’If India helps our enemy Sheikh Hasina...’: Bangladesh’s BNP disapproves New Delhi giving refuge to ousted PM
7 months, 2 weeks ago

’If India helps our enemy Sheikh Hasina...’: Bangladesh’s BNP disapproves New Delhi giving refuge to ousted PM

Live Mint  

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the principal rival to Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, has expressed dissatisfaction with India's decision to provide refuge to the ousted prime minister after she fled to India on Monday. BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Roy, a former minister in the 1991 BNP-led government and a party's standing committee member, criticised India’s actions, stating, “The BNP believes that Bangladesh and India should have cooperation. Nobel laureate Yunus takes charge of Bangladesh Meanwhile, Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus assumed leadership of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday, aiming to guide the country towards recovery after weeks of intense violence. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Yunus and affirmed India’s commitment to collaborating with Dhaka to achieve the "shared aspirations" of peace, security, and development for both nations.

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Sheikh Hasina's son slams newly formed students' party, calls it 'terrorist outfit'
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Sheikh Hasina's son slams newly formed students' party, calls it 'terrorist outfit'

India Today  

Sajeeb Wazed, the son of Bangladesh ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, strongly condemned the newly formed Nationalist Conservative Party on Friday, calling it a political outfit created by “terrorist students” with the intention to seize power undemocratically. Bangladeshi students at the forefront of protests that ousted Sheikh Hasina as prime minister last year launched a political party on Friday to …

China courts Bangladesh's big parties amid calls for parliamentary election
1 month ago

China courts Bangladesh's big parties amid calls for parliamentary election

Firstpost  

A 22-member delegation from Bangladesh has embarked on a 10-day visit to China at Beijing’s invitation, which analysts view as a sign of China’s diplomatic outreach amid rising tensions between Dhaka and New Delhi, according to a report A 22-member delegation from Bangladesh, including political leaders, civil society activists, academics, and journalists, has embarked on a 10-day visit to China …

China courts Bangladesh's big parties amid calls for parliamentary election
1 month ago

China courts Bangladesh's big parties amid calls for parliamentary election

Firstpost  

A 22-member delegation from Bangladesh has embarked on a 10-day visit to China at Beijing’s invitation, which analysts view as a sign of China’s diplomatic outreach amid rising tensions between Dhaka and New Delhi, according to a report Representational image A 22-member delegation from Bangladesh, including political leaders, civil society activists, academics, and journalists, has embarked on a 10-day visit …

Bangladesh student activists who ousted Sheikh Hasina to launch new political party
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1 month ago

Bangladesh student activists who ousted Sheikh Hasina to launch new political party

Firstpost  

The Students Against Discrimination group spearheaded the protests that began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas but quickly morphed into a broader, nationwide uprising that forced Hasina to flee to India as the unrest peaked in early August. The Bangladeshi student leaders who led last year’s uprising that toppled the government announced on Monday their plans to …

BNP urges India to repatriate former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina after UN report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BNP urges India to repatriate former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina after UN report

Firstpost  

Hasina has been accused of numerous cases on charges such as “crimes against humanity”, mass murders, enforced disappearances and corruption during her rule, particularly during the students’ movement in July and August last year. It said: Hasina’s former government, security and intelligence services, alongside violent elements associated with the Awami League party, systematically engaged in a range of serious human …

BNP urges India to repatriate former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina after UN report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BNP urges India to repatriate former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina after UN report

Firstpost  

Hasina has been accused of numerous cases on charges such as “crimes against humanity”, mass murders, enforced disappearances and corruption during her rule, particularly during the students’ movement in July and August last year. It said: Hasina’s former government, security and intelligence services, alongside violent elements associated with the Awami League party, systematically engaged in a range of serious human …

Bangladesh opposition says working towards holding general elections by December
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh opposition says working towards holding general elections by December

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bangladesh’s opposition political party said …

India summons Bangladesh diplomat, mobs attack more houses in Dhaka
1 month, 2 weeks ago

