Protests held near Bangladesh Chief Advisor’s residence over 9th pay scale demand (Image/X@ImbusyWarrior) Massive protests erupted outside Chief Adviser Mohammad Yunus’s official residence, Jamuna, on Friday as government employees staged demonstrations demanding the immediate implementation of the ninth national pay scale. The protests have triggered heavy security deployment and police action in parts of the…
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,…
Bangladesh’s interim government on Monday said that the majority of incidents involving members of minority communities in the country during 2025 were “criminal in nature” and not driven by communal motives, asserting that only 71 of the 645 cases recorded had communal elements.The statement, issued by the office of chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and later…
DHAKA: Amid strained ties with India, Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday called for the revival of Saarc as he urged its member countries to “work together and learn from each other”. “Saarc as a word has been forgotten and that’s a shame on us,” he said at an edcuation conference linked to the…
DHAKA: Amid growing atrocities against minorities, particularly Hindus, ahead of the Feb 12 national elections, the Muhammad Yunus-led Bangladesh interim govt on Sunday sought to downplay media reports about incidents – including killings – as attempts “to destroy communal harmony through false propaganda”. “Statements made based on false or fabricated information can create confusion in…
DHAKA: A total of 32 prominent citizens and rights activists on Saturday condemned the planned killings, especially the killing of minorities, serial violence and the burning of houses in the country, stressing that the Prof Yunus-led interim govt is failing to prosecute the perpetrators of violence against the minorities. They demanded that those responsible for…
DHAKA: Two days after a key aide of Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus stepped down from his post, the interim govt reinstated him on Thursday, saving itself from a second resignation of a senior official in a span of 10 days. Special assistant to Yunus for the health ministry Sayedur Rahman’s resignation had been accepted…
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…
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday issued a strong-worded response to the recent incidents of violence in Bangladesh against Hindus and other minorities, warning that these could not be brushed aside as mere “media exaggerations or dismissed as political violence.“Responding to the recent developments in Bangladesh, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said,…
Saddam Hussain, president of the Bangladesh Students League, the student wing of the now-banned Bangladesh Awami League, alleged “Talibanisation” is happening in Bangladesh under the leadership of the Yunus-led interim government.Speaking to ANI about the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, Hussain accused the interim leadership of encouraging anti-India sentiment to divert attention from internal failures.“Whatever…