Former Prime Minister Hasina’s government had imposed a complete ban on the party under the Anti-Terrorism Act days before her removal on August 1. Bangladesh’s new interim government on Wednesday lifted the ban on the country’s largest religious-political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, which was imposed in the final days of now-ousted autocrat Sheikh Hasina’s rule. “Government revokes…
A Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal set up by ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has opened an investigation into its founder for three “mass murders” in connection with the unrest that forced him to flee the country, the investigator said on Monday. During the month-long student-led protests against Hasina’s 15-year autocratic rule, more than 450 people…
On Friday, Bangladesh’s caretaker government told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that reports of attacks on Hindus and other minorities in the Muslim-majority country were “exaggerated” and assured him that it was committed to protecting everyone. A schoolteacher was killed and at least 45 others were targeted in attacks on Hindu homes, businesses, and temples…
Pakistan hopes that the “resilient spirit and unity” of the Bangladeshi people will lead them to a “harmonious future”. The foreign minister said on Wednesday that he stood by the people of Bangladesh, whose month-long protests led to the ouster of an “oppressive” ruler – Sheikh Hasina. In a statement issued by the spokesperson’s office,…
Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Younis said on Tuesday he was ready to head a caretaker government, a day after the army took control after mass protests forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee. Microfinance pioneer Younis, 84, is credited with lifting millions of people out of poverty – earning the enmity of the ousted Hasina…