Bangladesh interim govt cites 'massacre' of protesters & 'thousands of enforced disappearances' during Hasina's 16-year tenure as PM. Yunus has raised the issue with ICC prosecutor.
Hindu rights activist Jayanta Karmakar says Bangladesh police had been targeting Chinmoy Krishna ever since he became 'face of Hindu resistance against targeted attacks by radicals'.
In interview with Al Jazeera, Yunus, who assumed power after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster this August, also terms reports of attacks on minorities ‘baseless propaganda originating from India’.
Muhammad Yunus doesn’t have a magic bullet, but rising unemployment, spiralling prices, and a lack of an electoral roadmap are eroding the legitimacy of Bangladesh’s interim government.
The former PM, who has been in Delhi since fleeing Dhaka in August, has over 60 complaints filed against her related to repression of student protests by her Awami League govt.
In a leaked audio, ousted leader Sheikh Hasina is heard urging party leaders to take to the streets Sunday. Interim govt has said that the 'fascist' party will not be allowed to hold rally.
In letter released by Awami League on social media, Hasina lauds Trump’s ‘extraordinary leadership qualities’, expresses her ‘commitment to working together again’.
Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.
The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
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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