The protests against the Sheikh Hasina-led government have claimed the lives of over 1,000 people, according to the interim government headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.Nurjahan Begum, the health adviser, shared this information during her visit to the Central Police Hospital in Rajarbagh, Dhaka. She also disclosed that more than 400 individuals, including students and…
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set up a war crime tribunal, International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), in 2010, to investigate atrocities committed during Bangladesh’s liberation war against Pakistan in 1971. Now, the ICT has initiated three investigations into “mass murder” against her, according to the tribunal’s investigator, Ataur Rahman. The probes are in response to…
The man who recently filed a murder case against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a death threat over the phone, Dhaka Tribune reported. The case involves the police shooting that killed grocery store owner Abu Sayed in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on July 19.The threat was made shortly after the case was filed, with…
DHAKA: Bangladesh police arrested Tuesday evening deposed PM Sheikh Hasina‘s private industry and investment adviser and prominent industrialist Salman Fazlur Rahman and former law minister Anisul Huq. The arrests marked the first major crackdown on high-profile members of Awami League since Hasina’s ouster following student-led protests and the formation of a caretaker govt last Thursday.Dhaka…
Former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, along with six others, has been booked for the murder of a grocery store owner, Dhaka Tribune reportedAbu Sayed, a local grocery store proprietor, lost his life during a police shooting incident on July 19 in the Mohammadpur area of Dhaka.This marks the first legal action taken against…
The White House has denied any involvement in the recent ousting of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who stepped down and fled the country. Officials dismissed allegations of US interference on Monday, calling them “simply false.”“We have had no involvement at all. Any reports or rumors that the United States government was involved in these…
Dhaka/New Delhi: Bangladesh’s ties with India under the stewardship of the new interim govt in Dhaka won’t be affected even if deposed PM Sheikh Hasina remains New Delhi’s guest for an extended period of time, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said Monday. His remarks can give the beleaguered Awami League chief some breathing space…
Bangladesh interim government chief Mohammed Yunus on Sunday admired the “student-led revolution” that led to the collapse of government machinery. Taking a jibe at Sheikh Hasina‘s ouster from the country, the Nobel laureate said, “Finally, this moment, the monster is gone.”“This is a revolution, a student-led revolution,” the 84-year-old said about the protests that killed…
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina‘s son Sajeeb Wazed denied that his mother made any statement regarding her resignation. He firmly denied the authenticity of the statement published in a newspaper, asserting that it is entirely false and fabricated.“The recent resignation statement attributed to my mother published in a newspaper is completely false and fabricated.I have…
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently residing in India, hinted at US hands in her ouster. In a message quoted by the Economic Times, she stated, “I resigned so that I did not have to witness the bloodshed. They wanted to seize power over the dead bodies of students, but I did not allow…
