DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – People in Bangladesh would have to wait a year or more to elect a new government, the country’s transitional leader said as the South Asian nation marked its 54th “Victory Day” on Monday. “I have repeatedly appealed to you to complete all the major reforms and hold the election. However, d...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The transitional government in Bangladesh extended the judicial powers of the army for another 60 days as the operation against crimes continues, the Ministry of Public Administration said Saturday. The order was issued Friday, it said, adding that army commissioned officers, the air force and navy forces have be...
The chief of India’s ultra-Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is blaming external forces for toppling the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh. Mohan Bhagwat has expressed alarm over threats to Hindus in Bangladesh. Speaking at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur, Bhagwat claimed the regime change was orchestrated for selfish pur...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The transitional government in Bangladesh has lifted a ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing, and other associated organizations. According to an official notification, “no specific evidence of involvement of Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Chhatra Shibir, and its associated organizations with terrorism or v...
Bangladesh has blamed India for severe flooding that has devastated eight districts, claiming 20 lives and affecting 5 million people. Bangladesh’s information and broadcasting adviser Nahid Islam criticized India for its “inhumanity and non-cooperation” after Indian authorities allegedly opened the sluice gates of the Dumbur dam in Trip...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s president ordered the release of opposition leader Khaleda Zia late Monday, hours after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid widespread protests. A statement from President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s office said that all political parties had agreed to dissolve parliament to form a tr...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh announced that a curfew will continue Friday and Saturday with a nine-hour pause amid an intensified crackdown against those involved in violence during student protests. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan announced at a news conference early Friday after meeting with law enforcement that the curfew, which came ...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Bangladesh Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said Thursday that several of his firms were forcibly taken over, weeks after his conviction in a criminal case his supporters say was politically motivated. Yunus, 83, is credited with lifting millions out of poverty with his pioneering microfinance bank but has earn...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – In a letter to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 12 US senators have urged an end to the “persistent harassment” of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is battling a string of graft cases. Earlier this month, a court handed down a six-month prison sentence to Yunus and three of his colleagues [&helli...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday dismissed the opposition’s criticism of the country’s general election as “illegitimate” as she celebrated securing her fifth term in power. Hasina has presided over breakneck economic growth in a country once beset by grinding pover...