India summons Bangladesh diplomat, mobs attack more houses in Dhaka

Hindustan Times  

India on Friday summoned the most senior Bangladeshi diplomat in New Delhi to protest the “persistent negativity” created by the statements of the leadership in Dhaka, marking another downturn in the already fractious bilateral ties even as attacks on houses of Awami League leaders continued across Bangladesh. The summoning of Bangladesh’s acting high commissioner Mohammad Nural Islam by the external …

‘India Has No Role To Play’: MEA Summons Bangladesh Envoy After Dhaka Lodges Protest Over Sheikh Hasina’s Speech
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘India Has No Role To Play’: MEA Summons Bangladesh Envoy After Dhaka Lodges Protest Over Sheikh Hasina’s Speech

ABP News  

The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday summoned Bangladesh’s Acting High Commissioner to India, Md. These statements by Bangladesh are, in fact, responsible for the persistent negativity.” Jaiswal further stated, “Comments attributed to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have been made in her individual capacity in which India has no role to play. While the Government of India will make …

Bangladesh: Yunus targets Hasina in appeal for peace, says she ‘continues to try to mobilise her militants’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh: Yunus targets Hasina in appeal for peace, says she ‘continues to try to mobilise her militants’

Firstpost  

Yunus said that Bangladesh’s interim government is sympathetic to the “outrage of activists” and is aware that even in refuge in New Delhi, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina continues to “mobilise her militants” in the country Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus. He added that Bangladesh’s interim government is sympathetic to the “outrage of activists” and is aware that even …

Bangladesh sends protest note to India over Hasina's speech as New Delhi criticises attack on her father's home
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh sends protest note to India over Hasina's speech as New Delhi criticises attack on her father's home

Firstpost  

Bangladesh handed over a protest note to Indian acting High Commissioner Pawan Badhe, conveying to the neighbouring nation that Hasina’s recent remarks are ‘instigating instability’ in Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, former prime minister of Bangladesh. The diplomatic row between India and Bangladesh intensified over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s presence in New Delhi. According to The Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh handed over …

B’desh lodges protest against Hasina’s statements in India
1 month, 2 weeks ago

B’desh lodges protest against Hasina’s statements in India

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Bangladesh on Thursday lodged a strong protest against what it said were “false and fabricated” statements by former premier Sheikh Hasina, currently in self-exile in New Delhi, and sought “appropriate measures” to stop her from making “incendiary” remarks on social media. Bangladesh’s foreign ministry handed over a protest note to India’s acting high commissioner in Dhaka a day …

Bangladesh fumes at Sheikh Hasina’s ‘incendiary’ remarks, asks India to stop her
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bangladesh fumes at Sheikh Hasina’s ‘incendiary’ remarks, asks India to stop her

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh on Thursday lodged a strong protest against what it said were “false and fabricated” statements by former premier Sheikh Hasina, currently in self-exile in New Delhi, and sought “appropriate measures” to stop her from making “incendiary” remarks on social media. Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh’s foreign ministry handed over a protest note to India’s acting …

Bangladesh lodges ‘strong protest’ with govt of India over ‘false’ comments of Sheikh Hasina
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bangladesh lodges ‘strong protest’ with govt of India over ‘false’ comments of Sheikh Hasina

Hindustan Times  

Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangladesh has lodged a “strong protest” with the government of India over what it said were “false and fabricated comments and statements continuously being made in different platforms including social media, by the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina”, who is in exile in India. Bangladesh earlier demanded for Sheikh Hasina’s extradition In a Facebook post, …

Bangladesh protesters torch family home of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bangladesh protesters torch family home of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina

Al Jazeera  

Wave of attacks overnight also targeted houses and businesses belonging to Hasina’s Awami League supporters. Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh have demolished and set fire to the home of the country’s founding leader, as his daughter, ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, delivered a fiery social media speech calling on her supporters to stand against the interim government. The country’s …

Bangladesh lodges protest with India over Sheikh Hasina's 'fabricated' remarks
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bangladesh lodges protest with India over Sheikh Hasina's 'fabricated' remarks

