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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicAwami League

Topic: Awami League

Awami League faces potential ban in Bangladesh, nine months after Hasina’s ouster

Yunus govt says it is 'considering demand to ban' the party on charges of 'dictatorship & terrorist activities', amid pressure from new student-run National Citizen Party & Islamist groups.

India urges Dhaka to hold ‘inclusive’ polls amid strained ties, repeats concern over minorities’ safety

Apart from Hasina’s continued stay in New Delhi, there are multiple irritants in ties, including security across the borders.

Hasina & son target newest rival as it shakes up Bangladesh politics with call for ‘Second Republic’

National Citizens’ Party, floated by student leaders who led anti-Hasina stir, also aims to draft new constitution for Bangladesh. Hasina has accused its leaders of ‘taking power illegally’.

Hasina calls Yunus a ‘mobster’, vows to return to Bangladesh

In a virtual meet with widows of 4 policemen killed in July uprising, the ex-Bangladesh PM said that Yunus & others responsible for the killings would be brought to justice ‘on Bangla soil’.

Hasina, Awami League behind widespread human rights abuse during 2024 Bangladesh protests—UN report

The 100-page report says the former govt orchestrated brutal response to protests, using live ammunition & excessive force, with Hasina asking officials to ‘kill & hide protesters’ bodies’.

Yunus govt launches ‘Operation Devil Hunt’ to weed out ‘destabilising’ forces after fresh violence

The operation involves participation by multiple security forces of Bangladesh. Over 1,300 detained in 2 days after launch. Experts hope Yunus doesn’t set precedent of legal overreach.

Yunus has done the impossible in Bangladesh—brought arch-rivals Awami League and BNP closer

Closely mirroring the Awami League’s protest programmes, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has announced a series of rallies across all 64 districts of Bangladesh.

Sheikh Hasina is no Dalai Lama, India must stop supporting her. China is cosying up

What the Pakistan Army didn’t do in nine months of Bangladesh’s liberation war happened in nine hours.

After Sheikh Mujibur’s house, protestors attack Hasina’s family home, other relatives’ properties

The 'Bulldozer Procession' was widely propagated on social media. Authorities were still unable to protect the properties.

Protesters demolish Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house in Bangladesh, Hasina asks, ‘Why are you so scared?’

In an emotional address, the ousted PM calls Bangabandhu Museum, once the residence of her father Sheikh Mujibur, as 'last remaining history', labels Muhammad Yunus 'dishonest hypocrite'.

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.