Bangladesh

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is likely to be freed at any moment. It was stated by Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman after meeting with the President at Bangabhaban on Monday (August 5) night. Shafiqur Rahman revealed the information while sharing opinions with the party leaders and journalists at the Jamaat-e-Islami central office in the capital on Monday night. Besides, ...

Applauding the brave students and masses for ensuring the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday urged all to celebrate the victory peacefully instead of taking the law into their own hands and indulging in any vindictive acts. “Heroic congratulations to the brave students of Bangladesh at this glorious historical moment. I humbly request ...

Angry people attacked and vandalised several mass media houses including Ekattor TV and Somoy TV following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina from the post of premier in the wake of Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement. They also damaged and set ablaze a dozen of cars kept in front of ATN Bangla Office at Karwan Bazar in the capital on Monday. They attacked ...

The Indian government has granted Sheikh Hasina an interim stay following the downfall of her government in Bangladesh on Monday, reports republicworld.com. During this period, India will offer comprehensive logistical support as Hasina pursues asylum in the United Kingdom. Her stay in India is approved only temporarily, pending her relocation to Britain. Hasina, who resigned on Monday following unprecedented anti-government ...

The sculpture of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in Dhaka’s Bijoy Sarani, is being demolished. At around 3:30pm on Monday, a group of people was seen attempting to break the sculpture with hammers. Following the leaked information about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and departure from the country, thousands of people gathered on the streets, with ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Monday said the country will now be governed by an interim government and it will be formed soon. The army chief made the remark in his address to the nation on Monday afternoon after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and left the country in the face of nationwide widespread student agitation. Saying ...

A military helicopter took off from Bangabhaban with Sheikh Hasina at 2:30 on Monday. At that time, her younger sister Sheikh Rehana was with her. Related sources said that they left for West Bengal in India by helicopter. Meanwhile, news agency AFP reported that Sheikh Hasina and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana have gone to a safe place from Ganabhaban. ...

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in various parts of the capital on Monday. People brought out processions from Jatrabari, Central Shaheed Minar, Badda,  Uttara, Rampura, Mirpur and march towards Shahbagh around 1:30pm on Monday. Besides, thousands of protesters gathered at Shahbagh intersection defying curfew and police barricade. People are coming there from different places. Earlier in the ...

The ‘Long March to Dhaka’ program of Anti-discrimination Student Movement is going on. On the other hand, curfew is ongoing across the country. Meanwhile, it was reported that 10 people have been killed in the clash between police and the protestors in the capital. More than hundred of people were injured in these incidents. The injured have been taken to ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said the shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop. He said scores more protesters were killed over the weekend. At least 13 police officers were also killed when a police station was attacked in Sirajganj district, he mentioned, reports UNB. With a mass march on Dhaka planned for today, Turk said he ...