The Bangladesh interim government has banned Bangladesh Chatra League, the student organisation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party Awami League, after a demand by a student group that led the July-August uprising under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009.
A leader of the student organisation of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party, the Awami League, was arrested from a village near the India-Bangladesh border in Murshidabad.
It is clear why Awami League is so desperate to make 7 January 2024 look like a genuine competition, with- out any real competitors.
Will Dhaka become an isolated island, disconnected from the rest of the country as it was on December 10 last year and July 28 this year?
The injured leaders were promptly taken to Comilla Medical College Hospital for treatment, according to Dhaka Tribune's report.
As there was no one who had submitted the nomination for the position, Chuppu, by default became the president-elect.
The administration in Dhaka has seemingly responded to pleas from members of Khaleda’s family and the ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic.
The video message was distinctly addressed to the post-liberation generation (1971) and the Awami League… and not to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, whose support base comprises those who were repatriated from Pakistan, including a few who had helmed the army in liberated Bangladesh.
The Election Commission (EC) has set January 30 as the date for the election of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
Fundamentalists, piqued by the alleged blasphemy, have given a sixpoint charter of demands which includes removal of the SP, burial of those killed in police firing without any post mortem examination, best medical treatment for those injured, adequate compensation to those killed in firing, release of those arrested by authorities and the hanging of Biplob and his associates.
