Sajeeb makes U-turn, says Hasina to return home
Awami League president and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina will return to the country once democracy is restored, said her son Sajeeb Wazed, according to a report of the Press Trust of India...
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Activities at secretariat start on limited scale
Activities in the country鈥檚 administrative hub Bangladesh Secretariat remained quite limited for the second day on Thursday after the student-led mass protests ousted Sheikh Hasina from power on Monday...
Yunus-led interim govt sworn in
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus took the oath as the chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh along with 13 other advisers on Thursday, four days after long-time ruler Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India amid a student-led mass uprising...
PMI falls by 27 points in July
Bangladesh Purchasing Managers鈥� Index in July plummeted by 27 points compared with that of the previous month, signalling a sharp contraction with a reading of 36.9 as the recent widespread unrests, leading to prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 resignation and the government鈥檚 fall, sharply contracted all key economic sectors...
Anamul asks for 鈥榚xtensive discussion鈥� for BCB future
The Bangladesh Cricket Board鈥檚 future 鈥� since the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister of Bangladesh 鈥� has been up in the air as the organisation鈥檚 president and other directors were also part of the former government and ruling party Bangladesh Awami League...
The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics
ON AUGUST 5, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina boarded a Bangladesh Air Force C-130J military transport in a hurry and fled to Hindon Air Force base, outside Delhi. Her plane was refuelled and reports said that she intended to fly on either to the United Kingdom (her niece, Tulip Siddiq is a minister in the new Labour government), Finland...
Injured during job quota movement, student dies at RMCH
A student who sustained bullet injuries after police and Awami League activists opened fire on the students who brought out a procession defying curfew on Monday demanding the resignation of the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina....
Islami Bank rejects cheques of 鈥榮uspicious companies鈥�
After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government, private sector Islami bank prevented the withdrawal of Tk 2,000 crore through cheques by different 鈥榮uspicious companies鈥�.
AL unit, associate bodies in Gopalganj pledge to bring back Hasina
The Gopalganj district unit of Awami League and its associate bodies have pledged to bring back Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus returns to Bangladesh to lead new govt
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus returned to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead the interim government after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina....
Hardly any activities in secretariat for 2nd day
Activities in the country鈥檚 administrative hub Bangladesh Secretariat remained almost suspended for the second day on Wednesday after student-led mass protests ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday...
Police not seen in uniforms for 2nd day after Hasina鈥檚 fall in Bangladesh
The police on Wednesday were not seen performing duties wearing uniforms in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country for the second consecutive day after the fall of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister amid mass uprising...
Major reshuffle in police, RAB, AG resigns
A major reshuffle was taken place in security forces, including in the police and Rapid Action Battalion, on Wednesday while the government cancelled the contractual appointment of Mohammad Tofazzel Hossain Miah, the principal secretary of former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina...
Questions cloud Shakib鈥檚 future
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan鈥檚 future in the Bangladesh national team is foggy at the moment following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina from the role of prime minister and the president dissolving the Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday...
Bangladesh A team鈥檚 Pakistan tour rescheduled
Bangladesh A team鈥檚 tour of Pakistan has been rescheduled following the turmoil the country went through in recent days which led to the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister following protests all over the country, which had initially begun as a quota reform movement...
Death toll rises to 151 in violence since Hasina deposed
Nine more bodies were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital raising the death toll to 151 till filing of this report at 6:00pm Wednesday since the forced resignation of Sheikh Hasina amid mass uprising triggered by student protests for quota reform in government jobs...
Why is it always military which has to intervene?
THE Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime is over after 16 years and we are now in a new phase which is best described as interim. From the look of things, it seems to be heading towards the earlier pre-2007鈥�8 BNP-Jamaat alliance phase...
Interim govt composition should reflect full-scale representation
NOW that it has been decided that Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus would lead the interim government and the installation of the government would be held this evening, it is imperative that the composition of the government should reflect a full-scale representation of society, with people from the Bengalis, national and religious minorities...
BGB seeks public cooperation to prevent unauthorised border crossings
The Border Guard Bangladesh has sought cooperation from the people to prevent unauthorised border crossings.
City residents worried amid absence of law enforcers
The near absence of law enforcement agencies in the capital amid killings, arson attacks and mass looting of key establishments following Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 fall on Monday has sparked widespread fear among residents...
How will I survive: Imran鈥檚 widow
鈥楬ow will I survive with the child, who will now look after him,鈥� lamented Shanta Maria, the widow of Imran Hosain, who was killed in firing on student protests for government job quota reforms on July 19...
IMF loan programme to continue despite regime change
The International Monetary Fund will continue its ongoing $4.7 billion loan programme in Bangladesh despite the students-led mass demonstration that stepped Sheikh Hasina down as prime minister on Monday...
India in touch with Dhaka authorities, assures help to Hasina
Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday told in an all-party meeting in the Parliament House that they were in regular touch with the authorities in Dhaka...
Hasina鈥檚 stay in India to prolong
Sheikh Hasina was set to spend few more days in India awaiting the United Kingdom to accept her asylum request after the country initially rejected it, Indian media reported.
Victory brings huge opportunities of reforming state structure: Shujan
Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik at a press conference on Tuesday said that the fall of dictator Sheikh Hasina brings huge opportunities for the country to reform the state structure into a welfare state...
Stocks jump, DSEX gains nearly 200pts
Dhaka stocks witnessed a big jump on Tuesday, the first trading day after a major change in the country鈥檚 political landscape, market operators said...
Suggestions for interim and future govts
IT WAS the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel who taught us: 鈥榃e learn from history that we do not learn from history.鈥� What an all-encompassing pithy remark, for all time to come! It was right yesterday, is right today and will unfortunately remain right tomorrow. If Sheikh Hasina had believed in it, she could have remained a venerated...
History of BJP鈥檚 diplomatic gaffes
FOR India鈥檚 ruling BJP, what will August 5 be most remembered for? It is, of course, the day that Sheikh Hasina Wajed was deposed by a mass uprising against her authoritarian government. The ousted Bangladesh premier was perhaps a rare close ally of prime minister Narendra Modi in a neighbourhood where India endures persistent Sino-phobic nightmares...
Authorities, people must stand against violence, vandalism
VIOLENCE, vandalism and looting in many places across the country after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina on August 5 are shocking and unacceptable. The incidents have left a few dozen dead while many establishments and houses have been burnt. Awami League leaders and the police appear to have been particularly targeted by the mob while...
Interim govt installation, steps to keep law, order imperative
THE deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has left the country after she resigned. The parliament has been dissolved. The president is now in full charge. But, no interim government has yet been installed to look after the affairs of the state. And, this has left the country with a constitutional and political void, which is not good for any modern-day state...