India Today  

Bangladesh on Thursday lodged a protest with India's Acting High Commissioner over the "false and fabricated" remarks by deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in reference to her virtual address to her supporters from exile in India. Dhaka said Hasina's remarks were viewed as a "hostile act" against Bangladesh, and asked New Delhi to take appropriate measures to stop her from …

Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League faces political shutdown? Yunus adviser claims no future for party in upcoming elections
2 months ago

Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League faces political shutdown? Yunus adviser claims no future for party in upcoming elections

Firstpost  

The Awami League has been virtually out of the open political landscape since August 5, 2024, with most of its leaders and Hasina’s cabinet members either in jail on murder and other criminal charges or on the run at home and abroad. A key adviser to Muhammad Yunus’s interim government announced on Saturday that Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s …

Bangladesh: 22 injured in clashes in Shyamnagar amid BNP faction tensions
2 months ago

Bangladesh: 22 injured in clashes in Shyamnagar amid BNP faction tensions

Hindustan Times  

At least 22 people, including police officers and security personnel, were injured in clashes between two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Bangladesh's Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira District on Wednesday, despite Section 144 being imposed by authorities, as reported by the Dhaka Tribune. In fights between two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Satkhira District's Shyamnagar upazila on …

India extends ex-B’desh PM Sheikh Hasina’s visa amid extradition call by Dhaka
2 months, 2 weeks ago

India extends ex-B’desh PM Sheikh Hasina’s visa amid extradition call by Dhaka

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi India has extended the visa of deposed Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been in the country since last August, people familiar with the matter said against the backdrop of growing calls in Dhaka for her extradition. “The passports department cancelled passports of 22 people involved in enforced disappearances, while passports of 75 people, including Sheikh Hasina, …

Bangladesh: How Muhammad Yunus is ensuring revival of the Islamist BNP in politics
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh: How Muhammad Yunus is ensuring revival of the Islamist BNP in politics

Op India  

Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor of the interim government of Bangladesh, has been furthering the agenda of Sheikh Hasina’s rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party. The BNP is now pressing the Yunus regime to create a ‘conducive environment’ for the safe return of Tarique Rehman to Bangladesh. BNP leaders and Muhammad Yunus are ‘natural allies’ Muhammad Yunus and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party …

Cost and benefit: On Bangladesh, India and Sheikh Hasina
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Cost and benefit: On Bangladesh, India and Sheikh Hasina

The Hindu  

Amidst signs that New Delhi and Dhaka are trying to resolve other issues that have marred their ties in the last few months, the issue of Bangladesh’s demand that India extradite Sheikh Hasina remains intractable, with neither side budging. Finally, the government indicated to a parliamentary committee that while Ms. Hasina remains in Delhi as India’s guest, it had no …

Bangladesh Has The Right To Ask For Hasina's Extradition: Abdul Awal Mintoo
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bangladesh Has The Right To Ask For Hasina's Extradition: Abdul Awal Mintoo

ABP News  

Abdul Awal Mintoo, Vice-Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and former President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, on Wednesday said that Dhaka has the right to ask for the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's extradition. Commenting on the extradition request for Bangladesh PM Hasina, Abdul Awal Mintoo said: "She has the right to go to …

Sheikh Hasina raises alarm over ‘minority persecution’ in Christmas message: ’In today’s Bangladesh...’
3 months ago

Sheikh Hasina raises alarm over ‘minority persecution’ in Christmas message: ’In today’s Bangladesh...’

