Army Chief of Bangladesh General Waker-uz-Zaman. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters In an unprecedented public statement, the Army Chief of Bangladesh General Waker-uz-Zaman on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) warned that the interim government should not undermine law and order machinery. Addressing a gathering of mostly military officials where he spoke on the national martyrdom day,…
Family photographs on the floor in a room of the vandalized residence of Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s security forces arrested 1,308 people under “Operation Devil Hunt”, launched overnight amid nationwide vandalism as unrest gripped the country for the past four days,…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson and former PM Khaleda Zia | Photo Credit: ANI Tax authorities in Bangladesh on Monday (August 19, 2024) decided to unfreeze the bank accounts of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, 17 years after banks were ordered to block them. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has instructed banks to unfreeze…
Nearly 650 people have been killed in the recent unrest in Bangladesh between July 16, 2024, and August 11, 2024, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office has said in a preliminary report — suggesting a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation into reports of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions. According to the 10-page report…
Members of Hindu organisations hold a march against the violence on the minority community of Bangladesh amid the ongoing turmoil in the country, in Amritsar. | Photo Credit: ANI The United States is in touch with India and other countries in the region regarding the situation in Bangladesh and is seeking an end to the…
Bangladesh Hindus hold a protest rally condemning communal atrocities committed against them and other religious groups in the Muslim-majority country, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The United States will continue to monitor the situation in Bangladesh, the White House said, emphasising that President Joe Biden is “consistent in speaking…
A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stands guard at the India-Bangladesh border checkpost, at Hili in Dakshin Dinajpur district on August 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI A top adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government on Monday (August 12, 2024) said that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s extended stay in India will not hurt bilateral relations…
A man poses for pictures in front of new graffiti on a street wall at Dhaka University campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Muhammad Yunus was on Sunday (August 11) acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over the misappropriation of funds from the Grameen Telecom…
Bangladesh protest: Awami League’s Sheikh Hasina resigned as the prime Minister of Bangladesh and fled the country along with her sister in Bangladesh Air Force helicopter. Reports confirm the former PM is headed for London. Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister of Bangladesh after weeks of protest that turned deadly. Hasina had been one of…
Bangladesh Protests: General Waker-uz-Zaman, the Chief of the Bangladesh Military, announced the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday in response to escalating protests. However, this is not the first time the Army took Bangladesh’s administration into their own hands and formed an interim government. While the Bangladesh Army and the interim government seems…
