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Islamist grp wins 2nd varsity union election in B’desh

DHAKA: Bangladesh Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing swept the central students union election at the Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Saturday, less than week after its win at the Dhaka University. The Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) won 20 out of 25 positions in the JU Central Students’ Union (JUCSU) election, even though it was virtually inactive […]

Aug 5 is ‘Mass Uprising Day’ for B’desh to mark Hasina govt’s fall

Dhaka: Bangladesh will observe Aug 5 as ‘Mass Uprising Day’ to mark the movement that led to the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina govt last year. The interim govt, however, on Sunday withdrew its decision to dedicate Aug 8 to celebrate the formation the Muhammad Yunus-headed caretaker administration, following criticism from various quarters. Yunus took […]

Working closely with B’desh govt, says army amid reports of rift with Yunus

DHAKA: Senior Bangladesh army officers on Monday seemed to put to rest reports of differences between the military and the Muhammad Yunus-headed interim govt, emphasising their unified effort to safeguard national interests and sovereignty. This came days after a rift burst into the open over a controversial proposal to facilitate a “humanitarian corridor” to Myanmar […]

Yunus believes B’desh crisis product of ‘conspiracy’ to re-establish Indian hegemony: Nagorik Oikya chief

DHAKA: Chief adviser Mohammad Yunushas said the current crisis in Bangladesh is the product of a “conspiracy” to re-establish Indian hegemony in his country, according to Nagorik Oikya president Mahmudur Rahman Manna.Manna, after a meeting with Yunus on Sunday, which was attended by other political parties as well, also claimed that “for this, Yunus believes […]