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Call for polls gets louder in Dhaka

As fractures show in the grouping that ousted Sheikh Hasina, impatience over the caretaker government’s poor performance is growing

While Muhammad Yunus is highly regarded, the interim government has little to show so far when it comes to the handling of Bangladesh’s economic problems or the restoration of complete normalcy following the chaos and instability that accompanied last year’s uprising (REUTERS)

editorials

Published on Mar 01, 2025 08:00 AM IST

ByHT Editorial

‘Not criminals’: Saif Ali Khan attacker's father to approach Bangladesh govt?

Saif Ali Khan stabbed: Mohammad Ruhul Amin Fakir maintained that his son has been falsely arrested as he was an easy target as he had entered India illegally.

Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir allegedly stabbed Saif Ali Khan inside the actor's Mumbai home in the midnight of January 16.(ANI)

india news

Published on Jan 24, 2025 11:29 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia admitted to hospital

The former prime minister was under house arrest for the past five years.

Bangladesh's former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia, center, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh.(AP)

world news

Published on Sep 12, 2024 11:53 AM IST

PTI |

The future of Indo-Bangladesh ties

This article is authored by Kamakshi Wason, global COO and director of academic programmes, Tillotoma Foundation.

Protesters hold national flags as they march to block the house of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. (AFP)

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Published on Aug 21, 2024 12:30 PM IST

ByKamakshi Wason

Former PM Sheikh Hasina named in 3 more cases in Bangladesh

BNP leader Bellal Hossain filed a case against Hasina and 113 others, alleging they were involved in the 2015 attack on BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s convoy

Former Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina (File Photo)

world news

Published on Aug 18, 2024 05:30 PM IST

ByAriful Islam Mithu

Did Sheikh Hasina’s leaning towards China cause her downfall?

Bangladesh's proximity towards China and deepening bilateral military cooperation had raised red flags in New Delhi and Washington.

Ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

world news

Updated on Aug 10, 2024 12:12 PM IST

ByShishir Gupta

Bangladesh: 232 killed since Sheikh Hasina fled to India; Hindus urge peace

Bangladesh media outlets have reported severe persecution of Hindus leading to several attempts by Bangladeshis to illegally cross over to India.

Members of the Bangladeshi Hindu community hold banners and chant slogans against violence targeting the country's minorities during a protest in Dhaka on August 9, 2024, days after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina.(AFP)

world news

Updated on Aug 10, 2024 07:03 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Khaleda Zia's party irked by India hosting Sheikh Hasina: ‘If you help enemy…’

Bangladesh's prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees to India, future plans uncertain. Her son thanks Indian government for 'protecting' Hasina.

Bangladeshi political leaders Khaleda Zia (L), chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and chief of the Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Sheikh Hasina.(AFP)

world news

Published on Aug 09, 2024 10:26 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

‘No destruction, no revenge’: Ex-PM Khaleda Zia's appeal amid Bangladesh unrest

This was her first public speech since 2018, when she was jailed in a graft case under the premiership of Sheikh Hasina, her arch-foe who was ousted on Monday.

A screengrab from Khaleda Zia's video message (The Daily Star)

world news

Published on Aug 07, 2024 06:04 PM IST

ByHT News Desk, New Delhi

‘Sheikh Hasina left Bangladesh because…’: What son Sajeeb Wazed said

Sheikh Hasina, on Monday, resigned from the PM post and fled the country amid the violent anti-government protests in which at least 300 people died.

Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy(Twitter)

world news

Published on Aug 06, 2024 11:19 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Khaleda Zia, ex-Bangladesh PM and Sheikh Hasina rival, to be released from jail

Khaleda Zia became the first woman Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1991. Her political career began after the assassination of her husband Ziaur Rahman.

world news

Updated on Aug 05, 2024 11:06 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Sheikh Hasina to opposition BNP on ‘India Out’ call: ‘Burn your wives’ sarees'

Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina said Garam masala, onions, garlic, ginger, all spices that come from India should not be seen in BNP leaders' homes

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (AFP)

world news

Published on Apr 01, 2024 07:36 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Bangladesh turns down jailed former PM Khaleda Zia's request to fly abroad

The 76-year-old chief of main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who is serving a 17-year jail term on charges of embezzling foreign donations, has been temporarily released from prison amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

Khaleda Zia, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was jailed in February for corruption but was temporarily released from prison amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.(AFP File Photo)

world news

Published on May 09, 2021 08:05 PM IST

PTI |

Protests over Modi visit an excuse. Hefazat’s real aim to radicalise Bangladesh

The rise of anti-India Islamist force Hefazat-e-Islam in Bangladesh has contributed to the radicalisation of the region and is turning out to be a security threat to the Sheikh Hasina government

Border Guards Bangladesh personnel stand guard as activists from Hefazat-e Islam block a road during a strike following deadly clashes with police over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, in Narayanganj, about 16 km southeast of Dhaka on March 28(AFP)

india news

Updated on Apr 01, 2021 12:16 PM IST

ByShishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Tear gas shells, rubber bullets fired at BNP activists

BNP spokesman Rizvi Ahmed said about 30 student activists of the party including a senior leader were injured in the clashes. Several policemen were also hurt, including an officer who was rushed to hospital.

Activists shout slogans as they march along a street during a demonstration in Dhaka in this file picture from February 27, 2021 following the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail months after his arrest under internet laws which critics say are used to muzzle dissent. ( AFP)

world news

Published on Feb 28, 2021 02:09 PM IST

AFP | , Dhaka

Avijit Roy murder trial: Five Islamists sentenced to death in Bangladesh

Avijit Roy, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in February 2015 while returning home with his wife from a Dhaka book fair.

In this file picture, freethinkers and rationalists seen protesting against the death of Avijit Roy, a blogger and author, who has hacked to death by Islamists. (AFP)

world news

Updated on Feb 16, 2021 01:18 PM IST

Reuters | , Dhaka

Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh’s democracy icon-turned-iron lady

The 71-year-old, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is lauded by supporters for overseeing a decade of impressive economic growth in the impoverished South Asian nation that was more commonly known for its frequent floods and cyclones.

To her supporters, Sheikh Hasina is Bangladesh’s “mother of humanity” for giving Rohingya refugees shelter, but to her detractors she’s a creeping autocrat who has jailed opponents and muzzled dissent.(AFP)

world news

Updated on Dec 31, 2018 11:57 AM IST

Dhaka | ByAgence France-Presse

Bangladesh’s Hasina wins election by landslide as opposition demands new vote

The opposition alliance accused Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party of using stuffed ballot boxes and other illegal means to fix the result.

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (R) flashes the victory symbol after casting her vote, as her daughter Saima Wazed Hossain (1st L) and her sister Sheikh Rehana (2nd L) look on at a polling station in Dhaka .(AFP Photo)

world news

Updated on Dec 31, 2018 09:35 AM IST

Dhaka | ByAgence France-Presse

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina heading for landslide win after deadly election day

The BNP-led opposition alliance Sunday accused Hasina’s party of using stuffed ballot boxes and other illegal means to fix the result, which was to be announced Monday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina casts her vote in the morning during the general election in Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 30.(REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Dec 30, 2018 09:24 PM IST

Dhaka | ByAgence France-Presse

10 killed in poll-related violence as voting underway in Bangladesh

Bangladesh stepped up security on December 29 in a bid to contain violence during a general election expected to see Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina win a record fourth term.

A Bangladeshi man walks past a photo of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on December 29, 2018.(AFP)

world news

Updated on Dec 30, 2018 03:05 PM IST

Dhaka | ByPress Trust of India

Bangladesh intensifies security, shuts down mobile internet on election eve

The government has also banned the use of vehicles on Sunday in Dhaka, except by election observers and journalists, so the city has emptied in recent days as people travel to their home districts to vote.

