Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said defeated “fascist forces” are trying to derail Bangladesh’s upcoming national election while another force is sowing divisions using religion.
Bangladesh’s major political parties welcomed the election schedule announced for February 12, saying it ended uncertainty over the 13th national vote. Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said a referendum on political reforms would be held the same day. “The announcement has reassured us,” said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. […]
Muhammad Yunus deserves strong criticism for promoting and producing a video that glorifies Khaleda Zia while ignoring the documented failures of her administration. By endorsing a narrative that calls her an “uncompromising leader” and praises her “etiquette, courtesy, firmness, foresight, and wisdom,” Yunus casts aside the fundamental fact that Bangladesh was ranked the most corrupt […]
A new video produced under the government of Muhammad Yunus is drawing criticism for portraying former prime minister Khaleda Zia as an icon of moral integrity despite extensive evidence of corruption during her administration. The video describes Zia as “a solitary Sherpa in Bangladesh’s politics” and claims she was “adorned with the title of uncompromising […]
Former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia is set to be flown to London for advanced medical treatment after doctors recommended her immediate transfer abroad.
Families of army officers killed in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny on Monday demanded swift prosecution of everyone named in the National Independent Investigation Commission’s report.
Prime minister of India Narendra Modi on Monday expressed concern over the health of former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, saying he was “deeply concerned” after learning she had been placed on ventilation.
Bangladeshis overwhelmingly approve of chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and the interim government, according to a nationwide poll released by the International Republican Institute’s Center for Insights in Survey Research.
A special court in Bangladesh on Monday sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and her niece, British member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq, to prison for irregularities in the Purbachal New Town project.
Bangladesh’s National Independent Investigation Commission on Sunday alleged political and external involvement in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny killings as it submitted its report to chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus. Major General (retd) ALM Fazlur Rahman and other commission members said the then-ruling Awami League had direct links to the events and identified Sheikh Fazle […]
