DHAKA: Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina‘s Awami League would not be allowed to participate in elections, a key adviser of Muhammad Yunus’ interim govt said on Saturday.“The elections will be contested among pro-Bangladesh groups only,” said Mahfuz Alam, a top leader of the Anti-Discrimination Movement, which spearheaded the mass uprising that toppled Hasina’s Awami…
KOLKATA: The father of Shariful Fakir, the illegal Bangladeshi immigrant arrested by Mumbai police for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan during a burglary attempt at his Bandra home, has claimed that the police have framed his son. “They have arrested my son as a suspect, but he is not the one whose photograph the…
KOLKATA: Father of Shariful Fakir, the illegal Bangladeshi immigrant arrested by Mumbai police for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan during a burglary attempt at his Bandra home, claimed that police have framed his son. He said Shariful is not the person shown in the video from the initial CCTV footage released the day after…
Supporters of organisations tied to BNP in a standoff with cops outside the Indian high commission in Dhaka on Sunday DHAKA: Three organisations tied to former PM Khaleda Zia‘s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) staged Sunday a protest march in Dhaka, condemning a recent attack on the country’s diplomatic mission in Agartala, the desecration of their…
DHAKA: Bangladesh high court on Sunday acquitted all the accused in the Aug 21, 2004, grenade attack cases, including BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman and former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar. The ruling has sparked renewed hope among BNP supporters for Rahman’s return from London after overcoming remaining legal issues. Rahman is former PM Khaleda Zia‘s…
Bangladesh’s former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, who has battling various ailments, made her first public appearance in six years on Thursday, following her release from house arrest after the departure of her long-time adversary Sheikh Hasina. The intense political conflict between these two former prime ministers has been a defining feature of…
BNP’s Nizamuddin Minto and Zakir Hossain helped out protesting students KOLKATA: BNP workers Nizamuddin Minto and Zakir Hossain in Dhaka were arrested on July 22 for helping out students during the movement—they distributed water and food among them. The two were released on Wednesday after the Awami League govt collapsed. Minto spoke to TOI from…
KOLKATA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) workers Nizamuddin Minto and Zakir Hossain in Dhaka were arrested on July 22. They walked out of Dhaka Central Jail on Wednesday after the Awami League government collapsed and all prisoners arrested during the month-long protests were released.While Minto works in the automobile industry, Zakir is in the cable business.Both…
Senior leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have stated that the bilateral ties between India and Bangladesh are not dependent on the Awami League. They believe that it is natural for Bangladesh to have adverse reactions to India providing refuge to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said that the adverse…
