Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin resigns nearly 2 years before completing his tenure
In accordance with the Constitution of Bangladesh, the speaker shall perform the duties of the president until the office is occupied by a new president.
In accordance with the Constitution of Bangladesh, the speaker shall perform the duties of the president until the office is occupied by a new president.
The exiled Bangladeshi writer accused sections of the Left of hypocrisy and appeasement politics, while maintaining that her return to Kolkata has been organised by a secular organisation and not any political party.
A sense of hope was earlier raised among the minority Hindus in Bangladesh that their interests and well-being would be protected by the new regime in Dhaka under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman which took office about five months ago.
In viral videos, bulldozer can be seen demolishing an old structure, with the local Hindu community claiming that action was taken against the historic temple in Noakhali.
"We welcome her announcement as we want to ensure justice," Zahed Ur Rahman said, according to local media.
Hailing the support provided to his country by the people of West Bengal, Tripura and other parts of the North-East during the "Blood War of Liberation’’ in 1971, Bangladesh High Commissioner Riaz Hamidullah has expressed Dhaka’s firm desire to advance ties with India.
The broadcast declaring independence from what was dubbed as the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, claimed that those battling for Bangladesh's independence had surrounded West Pakistani troops in the cities of Sylhet, Jessore, Barisal and Khulna as well as in Chittagong and Comilla.
Sultana Akhtar, Rajbari's deputy commissioner and district magistrate, told Xinhua that there were around 40 passengers on board the bus.
In Bangladesh, Retired Lieutenant General Masududdin Chowdhury, who emerged as an important figure in the military-controlled government of 2007-2008, was arrested by the police in a late-night operation after being detained by detectives.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met Bangladesh High Commissioner Riaz Hamidullah and discussed ways to give a new direction to bilateral ties now that a democratically-elected Tarique Rahman government is in place in Dhaka.
