Tag: bangladesh
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Bangladesh to seek Hasina’s extradition from India
Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal is to seek the extradition of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina from neighbouring India, its chief prosecutor has said, accusing her of carrying out “massacres”. Weeks of student-led demonstrations in Bangladesh escalated into mass protests last month, with Hasina quitting as prime minister and fleeing by helicopter to old ally India on August 5, ending her…
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Jal band is coming to Dhaka after 14 years
The iconic Jal the Band is making a comeback in Bangladesh after a 14 year absence. The band’s lead singer and composer Goher Mumtaz shared a screenshot of the band’s upcoming concerts in Bangladesh on his Instagram account. Jal is scheduled to perform on September 27 in Dhaka at the ‘Legends of the Decade’ concert.…
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Visa-free entry in Pakistan for Bangladeshi citizens? No, not quite
Geo Fact Check has debunked social media posts that claimed that Bangladeshi citizens have been granted visa-free entry to Pakistan after Sheikh Hasina’s government was toppled. Geo reported that officials from the Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting confirmed that Bangladeshi citizens could not enter Pakistan visa-free. The Interior Ministry’s Director General…
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Regime change ‘America’ ki sazish hai, Shiekh Hasina
Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister (PM) Shiekh Hasina has accused the US of being involved in the regime change in Bangladesh.According to NDTV, before leaving the country, Hasina wanted to address the nation but couldn’t because protestors stormed her official residence. Hasina shared details of her undelivered speech with close associates in India.A letter accessed by…
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Social media angry at The Economist magazine for alleged removal of Palestine flag
The Economist, a British weekly news magazine, published this week’s issue with a picture of the Bangladesh students’ protest on the front page of its magazine, alongside the headline, “Bangladesh Begins Again.” However, social media users pointed out a significant difference between the pictures used by the magazine and the same pictures available on the…
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Yunus says Bangladesh celebrating ‘second independence’
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus on Thursday paid tribute to those killed in Bangladesh’s deadly protests that toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government, saying their sacrifices had brought the nation a “second independence.” “Today is a glorious day for us,” he told reporters at the airport in Dhaka shortly after returning to the country to lead a…
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‘Resilient spirit’, Pakistan extends solidarity with the people of Bangladesh
As Bangladesh grapples with the the end of a historic uprising, Pakistan extended solidarity with the country’s people and wished for peace and normalcy. The Ministry of Foreign Office (MOFO) stated in a press release that, ‘’the government and people of Pakistan stand in solidarity with the people of Bangladesh and sincerely hope for a…
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‘Bangladesh is going to become the next Pakistan’; Sheikh Hasina’s son
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina Wazed, resigned on Monday, fleeing the country as massive protests gripped the nation. The protests, that initially started as student protests against civil service job quotas metamorphosised into demands for Hasina to quit after more than 200 people were killed in violence. Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed, the Information…
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Military in control of Bangladesh after Hasina flees
Bangladesh’s military was in control of the country on Tuesday after mass protests forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee. Hasina, 76, had been in power since 2009 but was accused of rigging elections in January and then watched millions of people take to the streets over the past month demanding she step…
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195 killed, 4000 arrested amid police crackdown in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi police detectives on Friday forced the discharge from the hospital of three student protest leaders blamed for deadly unrest, taking them to an unknown location, staff told AFP. Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud and Abu Baker Majumder are all members of Students Against Discrimination, the group responsible for organising this month’s street rallies against civil service hiring…