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Bangladeshis Cling To Protest Dreams A Year After Revolution

The memory of Bangladeshi police with shotguns twice blasting the young protester beside him still haunts Hibzur Rahman Prince, one year after a revolution that has left the country mired in turmoil.

International Business Times

‘People see government as the enemy’: Bangladesh’s interim leader on the legacy of a toxic system

A year after a student-led revolt unseated Sheikh Hasina, Muhammad Yunus is fighting to convince both sides of politics to agree to reform

The Guardian - UK

Feminist professor loses job after Islamist group demands her removal

Nadira Yeasmin says she was transferred to an administrative post 300km from the capital after writing articles calling for women to have equal property rights

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Bangladesh Top Court Acquits Islamist Leader On Death Row: Lawyer

Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday overturned a conviction against a key leader of the country's main Islamist party, who had been on death row since being sentenced under the regime ousted last year.

International Business Times

Bangladesh stares at crisis as interim leader ‘threatens to quit’ over lack of reform progress

Muhammad Yunus ‘feels trapped between demands from political camps and growing public impatience’

The Independent UK

Pressure mounts on Bangladesh’s interim leader to hold elections as former premier returns

Khaleda Zia’s party sees her return after treatment in UK as a step towards restoring democracy

The Independent UK

Tulip Siddiq decries Bangladesh arrest warrant as ‘politically motivated smear’

Former City minister denies allegations she received land illegally from her aunt, the ousted PM Sheikh Hasina

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MPs think they may have been targets of ‘disinformation’ over Bangladesh inquiry

Group received emails about Ahsan Mansur, the central bank official investigating money laundering allegations

The Guardian - UK

Muhammad Yunus on picking up the pieces in Bangladesh after ‘monumental’ damage by Sheikh Hasina’s rule

Yunus is facing a huge security challenge as some police refuse to return to their posts, gang crime is rife and tensions simmer with the country’s army chief

The Guardian - UK

Building a ‘second republic’: students who led Bangladesh revolution launch political party

Jatiya Nagorik party, popular among the country’s vast youth, could shift electoral landscape but needs to show democratic, secular credentials

The Guardian - UK

UN says Sheikh Hasina’s crackdown on protesters may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’

UN human rights body report says grounds to believe Awami League government carried out extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and torture

The Independent UK

Bangladesh Student Revolutionaries' Dreams Dented By Joblessness

Bangladeshi students braved bullets to overthrow an autocratic government, but six months after the revolution, many say finding a job is proving a harder task than manning the barricades.

International Business Times

Who is Tulip Siddiq, niece of deposed Bangladeshi PM who quit Treasury role?

Former Labour minister’s family background is indelibly bound up with Bangladesh

The Guardian - UK

Videos reveal new incidents of deadly brutality by Bangladesh police

Exclusive: ‘Grotesque’ footage shows previously undocumented incidents on day PM Sheikh Hasina fled country

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Charities call for Tulip Siddiq’s resignation from anti-corruption role

Siddiq has referred herself to a watchdog after allegations she lived in homes tied to her aunt’s ousted regime in Bangladesh

Al Jazeera

Medical victims: Indian visa curbs amid Bangladesh tensions hurt patients

India has scaled back visa operations in Bangladesh, hitting thousands of patients who rely on its hospitals for care.

Dynamite News

Iskcon devotees pray for safety of Hindus in Bangladesh

Iskcon devotees on Tuesday joined in prayers in Kolkata for the safety of Hindus and a peaceful 2025 for the minority community which has been facing attacks in Bangladesh since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government. Read further on Dynamite News:

International Business Times

Bangladesh To Hold Elections In Late 2025 Or Early 2026

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government installed after an August revolution, said Monday that general elections would be held late next year or in early 2026.

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Protests, sectarian violence and a growing spat with India: Bangladesh’s new leaders are beset with challenges to its democracy

When student-led, anti-government protests in Bangladesh snowballed into the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year-long autocratic rule in August 2024, many in the South Asian nation hoped it signaled better times ahead.

The Independent UK

India promises to beef up security after mob attacks Bangladeshi consulate amid escalating tensions

Dhaka condemns ‘heinous attack’ on diplomatic mission in northeastern state of Tripura

International Business Times

Bangladesh Court Quashes Convictions For Grenade Attack On Ex-PM

A top Bangladeshi politician accused of masterminding a deadly 2004 grenade attack against ex-premier Sheikh Hasina had his conviction quashed Sunday, another step in his expected return from London exile.

The Guardian - UK

Money trail: questions over deposed Bangladeshi elite’s £400m UK property empire

Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UK

Dynamite News

ISKCON stages protest in Kolkata over Chinmoy Krishna Das's arrest

The ISKCON members also expressed concern over the condition of religious minorities in Bangladesh. Read further on Dynamite News:

Newslaundry

India’s history of providing refuge – and why Sheikh Hasina poses a unique challenge

On August 5, Sheikh Hasina fled Dhaka and landed at Ghaziabad’s Hindon airbase after her ouster as prime minister of Bangladesh. Dramatic as it was, she was not the first high-profile political leader from India’s neighbourhood to seek safe haven. In 1959, India suffered consequences with China over the arrival…

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Crisis in Bangladesh severely impacts import export activities

The ongoing turmoil in Bangladesh has severely disrupted trade at the Fulbari Indo-Bangladesh border. Read further on Dynamite News:

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