Tag: Bangladesh
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Bangladesh to honour all its current international commitments and agreements
Chief advisor of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus gave a genuine and off-script discourse at the United Nations General Assembly where he praised the revolution of his country and promised that his government was to work in restoring the nation’s path to development. He claimed that the students movement that started out against…
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“Banker of the Poor” Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus named interim head of Bangladesh government
“Banker of the poor” and Nobel Laurete Muhammad Yunus has been appointed head of the Bangladesh Interim Government following a revolution lead by students that ousted the dictator Sheikh Hasina. You can find a biography about him here. There are sporadic acts of violence, anger and retribution against former regime supporters and officials and also…
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Footage of Sheikh Hasina’s plane leaving Bangladesh to India
On the 5th of August I reported that Sheikh Hasina eft Dhaka to Ingia on a military helicopter. This was incorrect because Sheikh Hasina left on a helicopter, shortly before her official residence in Gonobhaban was stormed by priotestors to Kurmitola Air Base. There, at the airbase, Hasina boarded a Bangladesh Air Force C-130J Hercules…
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flees Dhaka to India in a military helicopter as her apartment is stormed
Bangladeshi’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled Dhaka to India in a military helicopter. Her apartment was stormed by protesters who are enjoying taking videos and photos on her bed. Protesters are jubilant in the Bangladeshi capital after they suffered weeks of repression and brutal violence from the police and armed forces. The…
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Protests in Bangladesh demand the resignation of the government: unofficial death tool at more than 1000 people
Protests in Bangladesh are continuing and have escalated into explicit calls for the government and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. More footage of police and armed forces shooting on civillians is emerging while the unofficial death toll estimate of those killed by the police and armed forces is up to 1000 people. Up to…
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Bangladeshi SWAT Team filmed shooting protesters
Protests in Bangladesh are continuing despite ongoing violence and repression by the police and the army. A new video has emerged of a Bangladeshi SWAT team shooting at protesters in Shytila. More than 266 people have been killed so far by police and security forces and more than 9000 arrested. Meanwhile, 22 US Senators and…
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The protests in Bangladesh are also a movement against the tyranny of the Bangladesh Awami League and Sheikh Hasina
Protests in Dhaka are continuing this week as calls for the government to resign and free prisoners grow. The protests which started over government employment quotas are also part of a wider movement in the country against the tyranny of the Awami League and the current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Awami League and Prime…
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266 killed and 9000 arrested in Bangladesh
266 people were killed and 9000 others arrested and detained after Bangladeshis took out to the streets to protest the government’s restrictions on civil-service employment. The government cracked down on the student protests with violence with both both the police and the army having shot and tortured demonstrators. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blamed the…
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Bangladeshi student leaders vow to keep up their protests after police kill more than 170 protesters
Bangladeshi student leader Nahid Islam, who was tortured and beaten by the police, vowed to keep up the protests after police killed more than 170 protesters. Meanwhile, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blamed the protests on the main opposition party, the Bangladeshi National Party, and vowed to crush the protests. Bangladeshi students have been protesting…
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Up to 39 people reportedly killed yesterday in Bangladesh student protests
Up to 32 people, mostly students protesting new employment quota restrictions, were killed in protests in Bangladesh yesterday. Other press reports state that more than 100 have been killed during the week, mostly by police violence and brutality. Online videos of police brutality against students are circulating online. Meanwhile, the government has shut down the…
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A group of Bangladeshis in Malta held a protest demanding freedom for Khaleda Zia
Here’s something interesting that the Maltese press didn’t cover. I had to do some crash reading to understand what it was all about since I have zero knowledge of Bangladeshi politics. Last week on the 4th of December, a group of Bangladeshi residents in Malta held a protest in front of the Maltese parliament to…
