The Awami League plans to mobilize its members throughout Dhaka starting early tomorrow to maintain control over the capital, amid concerns that the BNP and its allied groups could attempt to disrupt the city by inciting disturbances. In addition to organizing a “peace rally” to counter the BNP’s large-scale gathering, the party intends to station…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the people of the country must come forward to make sure that the perpetrators of the recent violence face trial and punishment. “They [people] have to try the culprits. I am seeking justice from them,” she said after visiting the vandalised metro rail station at Mirpur-10 in the morning….
At Dhaka’s Gulistan Zero Point, students and citizens have gathered under the banner of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Demanding the establishment of democratic rights, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement announced a public gathering at the same location as a counter-program to the Awami League’s demonstration march scheduled for Sunday, November 10. The gathering began on Saturday…
Protesters in Bangladesh have issued demands amid a lull in the violence that has filled the streets in recent days after the government backed down on quotas on hiring for government jobs. Student leaders said on Monday that they plan to continue demonstrations despite a decision by the Supreme Court the previous day scaling back the…
Oliullah Molla, the general secretary of the BNP in Kashimari Union of Shyamnagar upazila, Satkhira, was killed in a police “crossfire” on July 10, 2016. His family claims that police, along with several local leaders and activists of the Awami League, took him from his home that evening. The next morning, the family received news…
Chhatra League will give a fitting reply to those student leaders of the quota reform movement who last night labelled themselves Razakars and showed arrogance, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, made the remark during a briefing to journalists at the party president’s political office…
The previous Awami League government spent a long time but failed to resolve an international arbitration claim, resulting in Bangladesh facing legal complications in the United States. As a consequence of this incident, a judicial order from a U.S. court unexpectedly emerged against two top officials of the interim government during their official visit to…
A statement by Mahfuz Alam, the Special Assistant to Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor, has sparked a debate regarding the possibility of barring the Awami League and its allies from participating in political activities. Speaking at a press briefing on October 19 at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, Mahfuz Alam addressed concerns about the legitimacy of…
The spokesperson of India’s Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, has confirmed that former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is currently in India. During the weekly briefing on Thursday, he provided this information in response to a question from journalists. Jaiswal stated, “For security reasons, Sheikh Hasina came to India on very short notice and…
