Dhaka, Feb 6 (IANS) Bangladesh’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has decided to seek a probe by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights into the killing of radical platform Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.The announcement was made in a social media post by Shafiqul Alam, the Press Secretary to Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus.The move comes after Inqilab Moncha staged a sit-in outside the Chief Advisor’s official residence, Jamuna, …
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Dhaka, Jan 22 (IANS) Bangladesh’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has committed its most “disgraceful act” by permitting the use of anti-terror laws to arrest journalists across the country, resulting in pre-trial detention for months on “extraordinary”, often “outlandish charges”, including murder, a report highlighted on Thursday. Citing an independent New Delhi-based think tank, Rights and Risks Analysis Group, it said that by December 2025, the Yunus-led interim government had tar…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) A social media post by Shafiqul Alam, Press Secretary to Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser in Bangladesh’s interim government, expressing helplessness over the violent attacks on media offices has raised concern over the safety and security of the country’s common citizens. “If influential persons of the government are helpless, where will people go?” asked an article in Bangladesh’s leading Bengali newspaper Prothom Alo on Tuesday.On December 19, taking to his official …