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“The quota system proved to be a disaster,” Vivek Ramaswamy claimed. New Delhi: Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has spoken out strongly against attacks on the Hindu minority community in Bangladesh during the recent political unrest in the country following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Condemning the violence, Mr Ramaswamy said the deeper…
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, on August 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The United States “had no involvement” in ousting Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the White House said on Monday, describing the claim as “simply false.” Ms. Hasina, 76, quit as…
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New Delhi: The popular fish markets of Kolkata are missing the best seller this monsoon, the Hilsa from the Padma river — yet another fallout of the turmoil in Bangladesh. Hilsa is the national fish of Bangladesh. But it is also a hot favourite across the border — in West Bengal and the north eastern…
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File photo of deposed Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina. | Photo Credit: Reuters In her first statement since leaving Bangladesh on August 5, deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday (August 13, 2024) called upon her country to mark August 15 as the National Day of Mourning as that was the day on which the founder…
New Delhi: Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in first comments after leaving Dhaka, has sought that rioters in the country be punished. She has also sought justice for the vandalism to the statue of her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was also the Founding Father of Bangladesh. In a three-page emotive statement posted on…
Sheikh Hasina’s government was accused of widespread human rights abuses. (File) Dhaka: A court in Bangladesh opened a murder investigation into ousted ex-premier Sheikh Hasina and six top figures in her administration Tuesday over the police killing of a man during civil unrest last month. Hasina, 76, fled by helicopter to neighbouring India a week…
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A murder case has been filed against Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. | Photo Credit: AP A murder case has been filed against Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and six others over the death of a grocery shop owner during last month’s violent clashes that led to the fall of her government, media…
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Mr Hossain accused the Awami League regime of committing gross human rights violations. Dhaka: A key adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government on Monday said that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s extended stay in India will not hurt bilateral relations and Dhaka will always try to maintain good relations with New Delhi. Foreign Affairs Adviser Md…
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Bangladesh News: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is ‘chief advisor’ of the interim government (File). New Delhi: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus – who last week took oath as head of Bangladesh’s interim government – has heaped praise on students who spearheaded protests against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “There is no doubt… because of the student-led…
Guard against the narrative advanced by some that what happened in Bangladesh can happen in India, advised Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, taking a swipe at Congress leaders and expressing shock and surprise at the equivalence drawn between the two south Asian neighbours. Sheikh Hasina, 76, quit as prime minister in the face of a student-led…
