Victory Day: Sheikh Hasina’s son warns of increasing Pak-backed proxies in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Dec 16 (IANS) As Bangladesh observes Victory Day on Tuesday, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed warned that the “proxies of Pakistani occupational forces” have been emboldened across the country to an unprecedented extent. Victory Day commemorates December 16 1971, when Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation after the Pakistani forces surrendered […]
Bangladesh: National election, referendum set to be held on Feb 12
Dhaka, Dec 11 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) on Thursday announced that the country’s 13th national parliamentary election, along with the July Charter referendum, will be held next year on February 12, local media reported. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin made the announcement in a pre-recorded address broadcast on state-owned Bangladesh […]
Bangladesh: Anti-graft platform calls for asset disclosure of two Yunus advisors
Dhaka, Dec 11 (IANS) A youth-led anti-graft platform on Thursday called for wealth disclosure of two advisors of Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus – Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan and Mahfuj Alam – who submitted their resignation on Wednesday. The platform under the banner of ‘Anti-Graft Students and People’ raised the demand at a human chain […]
Bangladesh health workers’ protest disrupts services as demands intensify
Dhaka, Dec 10 (IANS) Health assistants in Bangladesh staged their sit-in for the 12th consecutive day on Wednesday outside the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), as they continued to press for a six-point charter of demands, a prolonged demonstration that has now begun to disrupt health services across several districts, local media reported. The […]
B’desh: Finance Adviser confined inside office over allowance demand
Dhaka, Dec 10 (IANS) Officials and employees from various ministries and divisions working at the Bangladesh Secretariat confined Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed inside his office on Wednesday as they have long been demanding various allowances, local media reported. According to officials who were present there, a group of employees gathered in front of the adviser’s […]
Nepal Minister seeks India’s cooperation to export more power to Bangladesh
Kathmandu, Dec 9 (IANS) Nepal’s Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Kul Man Ghising on Tuesday requested India to allow the export of an additional 20 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh using India’s transmission infrastructure. Under the tripartite agreement between Nepal, India, and Bangladesh, Nepal has been exporting 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh […]
Bangladesh: Mobile phone traders, students hold protest in Dhaka
Dhaka, Dec 7 (IANS) Bangladesh’s mobile phone traders and students held a protest here on Sunday, causing traffic congestion in several parts of the capital, including the Science Laboratory, Shahbagh, Agargaon and outside the Education Building, local media reported. Mobile phone traders held a sit-in in front of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) building […]
Five-hour work plan for women in Bangladesh part of effort to reorient them towards home: Report
Dhaka, Dec 3 (IANS) The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (JI)’s chief, Shafiqur Rahman, has faced massive criticism after he recently shared his plan to reduce the working hours for women which many believe is part of a larger effort to reorient women towards home, restricting their freedom, movement and presence in the workplace, a report detailed on […]
Bangladesh: Hasina, family members reject ‘malicious and politically motivated’ charges
Dhaka, Nov 28 (IANS) Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members on Friday rejected the corruption charges against them, calling the claims “malicious, politically motivated and without any proper foundation”. The remarks came after a Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced Hasina to 21 years of imprisonment in three corruption cases filed by […]
Yunus regime’s nervousness shows its growing fear of Awami League’s resurgence in Bangladesh’s politics
Dhaka, Nov 16 (IANS) Awami League’s recent lockdown programme in Dhaka has been a success, with people staying in homes and limited movement of public transport. On the same day, Bangladesh interim government’s chief adviser Muhammad Yunus presented his idea of a referendum on the July Charter and general elections in February next year, however, […]
