




Some members term this as a crisis similar to the one that the party faced after the assassination of founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975
The cases, filed in Dhaka courts on Friday, were the latest in the slew of cases filed against the 76-year-old leader after her resignation and fleeing to India on August 5 following a massive protest by students against a quota system in government jobs
The decades-old contest between Zia and Hasina is a dynastic battle that predates the political career of both women
Moneycontrol gets to the heart of the student agitation that rocked Dhaka through the eyes of Azmeri Haque Badhon, who was the first Bangladeshi actress to walk Cannes red carpet with an officially selected film and who acted in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Bollywood film 'Khufiya'.
According to ANI, in a post on social media platform X, Wazed stated, "Rahmuna Sara, Gazi TV newsroom editor, was found dead. Her body was recovered from Hatirjheel Lake in Dhaka city. This is another brutal attack on freedom of expression in Bangladesh. Gazi TV is a secular news channel owned by Golam Dastagir Gazi, who was recently arrested."
The country’s interim government has asked Debapriya Bhattacharya, an economist and public policy analyst, to produce a “white paper” documenting mismanagement under Hasina’s rule.
The BNP leader said his country shares a border with India on three sides and it is a big neighbour, so there is "no reason why India should not be our best friend".
Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League has accused the BNP of registering false and politically motivated cases against the exiled leader.
According to the report, leaders and activists of the Hasina-led Awami League and its affiliated organisations armed with firearms and sticks created obstacles to traffic on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway to disrupt the student movement
The case, filed late on Sunday, was the latest in the slew of cases filed against the 76-year-old leader after her resignation and fleeing to India on August 5 following a massive protest by students against a quota system in government jobs.
Hasina, 76, fled to India on August 5 after she was forced to resign following a massive protest by students against a quota system in government jobs.
Over 230 people died in Bangladesh in the incidents of violence that erupted across the country following the fall of the Hasina government on August 5, taking the death toll to 560 during the three weeks of violence.
Hasina asked her countrymen to observe the National Day of Mourning on August 15 with due dignity and solemnity, while demanding 'justice' and probe into recent killings
On Friday, Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder tendered his resignation, citing personal reasons. His resignation was part of a broader wave of departures from various institutions of the country following the recent fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, the Home Minister Sakhawat Hossain stated that the interim government now running the country had no intention of banning the ousted premier Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party.
Reports claim that Hasina, in her undelivered speech, mentions that the US was behind her ouster from power because she did not hand over St Martin’s Island to it.
Canadians of Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu descent gathered in Downtown and protesters were heard chanting, "We want justice – Bangladesh Bangladesh."
Regarding the quota movement and student protests, Hasina clarified that she never called students Razakars, asserting that her words were distorted to incite unrest, accusing conspirators of exploiting their innocence to destabilise the nation.
India News Highlights: After the embankment gave way, seven young people who were watching the water in the Banganga River perished. The tragedy happened in Rajasthan's Bharatpur. All of the deceased bodies were removed at the same time with assistance from the police and the locals.
Bangladesh crisis: Hasina, after resigning as Prime Minister, flew to the Hindon air base near Delhi in a Bangladesh military aircraft on August 5. The Awami League leader was with her sister Sheikh Rehana