Bangladesh's foreign secretary Md. Jashim Uddin has described the recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC meet in Bangkok as an important step forward.
Sources said on Saturday that the characterisation of PM Modi's remarks regarding the relationship between Yunus and the previous government was also inaccurate
Sheikh Hasina's extradition was discussed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Bangladesh Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus in Thailand, said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand. This marks their first face-to-face meeting, after the the collapse of Bangladesh's former PM Sheikh Hasina government.
Earlier in March, Hizb ut-Tahrir, a radical Islamist organisation banned in Bangladesh since October 2009, carried out its first open rally in Dhaka. Joined by thousands of its members, the group began the rally from the north gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Friday prayers. The
This development comes after Hasina's ousting in August 2024, following weeks of protests and violence that resulted in the deaths of approximately 1,400 people, according to a UN fact-finding assessment report.
"Bangladesh is under attack, and it needs to be addressed by the international community. A political uprising is fine, but that is not what has been going on in Bangladesh. This is a terrorist uprising... Many of our leaders are sheltered here in India, and we are very thankful to the India
A court in Dhaka has ordered the seizure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Dhanmondi residence, Sudasadhan, and some other properties owned by her family members, who are in exile in India. At the same time, the court ordered the seizure of 124 bank accounts belonging to her family, a
The Ganges is one of the 54 rivers shared by India and Bangladesh. Long-standing differences over its water sharing were resolved with the signing of the Ganges Water Treaty on December 12, 1996, by then-Indian Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his then-Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
Samanta Shermeen, Spokesperson of Jatio Nagorik Committee, a platform of the group, said, "After the July 2024 uprising, the new hopes and aspirations that have been born in Bangladesh; In view of that hopes and aspirations, the students have taken the initiative to form a new political part
He is one of the key student leaders who led the movement to oust former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August of last year. He had taken charge of Bangladesh's Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.