus is being pressured to announce legitimate elections in Bangladesh it is not clear whether it would be either inclusive or fair. India has, as have the Bangladesh army and sundry political formations in the country, rightfully called for the return of a people’s mandate for the country at an early … Read more
The development comes soon after the the introduction of a new set of currency notes without the image of Sheikh Mujibur. | Photo Credit: AP The interim government of Bangladesh changed a 2022 Act and removed the mention of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the ‘Father of the Nation’. The development came soon after the interim … Read more
Bangladesh began the first trial on Sunday at a special court prosecuting former senior figures connected to the ousted government of Sheikh Hasina, the chief prosecutor said. The court in the capital Dhaka accepted a formal charge against eight police officials in connection to the killing of six protesters on August 5 last year, the … Read more
Bangladesh began the first trial on Sunday (May 25, 2025) at a special court prosecuting former senior figures connected to the ousted government of Sheikh Hasina, the chief prosecutor said. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh began the first trial on Sunday (May 25, 2025) at a special court prosecuting former senior figures connected to the … Read more
It was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh. Last summer, amid an economic collapse, protesters toppled a tyrant and pushed the country to the brink of chaos. Then a month ago, as a new government was still working to steady Bangladesh’s economy, came the devastating news that the United States was placing … Read more