Dhaka, March 25 (IANS) As Bangladesh observes Genocide Day on Wednesday, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tribute to the millions of people killed during the 1971 brutal crackdown by Pakistani forces.Recalling it as the most horrific night in the life of the Bangladeshi people, Hasina said on March 25, 1971, the Pakistani military launched “Operation Searchlight”, beginning a systematic campaign to exterminate the Bangladeshi Bengalis.”Within nine months, the death toll of this brutal ge…
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Dhaka, Jan 2 (IANS) As the law and order situation continues to deteriorate in Bangladesh, the Awami League on Friday expressed grave concern amid accusations by critics over the prevailing climate of total impunity under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government.According to the Awami League, on December 27, two elderly men — Jamaluddin and Abdul Kayum — were brutally killed in their own locality in Bangladesh, despite having never been accused nor convicted of any crime. The party alleged …
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, will lead a six-member delegation to the Bangladesh Deputy Commission later Friday to submit demands on the recent lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment factory worker, and also over the unbridled atrocities on the minorities under Muhammad Yunus’ regime.However, the other members of the delegation to be led by the LoP will not be any state leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Benga…
Dhaka, Dec 24 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League on Wednesday alleged that deaths in jail and police custody have risen sharply across the country under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, turning “detention into a source of fear rather than protection.”Highlighting a disturbing pattern, the party stated that people are being arrested alive and returned dead, with official explanations providing little clarity and even less accountability. What was meant to be a period of reform, it s…