Bangladesh

Long-time Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina had not resigned as prime minister before fleeing this week to India as anti-government protesters marched on her official residence, her son and adviser told Reuters early on Saturday. Hasina has been sheltering in New Delhi since Monday following an uprising that killed about 300 people, many of them students, ending her uninterrupted rule of ...

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam today visited the Central Police Hospital at Rajarbagh in the city to see the policemen injured in the recent countrywide unrest. The IGP inquired about their condition and gave necessary instructions to the hospital authorities for proper treatment of the injured. Md Mainul Islam was appointed as IGP on August 6.

The Cabinet Division has announced the portfolios of the interim government, with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to oversee 27 ministries and divisions. The announcement, published on Friday by the Cabinet Division, outlines the ministries and divisions that Dr Yunus will lead in the interim administration: • Cabinet Division • Ministry of Defence • Armed Forces Division • Ministry of ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has congratulated Prof Mohammad Yunus on being the chief adviser of the newly formed interim government. “Heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to Professor Muhammad Yunus and all those who have taken responsibility in Bangladesh. I hope our relationship with them will improve further,” she wrote on her verified Facebook account on Friday. “I wish ...

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday congratulated the new interim leader of Bangladesh, Dr Muhammad Yunus, and expressed hopes for deeper ties with the nation that separated from Pakistan in 1971. “Heartiest felicitations to Professor Muhammad Yunus,” Sharif tweeted, reports Al Arabiya News. “Wishing him great success in guiding Bangladesh towards a harmonious and prosperous future. I look forward ...

The head of the newly formed interim government, Dr Muhammad Yunus, and other members of the advisory council paid tribute to the martyrs of the Liberation War at the National Memorial in Savar on Friday morning. Dr Yunus at first laid wreaths at the memorial in honour of the Liberation War martyrs at around 10am amid heavy rain. He then ...

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took oath as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday. This move follows the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina amidst widespread protests demanding her removal. Along with Yunus, 16 additional advisers also join him in the interim government. While 13 of these were administered oath by President Mohammad Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban, the presidential palace, ...

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Col (Retd) Oli Ahmad has said time has come to get united of all irrespective to race, religion, colour and political identity following the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic regime. “Because of an autocratic and terrorist organisation, the registration of Awami League will have to be cancelled and the party will have to be banned,” ...

Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus said, “If you have faith in me, trust me, then ensure that there will be no attack anywhere in the country.” “If you do not, please bid me farewell, there will be no need of my presence.” He said that the country should fulfill the promise of its recent rebirth. “Hope that the youths ...

Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus arrived in Dhaka from Dubai on Thursday afternoon. An Emirates flight (EK-582), carrying Prof Yunus, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at 2:10pm. Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman, Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan welcomed Prof Yunus at the airport. Dr Asif Nazrul, ...