Bangladeshi army soldiers sit inside a vehicle as they patrol the streets on the eve of the general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 29.(AP Photo)

world news

Updated on Dec 29, 2018 06:59 PM IST

Dhaka | ByAssociated Press

Jailed former Bangladeshi PM Khaleda Zia barred from contesting polls

The 11th Bangladesh general election is scheduled to take place on December 30.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia is currently serving jail terms in two graft cases involving charities named after her slain husband Ziaur Rahman.(REUTERS File)

world news

Updated on Nov 27, 2018 08:11 PM IST

Dhaka | ByPress Trust of India

Ahead of polls, Sheikh Hasina announces to build 560 model mosques, Islamic university in Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina urged the clerics not to be agitated by anti-Islam propaganda on social media, saying her government has enacted tougher laws to expose to justice perpetrators of any malicious campaign regarding the religion.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina announced that her government will construct 560 model mosques and an Islamic university with the Saudi assistance.(PTI)

world news

Updated on Nov 04, 2018 11:47 PM IST

Dhaka | ByPress Trust of India

Bangladesh court doubles 5-year jail term of ex-PM Khaleda Zia

In February, Khaleda, her son and aides were convicted of stealing 21 million taka ($253,000) in foreign donations for an orphanage trust set up when she was last prime minister, from 2001 to 2006.

Khaleda Zia denied wrongdoing and her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) says her conviction in February is aimed at keeping her and her family out of politics.(AP)

world news

Updated on Oct 30, 2018 12:23 PM IST

Dhaka | ByReuters

Bangladesh’s ex-PM Khaleda Zia jailed for 7 years in corruption case

The judge also sentenced three others to seven years in jail each for collecting the money from undeclared sources.

A special court in Bangladesh’s capital has sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to seven years in jail involving a charity fund named after her late husband.(File Photo)

world news

Updated on Oct 29, 2018 12:57 PM IST

Associated Press, Dhaka | ByAssociated Press

Khaleda Zia can’t use left hand, says doctor treating jailed Bangladesh ex-PM

Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia, 73, was jailed in February for corruption and has been on trial in a special room in the abandoned Dhaka Central Jail on graft charges.

On Saturday Khaleda Zia (pictured), a long rival to PM Sheikh Hasina, was transferred to hospital because of poor health following an order from the South Asian country’s High Court.(Reuters/File Photo)

world news

Updated on Oct 09, 2018 04:08 PM IST

Dhaka | ByAgence France-Presse

Bangladesh’s jailed former PM Khaleda Zia admitted to specialised state-run hospital

Bangladesh’s jailed former prime minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia is currently on trial for corruption charges in a makeshift courtroom inside a 19th-century British-built prison where she is the only inmate and in failing health.

Bangladesh main opposition leader and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia being escorted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka on October 6, 2018.(AFP Photo)

world news

Published on Oct 06, 2018 09:04 PM IST

Dhaka | ByPress Trust of India

Student protests surge in Bangladesh capital, US envoy’s car attacked

Tens of thousands of students have protested in Dhaka since July 29 when a privately run bus hit and killed two college students, alarming the government ahead of a general election this year.

Bangladeshi students march along a street during a student protest in Dhaka on August 5.(AFP Photo)

world news

Updated on Aug 06, 2018 08:26 AM IST

Dhaka | ByAssociated Press

Protected Bangladesh’s interests while maintaining good ties with India: Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh President Sheikh Hasina recounted her government’s achievements in inking deals with India for fair share in the Ganges waters and ending a 68-year-long pending enclave and land boundary dispute.

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a visit to Netaji Bhawan in Kolkata.(PTI File Photo)

world news

Updated on Jul 21, 2018 09:26 PM IST

Press Trust of India | ByPress Trust of India

Bangladesh Supreme Court grants bail to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in corruption case: reports

Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief Khaleda Zia was jailed for five years on February 8 over the embezzlement of 21 million taka (about $2,50,000) in foreign donations meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust, named after her husband late Ziaur Rahman, a military ruler-turned-politician.