Live Mint  

Sheikh Hasina has raised alarm over risk to communal harmony in “today's Bangladesh” since her ouster following a massive student-led protest that toppled her 16-year regime. In her Christmas message to Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina also highlighted “growing hatred” and “persecution of minority communities” in Bangladesh, calling on her countrymen to work towards achieving a “society rooted in tolerance.” In a …

‘At this time…’: What India replied to Bangladesh’s ‘note verbale’ seeking Sheikh Hasina’s extradition
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3 months ago

‘At this time…’: What India replied to Bangladesh’s ‘note verbale’ seeking Sheikh Hasina’s extradition

Live Mint  

Bangladesh has requested the extradition of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India, following her flight to New Delhi in August amid widespread student-led protests that resulted in her ousting after 15 years in power. India confirmed receiving the note verbale from Bangladesh seeking extradition of Sheikh Hasina. Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, in a statement posted on his Facebook …

Bangladesh Seeks Return Of Deposed PM Sheikh Hasina, Sends Note Verbale To India
3 months ago

Bangladesh Seeks Return Of Deposed PM Sheikh Hasina, Sends Note Verbale To India

ABP News  

Bangladesh’s interim government on Monday announced that it has sent a diplomatic note to India requesting the return of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to face legal proceedings in Dhaka. Earlier in the day, Bangladesh Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam informed reporters that his office had submitted a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate Hasina’s extradition. Bangladesh's …

‘Send Sheikh Hasina home’: Bangladesh seeks extradition of toppled PM from India
3 months ago

‘Send Sheikh Hasina home’: Bangladesh seeks extradition of toppled PM from India

Firstpost  

Bangladesh’s new regime headed by Muhammed Yunus has sought the extradition of Sheikh Hasina from India. After weeks of protests against her 15-year rule, demonstrators backed by radical Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami and the Bangladeshi military overthrew Hasina in August. In a brief statement on Monday Yunus’ Home Affairs Adviser, Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said the foreign ministry …

Bangladesh formally writes to India seeking return of former PM Sheikh Hasina for judicial process
3 months ago

Bangladesh formally writes to India seeking return of former PM Sheikh Hasina for judicial process

Live Mint  

Bangladesh wrote to India on Monday, requesting the return of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to that country for the judicial process. “We have sent a note verbale to the Indian government saying that Bangladesh wants her back here for the judicial process,” Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser or de facto Foreign Minister Touhid Hossain, said. Earlier in September, Muhammad Yunus, …

India lodges protest over comments by Muhammad Yunus's aide
3 months, 1 week ago

India lodges protest over comments by Muhammad Yunus's aide

India Today  

India has formally expressed strong objections to Dhaka regarding contentious remarks made by Mahfuj Alam, a key aide to Bangladesh's chief advisor Muhammad Yunus. #WATCH | Delhi: On the post of Bangladeshi leader Mahfuz Alam, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, "We have registered our strong protest on this issue with the Bangladesh side. He further added, "While India has consistently …

India lodges 'strong protest' with Dhaka over Bangladesh leader's remarks
3 months, 1 week ago

India lodges 'strong protest' with Dhaka over Bangladesh leader's remarks

New Indian Express  

She fled Dhaka in a military plane in August, as mobs threatened her safety in the capital city. India and Bangladesh's relations have been strained since the formation of the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. On Thursday, New Delhi expressed concern over incidents of violence targeting Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh, stating that the interim government …

Opinion - India is losing Bangladesh to China and Pakistan, and it could get worse
3 months, 1 week ago

Opinion - India is losing Bangladesh to China and Pakistan, and it could get worse

India Today  

It is hard to be optimistic about the future of India-Bangladesh relations. India now harbours former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who the new leader of Bangladesh, Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus, says must be extradited to Dhaka. The problem, from Yunus’ perspective, is that New Delhi perceives “everybody is Islamist.and will make this country into Afghanistan.” India should also worry about …

PM Modi's Vijay Diwas post, with no mention of Bangladesh, rattles Yunus govt
3 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi's Vijay Diwas post, with no mention of Bangladesh, rattles Yunus govt

Firstpost  

Bangladesh has been reacting to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Vijay Diwas post with a leader of Muhammad Yunus-led interim government calling India ‘just an ally’ in the 1971 liberation war Political leaders in Bangladesh, including those from Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, reacted strongly to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message on Vijay Diwas or victory day, claiming that the …

Bangladesh to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026: Yunus
3 months, 1 week ago

