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September 5, 2024 2:29 PM

Bangladesh: five-member Election Commission resigns saying the situation in the country has changed

In Bangladesh, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday announced the resignation of the five-member commission. He made the announcement at a press conference held at the Nirbachan Bhaban, Dhaka, a month after the fall of the Awami League government in the face of a student-led mass upsurge. The chief election commissioner said the he and the election commissioners have decided to resign as the situation in the country has changed. They submitted their resignation letters t...

August 28, 2024 3:26 PM

Bangladesh: Interim Govt lifts ban on Jamaat-e- Islami and Islami Chhatrashibir

In Bangladesh, the interim government led by Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday lifted the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir. The home ministry issued a notification in this regard. The gazette notification reads, "Since there is no concrete evidence of involvement of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student organization Islami Chhatrashibir in terrorism and violence... and since the Government believes that Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and all its affiliates, in...

August 12, 2024 3:38 PM

Bangladesh: police rejoin duties to control traffic after a week

In Bangladesh, after a work abstention for a week, members of the police have started to return to their workplaces on Monday. There were attacks on many police stations across Bangladesh following the fall of Awami League led government. Since then, police members were abstaining from work, citing safety concerns. Students were seen managing traffic on the roads in Dhaka and other parts of the country in the last few days. Police officers, who had been on strike, called off their strike after...

August 6, 2024 12:31 PM

Bangladesh crisis: Sheikh Hasina falls from grace in nation her father founded

Sheikh Hasina, who resigned as Bangladesh's prime minister and fled the country on Monday following weeks of protests, has been one of the dominant figures in its politics since the assassination of her father, independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, nearly a half-century ago. Her flight came less than seven months after she celebrated a fourth straight term in power - and fifth overall - by sweeping national elections in January. The 76-year-old was flown in a military helicopter on Mo...

Bangladeshi military force soldiers are patrolling a street during a nationwide curfew in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

August 6, 2024 9:53 AM

Bangladesh: At least 135 killed on Monday, situation remains tense, interim govt to be formed soon

With police firings, mob beatings, and arson across the country, at least 135 people were killed in Bangladesh on Monday during unrest, according to Dhaka Tribune. The country announced on Monday that the clashes between demonstrators and members of the Awami League claimed the lives of at least 96 people in police firings. After fighting broke out between police and miscreants on Monday, at least 18 people were slain on the outskirts of the capital in the Savar and Dhamrai regions. Meanwhile, ...

August 1, 2024 8:16 PM

Bangladesh: Government bans Jamaat-e-Islami and its students wing on allegations of terrorism

In Bangladesh, the government on Thursday banned Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, its student wing Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir and all its associate bodies as political parties and organizations. The Home Ministry of Bangladesh issued a notification banning Jamaat and Shibir under Section 18 (1) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009 in the afternoon. The notification will become effective immediately. According to the gazette notification, the government has substantial evidence that Bangladesh Jam...

July 30, 2024 6:30 PM

Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Chhatra Shibir to be banned: Bangladesh Law minister

In Bangladesh, the government is set to ban Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir through an executive order by tomorrow (on Wednesday), said the Bangladesh Law Minister Anisul Huq while talking with the media on Tuesday. Anisul said he would hold a meeting with the Home Minister to fix the process, report Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). The law minister said this a day after the Awami League-led 14-party alliance unanimously recommended the ban of Jamaat-e-Islami and Is...

July 29, 2024 7:52 PM

Bangladesh to observe countrywide mourning Tuesday over quota protest deaths

In Bangladesh, the government will observe a day of national mourning on Tuesday (July 30) over deaths of people who were killed in the recent countrywide violence centering the Quota Reform Movement. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting on Monday chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Cabinet secretary Md Mahbub Hossain said this at a briefing later on the day at the secretariat. Everyone will wear black badges and prayers will be offered in mosques and temples, he added. A total of...

Students are clashing with the police during an ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 18, 2024. (Photo by Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

July 20, 2024 10:42 AM

405 Indian students evacuated from Bangladesh amid student protests

405 Indian students have been safely evacuated through the Dawki Integrated Check Post, according to Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma. The evacuation, which took place on Friday, included approximately 80 students from Meghalaya, with the remainder hailing from other parts of India. Chief Minister Sangma reported that the evacuation effort also extended to students from Nepal and Bhutan, as well as tourists caught in the turmoil. "We are aware of the situation in Bangladesh," Sangma said....

July 19, 2024 5:50 PM

Three die in fresh Bangladesh student protests amid telecoms disruptions

Three people died in Bangladesh on Friday in fresh protests against quotas for government jobs, media said, as telecoms links were widely disrupted and television news channels went off the air. Authorities had cut some mobile telephone services the previous day to try to quell the unrest, initially sparked by student anger against controversial quotas, but Friday's wider disruption was not linked to a global cyber outage. The government offered no immediate comment on the severed communicatio...