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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicMuhammad Yunus

Topic: Muhammad Yunus

Violence outside Indian missions in Bangladesh over student leader death, Hindu man lynched for blasphemy

Attack on Osman Hadi resulted in escalation of anti-India rhetoric after unsubstantiated reports claimed his shooters fled to India. Properties linked to Awami League also vandalised.

Bangladesh student leader warns India—’will isolate Seven Sisters, give refuge to separatists’

Hasnat Abdullah of National Citizen Party says if India shelters forces who don't respect Bangladesh's sovereignty, potential, voting rights & human rights, 'Bangladesh will respond'.

Bangladesh to hold ‘July Charter’ referendum, 1st election since Hasina’s ouster on 12 Feb

Since Hasina’s ouster, Bangladesh has been governed by Yunus-led interim administration which has pledged to stabilise country & overhaul state institutions.

Bangladesh president says ‘humiliated’ by Yunus govt, wants to step down halfway through term

President Shahabuddin tells Reuters Yunus has not met him for nearly 7 months, his press dept has been taken away and his portraits removed from Bangladeshi embassies around the world.

How attacks, arrests of Baul singers are fuelling anger against Yunus govt over ‘religious fascism’

Religious extremism has surged, warns 250-plus members of Bangladesh civil society in a statement that also takes a swipe at a group portraying itself as 'sole agents' of Islam.

Bangladesh needs change, not old executioners

The leaders of the new establishment, including Mohammad Yunus, should realize by now the danger of their single-minded focus on eradicating Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League.

India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

Bangladesh ex-PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for ‘crimes against humanity’ during 2024 crackdown

Hasina, 78, was tried in absentia, as she has been living in self-imposed exile in New Delhi ever since she fled her country in August last year during the upheaval.

Dhaka holds its breath as Bangladesh awaits International Crimes Tribunal’s Hasina verdict

An eerie calm before the storm with heavy security deployment in Dhaka as a verdict against deposed PM Sheikh Hasina in a case of alleged crimes against humanity is set to arrive today.

Exiled Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s son warns of violence if party ban stays ahead of court verdict

A Dhaka court is set to deliver a televised verdict on Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity for a deadly crackdown on student-led protests in 2024.

On Camera

Mustafizur’s removal from KKR isn’t the same as boycotting match with Pakistan

Mustafizur Rahman was not representing Bangladesh; he was representing Kolkata. Singling him out simply because of his nationality shows a selective and convenient moral logic.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.