DHAKA/NEW DELHI: Bangladesh‘s deposed PM Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League on Sunday rejected “with disgust” the interim govt’s decision to ban the party and vowed to continue its operations despite the restriction.The Muhammad Yunus-headed interim govt’s council of advisers or the cabinet on Saturday night slapped a ban on “all activities of Awami League”, including in […]
Bangladesh’s interim government on Saturday banned the Awami League, the party once led by deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.The decision was taken under the country’s anti-terrorism law and is expected to be formalised through a gazette notification on the next working day.The statement from Muhammad Yunus’s office described the action as a “statement of the […]
Sheikh Hasina (File photo) belonged to Awami league DHAKA: Six months after banning Awami League‘s student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the Muhammad Yunus-headed interim govt is now considering demands of imposing a ban on the party. Demonstrations were held seeking a ban on the party by smaller political parties and outfits, including those involved […]
DHAKA: Radical Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh has warned chief adviser Muhammad Yunus that he will be treated like deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina if the interim govt pushes ahead with implementing “anti-Islamic” proposals made by the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission. Hefazat leaders also condemned the proposals as being in direct conflict with the Quran and […]
Bangladesh former PM Sheikh Hasina (File Image) DHAKA: A Bangladesh court Tuesday issued arrest warrants against former PM Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and 16 others for alleged irregularities in allocation of govt plots.The arrest orders came after the court accepted charges in two of six corruption cases filed by anti-corruption commission (ACC).The […]
File photo: British MP Tulip Siddiq (Picture credit: X/@TulipSiddiq) Bangladesh on Sunday issued an arrest warren against British MP Tulip Siddiq over allegations linked to a widening corruption probe involving her aunt, the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.The warrant issued by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), accuses Siddiq of unlawfully acquiring land through political influence, The […]
Sheikh Hasina (File photo) A court in Bangladesh issued a fresh arrest warrant on Thursday against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her daughter Saima Wajed Putul and 17 others in a corruption case, alleging fraudulent acquisition of a residential plot. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib accepted the charge sheet from the Anti-Corruption […]
Dhaka/New Delhi: Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus Tuesday said Bangladesh was witnessing a “festivity of rumours” against his administration, blaming it on “the defeated force” — an apparent reference to deposed premier Sheikh Hasina’s regime.“The rumours are big instruments of the defeated forces against the July-Aug (2024) Uprising,” he said in a nationwide televised address on […]