The high court had on March 12 granted interim bail to former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia (pictured) in a graft case.(AFP/File Photo)

world news

Updated on May 16, 2018 10:42 AM IST

Press Trust of India, Dhaka | ByHT Correspondent

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As fractures show in the grouping that ousted Sheikh Hasina, impatience over the caretaker government’s poor performance is growing

Saif Ali Khan stabbed: Mohammad Ruhul Amin Fakir maintained that his son has been falsely arrested as he was an easy target as he had entered India illegally.

The former prime minister was under house arrest for the past five years.

This article is authored by Kamakshi Wason, global COO and director of academic programmes, Tillotoma Foundation.

BNP leader Bellal Hossain filed a case against Hasina and 113 others, alleging they were involved in the 2015 attack on BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s convoy

Bangladesh's proximity towards China and deepening bilateral military cooperation had raised red flags in New Delhi and Washington.

Bangladesh media outlets have reported severe persecution of Hindus leading to several attempts by Bangladeshis to illegally cross over to India.

Bangladesh's prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees to India, future plans uncertain. Her son thanks Indian government for 'protecting' Hasina.

This was her first public speech since 2018, when she was jailed in a graft case under the premiership of Sheikh Hasina, her arch-foe who was ousted on Monday.

Sheikh Hasina, on Monday, resigned from the PM post and fled the country amid the violent anti-government protests in which at least 300 people died.

Khaleda Zia became the first woman Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1991. Her political career began after the assassination of her husband Ziaur Rahman.

Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina said Garam masala, onions, garlic, ginger, all spices that come from India should not be seen in BNP leaders' homes

The 76-year-old chief of main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who is serving a 17-year jail term on charges of embezzling foreign donations, has been temporarily released from prison amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

The rise of anti-India Islamist force Hefazat-e-Islam in Bangladesh has contributed to the radicalisation of the region and is turning out to be a security threat to the Sheikh Hasina government

BNP spokesman Rizvi Ahmed said about 30 student activists of the party including a senior leader were injured in the clashes. Several policemen were also hurt, including an officer who was rushed to hospital.

Avijit Roy, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in February 2015 while returning home with his wife from a Dhaka book fair.

The 71-year-old, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is lauded by supporters for overseeing a decade of impressive economic growth in the impoverished South Asian nation that was more commonly known for its frequent floods and cyclones.

The opposition alliance accused Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party of using stuffed ballot boxes and other illegal means to fix the result.

The BNP-led opposition alliance Sunday accused Hasina’s party of using stuffed ballot boxes and other illegal means to fix the result, which was to be announced Monday.

Bangladesh stepped up security on December 29 in a bid to contain violence during a general election expected to see Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina win a record fourth term.

The government has also banned the use of vehicles on Sunday in Dhaka, except by election observers and journalists, so the city has emptied in recent days as people travel to their home districts to vote.

The 11th Bangladesh general election is scheduled to take place on December 30.

Sheikh Hasina urged the clerics not to be agitated by anti-Islam propaganda on social media, saying her government has enacted tougher laws to expose to justice perpetrators of any malicious campaign regarding the religion.

In February, Khaleda, her son and aides were convicted of stealing 21 million taka ($253,000) in foreign donations for an orphanage trust set up when she was last prime minister, from 2001 to 2006.

The judge also sentenced three others to seven years in jail each for collecting the money from undeclared sources.

Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia, 73, was jailed in February for corruption and has been on trial in a special room in the abandoned Dhaka Central Jail on graft charges.

Bangladesh’s jailed former prime minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia is currently on trial for corruption charges in a makeshift courtroom inside a 19th-century British-built prison where she is the only inmate and in failing health.

Tens of thousands of students have protested in Dhaka since July 29 when a privately run bus hit and killed two college students, alarming the government ahead of a general election this year.

Bangladesh President Sheikh Hasina recounted her government’s achievements in inking deals with India for fair share in the Ganges waters and ending a 68-year-long pending enclave and land boundary dispute.

Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief Khaleda Zia was jailed for five years on February 8 over the embezzlement of 21 million taka (about $2,50,000) in foreign donations meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust, named after her husband late Ziaur Rahman, a military ruler-turned-politician.

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