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Will Bangladesh rewrite the past?

BESIEGED by the largest protest in the country’s history and the unbending public fury against her rule, Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina suddenly resigned and fled to India in a hurry on August 5. Bangladesh and the region are still reeling since that seismic event. Barely a month has passed since Dr Muhammad Yunus’s interim government has...

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Welcome reforms move, but more is expected

THE chief adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus has announced the formation of six commissions, headed by eminent citizens, to effect national reforms to make people’s aspirations come true, prevent the recurrence of fascism or autocratic rule and introduce a state system based on people’s ownership, oriented towards welfare and...

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A major challenge ahead

THE student-led July mass uprising for a democratic political and economic order, which culminated in the ouster of the brutally authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina from power, forcing her to flee the country and take refuge in India, the hegemonic neighbour that patronised Hasina to cling to power without proper people’s mandate for years, has installed an ‘interim government’, led by globally known Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, to fix the order — if not fully democratise the state...

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CA announces six commissions to reform key institutions

Bangladesh’s interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday highlighted the importance of improving the electoral system and announced the formation of six commissions with the appointment of six eminent citizens as their heads considering their experience in the respective fields.

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Bangladesh interim govt chief unveils reforms plan

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday announced the formation six commissions with appointment of six eminent citizens as their heads considering their experience in the respective fields...

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Durbin expresses support for Yunus at US Senate

US Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) on September 9 took to the Senate floor to express his support for Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, who was recently appointed to lead the Bangladesh interim government following the resignation of former ‘authoritarian’ prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

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Green activists propose 16 reforms in power sector

Bangladesh Working Group on Ecology and Development sent an open letter to chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Sunday recommending a set of 16 changes in the energy and power sector for ensuring good governance and eliminating corruption...

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AI in national security and reforms

ARTIFICIAL intelligence, with its transformation, is swiftly dominating the globe. It compels nations to reconsider forthcoming challenges in every sector. In fact, under the forward-thinking leadership of Dr Muhammad Yunus’s interim government, Bangladesh now stands at the crossroads through which AI can be utilised not only for the reinforcement of...

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Return to classrooms, Yunus urges students

Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday called upon the students to return to their classrooms and campuses as a well-educated and competent generation was required to reap the benefits of the revolution...

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Hasina should keep mum until trial: Yunus

Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina should ‘keep quiet’ while exiled in India until she is brought home for trial, interim leader Muhammad Yunus told...

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Interim govt yet to make list of casualties

The interim government led by professor Muhammad Yunus could not make a complete list of the people killed and injured during the student-led peoples uprising in July and August that ousted the government of Sheikh Hasina on August 5...

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Get ready for reform, CA asks secretaries

Chief adviser to the interim government Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday gave a host of directives to secretaries for building a new Bangladesh in the spirit of the recent mass uprising that ousted the Awami League-led regime...