Dhaka, July 3 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with growing concerns over women’s rights and campus safety, a dispute recently erupted at Dhaka University after female students were allegedly harassed while attempting to watch a football World Cup match on a giant screen, a report has stated.Despite desperate attempts by Islami Chhatra Shibir – the student wing of radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami – to rebrand itself as a “women-friendly” organisation ahead of the Dhaka University Central Stud…
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Dhaka, June 10 (IANS) Several international Islamic NGOs from Turkey, Pakistan, and the Middle East have established “sanctuaries” in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, both directly and with the assistance of local NGOs, under the guise of addressing the Rohingya refugee crisis. The activities of these new emerging NGOs have become a matter of concern, with allegations that certain organisations are working to spread extremism among the Rohingya, a report has stated.”The Rohingya have long been used a…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) There is a distinct move in Bangladesh to dilute or erase the legacy of its founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman amid the reported radicalisation of institutions and parts of the society. Recently, authorities at the Dhaka University decided to rename the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall to ‘Osman Hadi Hall’ after the recently slain radical Islamist leader.Visuals of protesters atop a statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and defacing the figure marked their celebration of former P…
Dhaka, Jan 8 (IANS) Odommo Jobian Oikko, a panel backed by radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, has registered a landslide victory, securing 16 of the 21 posts – including those of Vice-President (VP), General Secretary and Assistant General Secretary (AGS) – in the just-concluded Bangladesh’s Jagannath University Central Students Union (JnUCSU) elections, the local media reported on Thursday. The student wings of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chh…
Dhaka, Dec 28 (IANS) Ahead of the Bangladesh general elections, the National Citizen Party (NCP) has sought to clarify its position on forming an alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami, even as serious dissatisfaction has surfaced within the party, with dozens of senior leaders threatening mass resignation over the issue.NCP Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain explained the party’s position in a statement posted on the party’s verified Facebook page on Saturday night.Referring to discussions held at the cons…
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Bangladesh’s former Member of Parliament (MP) A F M Bahauddin Nasim said on Wednesday that the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government is turning the South Asian country into a terrorist state and making attempts to hand over the country’s reigns to Pakistan. Speaking exclusively to IANS, Nasim, also the Awami League Joint General Secretary, said that the Yunus government has taken Bangladesh to the verge of destruction with riots, killings and overall collapse of the rule o…