Dhaka: Bangladesh’s top election body has locked the National Identity Cards (NIDs) of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her nine family members. The NIDs of the 10 individuals, including Hasina, were locked through an official letter on February 16, signed by ASM Humayun Kabir, director general of the National Identity Registration Wing at the … Read more
Even after six months of the ground-shaking events which took place on 5th of August 2024 the interim government along with the student public representative administrators, has not only failed to provide the promised freedom but also has put the country on a very slippery slope which could spiral out of control. The present leadership … Read more
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), which signed a peace accord with the Bangladesh government in 1997 to end decades of insurgency, has made a set of demands in wake to recent communal clashes in three hill districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), located in close proximity to Tripura. The PCJSS, the apex body … Read more
Bangladesh interim government said it will “soon” start re-investigation and fair trial into the 2009 mutiny in the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) that had killed 74 people, including 57 army officers serving in the force. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh interim government on Monday (September 2, 2024) said it will “soon” start re-investigation and fair … Read more
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 … Read more
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the main Opposition party when former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was in power, held a rally at Naya Paltan in Dhaka, where thousands of people gathered from different parts of the country. Addressing the rally virtually from London, Tarique Rahman, BNP acting chairman and son of former Prime Minister and … Read more
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: PTI GUWAHATI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday (August 7) did not rule out the possibility of some extremist groups of the northeast setting up bases again in Bangladesh. He also said the evolving political situation in Bangladesh after the violent fall of Sheikh … Read more
Dhaka: Diplomats in Dhaka questioned Bangladeshi authorities’ deadly response to widespread student protests following a presentation by the foreign minister that laid the blame for recent violence at demonstrators’ feet, diplomatic officials said Monday.What began as a movement against politicised admission quotas for sought-after government jobs has snowballed into some of the worst unrest of … Read more