DHAKA: The students’ group which spearheaded the protests that led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister on Friday launched a political party and vowed to root out pro-India and pro-Pakistan politics from the country.
Shafiqul Alam, a Bangladeshi journalist who serves as the press secretary to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, allegedly owns 93.06 Bitcoins, which is equivalent to around $10 million.
India-Bangladesh relations have hit an all-time low after the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and an interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, coming to the helm in Dhaka.
It has been urging India to repatriate Hasina to face charges of crimes against humanity and money laundering, among other allegations. The UN says Hasina's government's crackdown on protesters during the uprising killed about 1,400 people. So far India has showed no sign of extraditing Hasina, who denies the charges.
In these changes lie an underlying theme — of playing down the Indian leadership’s contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation War in which the combined forces of Indian Army and the Bangladesh freedom fighters had defeated Pakistan’s armed forces in December 1971,
Although there appears to have been some encouraging movement on both sides, the bilateral relations remains somewhat wary.
Bangladesh: Bangladesh's National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has rolled out significant changes to school textbooks for the 2025 academic session, revising key accounts of the country's independence,
External affairs minister S Jaishankar urged Bangladesh to decide on the nature of their relationship with India, highlighting issues of blame and min
Speaking days after meeting Bangladesh foreign minister Touhid Hossain in Muscat, Jaishankar called out the interim government in Dhaka for making hostile statements about New Delhi.
Students' group that led protests against deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launches itself as a political party
Bangladesh seeks a respectful partnership with India based on shared interests, as stated by Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain. He emphasized Bangladesh's commitment to mutual understanding while criticizing former PM Sheikh Hasina's comments in India.