Amid the India-Bangladesh diplomatic standoff, Bangladesh’s interim government head Muhammad Yunus has urged European countries to move their visa centres for Bangladeshis from Delhi to Dhaka or a nearby country, according to a report Blaming India’s restrictions on visas, Bangladesh’s interim government head Muhammad Yunus has urged European countries to move their visa centres for Bangladeshis from Delhi to Dhaka …
The Assam government on Wednesday informed the state assembly that 30,113 Bangladeshis who illegally entered India through the border into Assam have been pushed back in the past 39 years since the signing of the Assam Accord. “Till date, since the signing of the Assam Accord, 30,113 Bangladeshis have been pushed back,” Atul Bora, minister for border area protection and …
Rights groups, diplomats had raised concerns over reports of attacks on minorities after PM Hasina quit, fled country. “Miscreants are systematically attacking various public and private institutions to prove the students’ movement wrong,” Chittagong University coordinator, Russell Ahmed, told the Bangla Tribune newspaper. “A Muslim man spotted praying salah in front of Dhakeswari temple… and protecting the hindu temple from …
One day after the military took control of Bangladesh following the ouster of the prime minister, the parliament in the capital Dhaka was busy with protesters coming to celebrate. More than a month of deadly protests in which at least 422 people were killed culminated on Monday in the deadliest day of violence and the end of the “autocratic” rule …
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