Mohammad Yunus and Sheikh Hasina DHAKA: Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Mohammad Yunus‘ conversation with chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim AA Khan has intensified speculation about authorities working on a plan to secure the extradition of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina.Yunus’ talks with Khan were focused on the procedure for trial of those…
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim govt said on Tuesday that former PM Sheikh Hasina was “staying” in India as the neighbouring country’s govt “has given her shelter” after her departure from Dhaka. “We will have to see this matter this way. Everything does not go by the law,” Bangladesh foreign affairs adviser Mohammed Touhid Hossain said. The…
Bangladesh‘s chief adviser Muhammad Yunus said on Wednesday that his country seeks good relations with India and other neighbouring nations based on “fairness and equality.”In a televised address, Yunus disclosed that after his swearing-in, leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called to congratulate him.“We want good relations with India…
NEW DELHI: Muhammad Yunus, the head of Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday expressed his displeasure with former prime minister Sheikh Hasina‘s political remarks made from India.In a recent interview with PTI, Yunus said that Hasina’s statements are an “unfriendly gesture” and that she must remain silent until Dhaka requests her extradition.“If India wants to keep…
DHAKA: Bangladesh‘s interim govt will do whatever it takes to get deposed PM Sheikh Hasina back home to face justice, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said Sunday in remarks that put the onus on India to decide “whether to hand her over or not”.“If our legal system wants, we will definitely try to bring…
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s foreign affairs advisor, Touhid Hossain, on Saturday that if the home ministry or law ministry makes a request for Sheikh Hasina‘s extradition in the future, India will be obligated to comply with their demand.Hossain said that while he is not the appropriate person to address this matter, if such a request is…
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…
