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"Yunus has no mandate to realign Bangladesh's foreign policy," says Sheikh
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accused the interim Yunus government of lacking mandate, politicising justice, weakening democracy, empowering extremists and straining India ties, warning that elections without the Awami League would lack legitimacy and destabilise Banglade
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Dhaka University's Bangabandhu Hall renamed Shahid Osman Hadi Hall
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Dhaka University renamed the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall to Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi Hall, days after Hadi, convenor of Inqilab Moncho, a prominent student activist and a parliamentary candidate for the upcoming February 2026 national elections, died on December 18, 2025, in S
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Bangladesh unrest: Conspiracy to destabilise upcoming national election, s
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) claims that the recent unrest, including attacks on newspaper offices and other establishments, is a conspiracy to destabilise the upcoming national election scheduled for February 2026, BD News reported.
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Bangladesh Awami League rejects Feb 2026 election schedule, demands neutra
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The Bangladesh Awami League has outright rejected the election schedule announced by the country's interim government's Election Commission for the February 12, 2026, terming the move by the EC as "illegal" and accusing Bangladesh's Chief Advisor, Muhammad Yunus-led government of being a
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 21 years in prison for corrupt
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Dhaka's Special Judge - 5 Mohammd Abdullah Al Mamun announced the verdict of Sheikh Hasina sentenced to 21 years in prison, 7 years each, in three plot fraud cases.
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India won't respond to Sheikh Hasina's "illegal" extradition request, says
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sajeeb Wazed, son of Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has dismissed the Bangladesh government's extradition request sent to India, calling it "illegal" and expressing confidence that New Delhi will not act on it.
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"This has been done on Pakistan's orders": BJP's Suvendu Adhikari on Sheik
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The statement said, "India has noted the verdict announced by the "International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh" concerning former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. As a close neighbour, India remains committed to the best interests of the people of Bangladesh, including in peace, democracy, i
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"Pre-determined verdict": Awami League leader slams 'Illegal, unconstituti
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
A Bangladesh court on Monday afternoon found ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina guilty of committing "crimes against humanity" during the July-August uprising in 2024.
'Verdict against me biased, politically motivated': Former Bangladesh PM H
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina responded to the verdict made against her, calling the decision made by a rigged tribunal established and presided over by an unelected government with no democratic mandate.
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Police action during student protest not unreasonable or unjustified: Ex-H
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Chowdhury, who served as Education Minister in the Hasina cabinet, said the protests that began over job quota reforms spiralled into violent attacks on police stations, with officers being targeted and killed.
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Bangladesh's new political party NCP won't sign post-uprising reform agend
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The National Citizen Party (NCP), a new student-led political party in Bangladesh, will not sign the "July National Charter 2025", a document of post-uprising reform agendas.
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US: Bangladesh Awami League members throw eggs at Yunus' entourage in New
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bangladesh's interim government chief Muhammad Yunus has faced protests from the Awami League in New York. Bangladesh Awami League leaders and activists threw eggs at his entourage, Akhtar Hossain, member secretary of the newly formed National Citizen Party (NCP).
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