Bangladesh to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026: Yunus

Deccan Chronicle  

Dhaka: Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government installed after an August revolution, said Monday that general elections would be held late next year or in early 2026. Pressure has been growing on Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus -- appointed the country's "chief adviser" after the student-led uprising that toppled ex-premier Sheikh Hasina in August -- to …

Bangladesh to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026, says Muhammad Yunus
3 months, 1 week ago

Bangladesh to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026, says Muhammad Yunus

India Today  

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government installed after the August violence, said Monday that general elections would be held late next year or in early 2026. Pressure has been growing on Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus -- appointed the country's "chief adviser" after the student-led uprising that toppled ex-premier Sheikh Hasina in August -- to set …

Bangladesh: Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina mounts fresh attack on interim leader Yunus
3 months, 1 week ago

Bangladesh: Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina mounts fresh attack on interim leader Yunus

Hindustan Times  

Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday mounted another blistering attack on the country's interim leader Muhammad Yunus, accusing him of leading an "undemocratic group" that has no responsibility towards the people. Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina called Mohammad Yunus a "fascist" In a statement on the eve of the 'Bijoy Dibosh', Hasina called Yunus a "fascist" and alleged …

Time for Bangladesh to smell the coffee: India is indispensable
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Time for Bangladesh to smell the coffee: India is indispensable

Firstpost  

India has, for its part, followed a calibrated approach of sending out a clear message to Bangladesh to be mindful of India’s security interests and protect the lives and welfare of its Hindu and other minorities The diplomatic language indicates that Misri during his Dhaka did not hold back his punches in outlining India’s concerns about the violence against minorities …

The worrying direction Bangladesh is taking and that talk of US deep state and Pakistan
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The worrying direction Bangladesh is taking and that talk of US deep state and Pakistan

New Indian Express  

Is the Bangladesh National Party having second thoughts about the interim government led by Nobel Laureate Muhammed Yunus? Tarique's return had earlier almost been a given after a Bangladesh High Court acquitted him in the grenade attack case that targeted former premier Sheikh Hasina at an Awami League rally in Dhaka in August 2004. On both sides of the political …

Sheikh Hasina is the legal PM: Suvendu Adhikari slams Yunus-led Bangladesh regime
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Sheikh Hasina is the legal PM: Suvendu Adhikari slams Yunus-led Bangladesh regime

India Today  

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, launched a scathing attack on the caretaker government in Bangladesh, calling it "illegal" and accusing it of unlawfully removing Sheikh Hasina, the country's democratically elected Prime Minister. When Hasina lands at Dhaka Airport, she will be welcomed as the Prime Minister and receive a ceremonial salute,” Adhikari declared, urging international intervention to …

Bangladesh and India hold talks to repair strained relations
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh and India hold talks to repair strained relations

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misra was holding the daylong …

Bangladesh and India hold talks aimed at defusing escalating tensions
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh and India hold talks aimed at defusing escalating tensions

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — The foreign secretaries of Bangladesh and India met Monday in Dhaka to discuss their strained relations, including the growing tensions after former Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina fled into exile in India in August. India also stopped issuing visas to Bangladeshis except for emergency medical visas after Hasina’s ouster while many Indian nationals taking part in infrastructure projects …

Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party march in protest at attacks in India
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party march in protest at attacks in India

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Thousands of members of three youth and student bodies belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party marched toward the Indian High Commission in the country’s capital on Sunday to denounce attacks on a diplomatic mission and alleged desecration of Bangladeshi flags in India. It will be the first high-profile diplomatic visit by an Indian official since the fall …

Sheikh Hasina slams Muhammad Yunus in first public address since leaving Bangladesh: ‘mastermind of genocide’
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sheikh Hasina slams Muhammad Yunus in first public address since leaving Bangladesh: ‘mastermind of genocide’

Live Mint  

Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slammed country's interim leader Muhammad Yunus, accusing him of persecuting minorities. In virtual address at an event in New York, which is her first public address after taking shelter in India following her resignation in August, she claimed that there were plans to assassinate her and her sister Sheikh Rehana just like their father …

