‘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.
Bangladesh's interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus addressed the fourth day of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday, marking his second speech at the world body since the Gen Z-led uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule last year.
Bangladesh is heading for a pivotal general election in February 2026, the first since the dramatic fall of Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule in August 2024.
The dramatic collapse of Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5 last year followed by the installation of a caretaker administration under Muhammad Yunus has ushered Bangladesh into uncharted political territory.
The chief advisor to the interim government in the country said he would write to the country’s Election Commission to organize general elections before Ramadan
That Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh's Interim Government, continues to be suspicious of the civil society in the country has been proven once again with the arrest of reputed fellow economist, 71-years-old Professor Abul Barkat.
