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BNP chief Tarique Rahman (AP) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first global leaders to congratulate BNP chief Tarique Rahman for leading his party to a “decisive victory” in the Bangladesh parliamentary elections, building upon his earlier outreach to both Rahman and his recently deceased mother and former PM Khaleda Zia.Effectively endorsing the poll…
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (AP photo) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina late Friday reacted sharply to the recently held general elections in the South Asian nation, dismissing the February 12 polls as a “pre-planned election of deception and farce” and calling it a “disgraceful chapter” in the country’s history. Her remarks come as…
The return of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to power in Bangladesh has brought back into focus Dhaka’s demand for the extradition of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India, setting up a complex diplomatic test for New Delhi.Soon after the BNP’s landslide victory in the country’s first general elections since the 2024 uprising,…
Bangladesh is voting in its first general election since a student-led uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule in August 2024. What began as protests over public sector job quotas spiralled into the deadliest political violence since independence, leaving more than 1,000 people dead and dismantling one of South Asia’s most entrenched political orders.Now 127 million…
Bangladesh will vote Thursday in a Parliamentary election that will perhaps have more far-reaching consequences for India than any such exercise in the recent past in its neighbourhood. Ironically, with Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League not in the fray, India’s best hopes of a realistic reset in ties with Dhaka rest on a majority for the…
Bangladesh will vote Thursday in a Parliamentary election that will perhaps have more far-reaching consequences for India than any such exercise in the recent past in its neighbourhood. Ironically, with Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League not in the fray, India’s best hopes of a realistic reset in ties with Dhaka rest on a majority for the…
File photo: Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (Picture credit: ANI) A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to a total of 10 years in prison in two separate corruption cases linked to alleged irregularities in the allocation of residential plots under the Purbachal New Town government project near Dhaka.According to news…
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday launched a sharp attack on the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, calling for the overthrow of “foreign-serving puppet regime” to restore democracy and constitutional rule in the country.In an audio message played at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia in New Delhi,…
Sheikh Hasina, Muhammad Yunus DHAKA: Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Thursday accused the Muhammad Yunus-headed interim govt of pushing the country towards darkness, while her party Awami League said despite decades of peaceful coexistence, extremist groups are “emboldened” and minority communities are increasingly being branded as “political enemies”.“The masks and vile faces of the…
Sheikh Hasina (PTI image) Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina reacted to the death of student leader Sharif Usman Hadi, accusing the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of presiding over “lawlessness” and claiming the violence reflects a breakdown of governance that has worsened since her ouster.In an email interview with ANI, Hasina said the killing of…