How India lost Bangladesh to Pakistan and China
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How India lost Bangladesh to Pakistan and China

India Today  

Just a year ago, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina described the India-Bangladesh relationship as being in a “golden period.” Over the past decade, the two nations had strengthened their bond by combating militant groups, resolving a complex border agreement, and signing various infrastructure and power deals. In 1971, India played a pivotal role in Bangladesh’s independence, supporting Bengali rebels against …

'Bangladesh Hindus weren't safe under Sheikh Hasina either'
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Bangladesh Hindus weren't safe under Sheikh Hasina either'

India Today  

India’s ties with Bangladesh are more stressed than ever, with an air of mistrust brewing since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government and her refuge in India. However, Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to chief advisor of the Bangladesh interim government Muhammad Yunus, says his country is committed to fostering “good and strong” relations with India. A. Sheikh Hasina fled …

'India's failure': Bangladesh advisor on breach at its mission in Agartala
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'India's failure': Bangladesh advisor on breach at its mission in Agartala

India Today  

Terming the vandalism at Bangladesh's diplomatic mission in Agartala as India's “failure,” an influential adviser in the interim government on Tuesday asked New Delhi to reassess its neighbour afresh after the toppling of the Sheikh Hasina regime. While Sheikh Hasina's government followed a pro-India policy to cling to power without elections, India must realise that this is not Sheikh Hasina's …

What Tarique Rahman's 'return' from political exile could mean for Bangladesh
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What Tarique Rahman's 'return' from political exile could mean for Bangladesh

India Today  

Tarique Rahman, son of Bangladesh leader Begum Khaleda Zia and acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, appears set to end his 16-year-long political exile in London and return to his homeland, currently going through a turbulent period that has witnessed a mass protest-induced regime change in August. Speculation about his return is rife after the December 1 ruling of …

How Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has failed Bangladesh
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has failed Bangladesh

Firstpost  

The ‘new Bangladesh’ that Yunus and his other advisers have repeatedly spoken about has turned out to be grossly intolerant political machinery, a stark reminder of the days under the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government when minorities and political opponents were persecuted and the criminals went scot-free Yunus remains indebted to the students for his newfound political relevance and has made …

Bangladesh's ousted PM Sheikh Hasina condemns arrest of Hindu spiritual leader, demands his release
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bangladesh's ousted PM Sheikh Hasina condemns arrest of Hindu spiritual leader, demands his release

Deccan Chronicle  

Dhaka: Deposed prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on Thursday condemned the arrest of Hindu spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and said the leader must be released immediately. "A top leader of the Sanatan religious community has been unjustly arrested, he must be released immediately," Hasina said in a statement. Religious freedom and security of life and property of people …

Is India's Influence in South Asia Diminishing?
4 months ago

Is India's Influence in South Asia Diminishing?

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 21, 2024 20:28 IST - 5 MINS READ Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s decision to travel to Beijing first before his visit to India and Bangladesh demanding the extradition of its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are being viewed as acts of assertion of the two countries in South Asia that have so far been exceedingly …

Hasina is continuing her political activities from India; Delhi must return her to face trial: Bangladesh Chief Advisor Yunus
4 months, 1 week ago

Hasina is continuing her political activities from India; Delhi must return her to face trial: Bangladesh Chief Advisor Yunus

The Hindu  

Bangladesh will pursue the extradition of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India, says Chief Advisor of its Interim Government Muhammad Yunus, admitting however that he had no objection to her party the Awami League contesting in elections. He defended his government’s record in 100 days since it was formed and called reports over the rise of radicalism and safety …

Bangladesh will seek ex-premier Sheikh Hasina’s extradition from India, says Yunus
4 months, 1 week ago

Bangladesh will seek ex-premier Sheikh Hasina’s extradition from India, says Yunus

Firstpost  

Muhammad Yunus said that not only the deaths in the uprising but all other violations of human rights, including alleged enforced disappearances while Hasina was in power, would be investigated. Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus said that the country will seek the extradition of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India, where she has been in exile since August. Yunus …

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