‘Highly inaccurate’: Sheikh Hasina rejects UN report on 2024 Bangladesh protests
The report, titled "Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh," was published on February 12, 2025.
The report, titled "Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh," was published on February 12, 2025.
When Tarique Rahman took oath as Bangladesh’s newly elected prime minister, the swearing-in ceremony projected a sense of political closure.
The Chief Adviser of the interim government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, has invited South Asian leaders from 13 countries to attend the swearing-in ceremony, as per media reports.
When Muhammad Yunus assumed charge of Bangladesh’s interim government in August 2024, the moment carried a symbolic weight.
As the law and order situation in Bangladesh continues to deteriorate, experts warned that patronage from the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government is inciting organised mobs in the country, local media reported.
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina launched a blistering attack on Chief Adviser of Interim Government Muhammad Yunus, calling him out for ending politically motivated acts used to intimidate jail journalists and members of the Bangladesh Awami League and opposition political parties.
Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, expressed deep sorrow over the death of Bangladesh's first female Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, and said that with Begum's passing, the "country has lost an experienced and proven stateswoman.”
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus says Bangladesh will hold general elections on February 12 as scheduled, assuring the US of free and peaceful polls amid rising violence concerns.
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has accused the Yunus-led interim government of failing to control violence in Dhaka, warning that unrest is harming internal stability and ties with India.
The Bangladesh Awami League has outright rejected the election schedule announced by the country's interim government's Election Commission for the February 12, 2026, terming the move by the EC as "illegal" and accusing Bangladesh's Chief Advisor, Muhammad Yunus-led government of being a "killer-fascist" clique that cannot ensure a free and fair vote.
