‘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.
In her message, Sheikh Hasina said that the verdict of the people of West Bengal is a "clear reflection of their deep trust and admiration for Suvendu Adhikari’s strong and people-oriented leadership."
Bangladesh has assured New Delhi of the new Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government’s commitment to normalising ties with India, notwithstanding certain irritants, including the presence of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who has been living in exile in this country.
Mohammad Yunus formed the interim government after the July 2024 revolution and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s escape to India.
In a statement, Sheikh Hasina claimed that there were no voters at the polling stations across Bangladesh, yet there were votes on the counting tables.
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.
As the electoral campaigning in Bangladesh heats up amid renewed calls for a boycott of the forthcoming elections by ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and rising instances of mob violence in the neighbouring nation, India is closely watching the scenario as it unfolds in Dhaka.
In an exclusive interview to the United News of India, Prof AK Abdul Momen, who served as Bangladesh’s foreign minister from 2019-2024, said that the Bangladesh-Pakistan-China axis building up could prove deeply destabilising, not just for Dhaka, but for the wider South and South East Asia
Bangladesh Awami League Chairperson and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today extended greetings for 2026 and called on citizens to unite to “save the country from this journey into darkness.”
Her political career was moulded by military rule, mass movements, electoral politics and prolonged legal and political standoffs
