The 17-member advisory council, led by Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus, consists of civil society members, ex-bureaucrats & key leaders of the student movement that led to Hasina’s ouster.
Just like Frankenstein, Sheikh Hasina has been devoured by her own demon. She has fled Bangladesh and saved herself. Now this demon will seek to crush all progressive thinkers in the country.
Lyndon Johnson, the 36th President of the US, once said it was better to have enemies 'inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in.' Delhi needs to decide if he was right.
Home Minister Amit Shah said the organisation, first declared 'Unlawful Association' in 2019, was found continuing activities against the national security, integrity and sovereignty.
Sheikh Hasina government’s secular credentials are questioned every time Hindus are attacked in Bangladesh. “Won’t let terror succeed,” her Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan insists.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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