Bangladesh: Political parties reject Muhammad Yunus’s extended time frame, demand election by December | India News – Times of India

Bangladesh: Political parties reject Muhammad Yunus’s extended time frame, demand election by December | India News – Times of India

DHAKA: At least 20 political parties, including former PM Khaleda Zia’s BNP, Monday rejected Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus‘s extended time frame for conducting national election, demanding it be held by Dec.Sources, however, said three political parties, including the radical Jamaat-e-Islami and NCP launched by Nahid Islam who led the anti-Sheikh Hasina movement last year,…

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Unease grips Bangladesh amid protests over Yunus’s interim government policies

Unease grips Bangladesh amid protests over Yunus’s interim government policies

A sense of unease intensified in Bangladesh overnight amid protests in the civil administration and the business sector over the policies of the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. The mass circulation Prothom Alo newspaper carried a report headlined “protests in the secretariat, NBR turned dysfunctional, Nagar Bhan under lock and key”, referring to an…

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In counter to Yunus’s remark, PM Modi says Northeast integral to Bimstec | India News – The Times of India

In counter to Yunus’s remark, PM Modi says Northeast integral to Bimstec | India News – The Times of India

As he departed for Thailand to participate in the 6th Bimstec summit, PM Narendra Modi asserted India’s Northeast lies at the heart of the inter-regional group, underlining the primacy of the northeastern states in the region, days after Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus said in China the “7 sisters” are landlocked with no way of…

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Hindus well protected in Bangladesh, better than in Hasina’s time: Yunus’s aide

Hindus well protected in Bangladesh, better than in Hasina’s time: Yunus’s aide

A top Bangladesh government official said Hindus were more protected now than they were during the regime of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In an exclusive interview with India Today, the press secretary of the Muhammad Yunus government, Shafiqul Alam, said an “industrial scale misinformation campaign” was being run by Indian media to peddle false…

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