Kathmandu, March 4 (IANS) Two subsequent youth-led protests in South Asia led to regime changes in two nations bordering India – in Bangladesh in the east, with former premier Sheikh Hasina in exile with a death sentence hanging over her head and having her party banned, and in Nepal to the north, where deposed Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli is contesting again in Thursday’s election. “I may not like him for what he did; I may want him thrown out of the race, but we all have to abide by the cons…
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Dhaka, Feb 26 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted Khan Akram Hossain, a war crime convict from Bagerhat district, overturning his life sentence in a crimes against humanity case linked to the country’s 1971 Liberation War, local media reported. A bench led by Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury passed the verdict after hearing Akram’s appeal challenging the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) judgment delivered on August 11, 2015.Akram was one of the three alleged memb…
Dhaka, Feb 19 (IANS) Business confidence weakened, industrial production slowed, and there were no significant new initiatives or major domestic or foreign investments in Bangladesh under the leadership of Muhammad Yunus who had taken over as the Chief Advisor of the interim government during a crucial period following the fall of government led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, a report has highlighted. According to renowned economist and former Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirn…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The campaign for the February 12 Bangladesh elections is set to end today. The country, post the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, has descended into chaos, and the minority Hindus have borne the brunt of the radical Islamists who have been given a free hand by the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government. Interestingly, the Hindu votes are very crucial in these elections. Both the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have been reaching out to the Hindus. The e…
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) With Bangladesh heading for elections next week, the Muhammad Yunus led interim government which came to power in 2024 following the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, failed to maintain law and order and deliver on promised human rights reforms, a leading US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its 2026 World Report.The HRW stated that the interim government arbitrarily detained thousands of perceived political opponents and, in May, …
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Bangladesh’s February 12 general election appears all set to witness a direct contest with a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led alliance poised against another grouping with the National Citizens Party (NCP) and Jamaat-e-Islami at the helm. The Awami League (AL) is barred from contesting the election after the interim government imposed a ban on all its political activities following the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. This marks the first time since…
Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) Raising alarm over a political party ban, powerful US lawmakers have told Bangladesh’s interim government that free and fair elections cannot be held if political participation is restricted ahead of the February polls.In a letter to Dr Mohammed Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, Congressmen Gregory W. Meeks, Bill Huizenga, and Sydney Kamlager-Dove urged the authorities to work across the political spectrum to restore confidence in democrati…
Dhaka, Dec 23 (IANS) Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday formally charged 17 individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a crimes against humanity case linked to allegations of enforced disappearances during the Awami League government, local media reported. The three-member tribunal issued the order after detailing the four charges brought against the accused, including Hasina’s former defence and security advisor, Major General Tarique Ahmed Siddiqu…