Mohammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government in Bangladesh, has played down concerns over deteriorating ties with India, asserting that the Southeast Asian neighbours were victim to some “propaganda” but that there were attempts to overcome it. The two nations are “highly interdependent”, so their ties cannot be bad, he said. There has been no … Read more
Dhaka: Bangladesh Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman has acknowledged that there is a serious problem in his country with a rapidly worsening law and order situation. Blaming it on the political turmoil, leading to a sociopolitical crisis, the army chief said the situation is so dire now, that citizens are constantly “preoccupied with vilifying each other”. … Read more
Dhaka: Dhaka has reportedly invited tech billionaire and US President Donald Trump’s adviser, Elon Musk, to visit Bangladesh and launch Starlink satellite service there. In a letter written to Musk, Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said integrating Starlink’s connectivity into the country’s infrastructure will have a transformational impact on its youth and women. Yunus … Read more
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar, during his meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Advisor Touhid Hossain in Muscat earlier this week, had conveyed that it is important that Bangladesh should not normalise terrorism, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) revealed on Friday. The EAM had held a series of meetings with his counterparts … Read more
Washington DC: In its bit to save US taxpayers’ money, the Donald Trump administration’s cost-cutting team–Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)– has cancelled a slew of overseas projects, including one in Bangladesh that raised several eyebrows. The billionaire Elon Musk-led department said it is cancelling $29 million funding intended for “strengthening the political landscape in Bangladesh”. … Read more
Dhaka: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh has ordered a probe after a group of madrasa students attacked a stall at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka over the display of a book written by exiled author Taslima Nasreen. Strongly condemning the mob attack, Chief Adviser Yunus said it was a display … Read more
Dhaka: The security forces in Bangladesh have arrested as many as 1,308 individuals from across the country as part of the ongoing “Operation Devil Hunt” launched to curb nationwide incidents of mob attacks and vandalism. The operation was launched by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus-led interim government on Saturday after student activists were injured in Gazipur … Read more
Tucked in an upscale neighbourhood of Dhaka, Dhanmondi-32 was witness to two crucial moments in Bangladesh’s history, until February 5 when a mob tore down the iconic residence of Sheikh Mujbur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh. A social media call for a ‘bulldozer procession’ led to the vandalism as Rahman’s daughter and ousted prime minister … Read more
Dhaka: Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen expressed anguish on Thursday over the arson attack on Bangladesh’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s residence in Dhaka and stressed that memories of freedom fighters must never be erased. A staunch critic of communalism, Ms Nasreen called for a museum to be built on the ruins in the capital’s Dhanmondi … Read more
dh: After a mob vandalised and set fire to the historic residence of Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka, his daughter and deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in an emotional message to her supporters, said her opponents can erase the structure, but can’t wipe out the history of her family. Hasina, who has been … Read more