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: Violence in an election environment is completely unacceptable, Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus said, expressing concern over an independent candidate being shot at and seriously injured on Friday — the first instance pre-poll violence after the February 12 parliamentary election schedule was announced on Thursday.Dhaka-8 constituency candidate Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Mancho […]
DHAKA: Former PM Khaleda Zia’s BNP said Friday senior members of banned Awami League “currently residing in Delhi” are conspiring to destabilise the country and derail the process for the Feb election.Bangladesh has alleged that besides former PM Sheikh Hasina, “many” Awami League members fled to India after a “mass uprising” led to her govt’s […]
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s attorney general Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday said those convicted by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) are ineligible to participate in elections, days after the tribunal sentenced Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina to six months imprisonment for contempt of court.Asaduzzaman remarks come ahead of the next year’s national polls, pending since the fall of […]
