Mohammad Yunus
Bangladesh witnesses wave of violent attacks against monuments of liberation war

In an online address from exile, former PM Sheikh Hasina accused the interim government led by Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus of destroying the country by sheltering extremists.

Student movement’s call to scrap Bangladesh’s 1972 constitution met with widespread rejection

The student movement has called the 1972 constitution, drafted after the 1971 war of liberation against Pakistan, as “Mujibist” and accused that it facilitated the prolonged rule of the Awami League.

Left in Bangladesh calls for immediate elections, end to political persecution

The Workers’ Party of Bangladesh also demanded a withdrawal of false cases against left leaders including its president Rashed Khan Menon and their immediate release from prison

Retaliatory violence grips Bangladesh weeks after Hasina’s resignation

Since Hasina stepped down on August 5, there have been increasing incidents of violence against members of her party and symbols of the Liberation War.

Mohammad Yunus conviction called a “travesty of justice” in Bangladesh

The social entrepreneur Mohammad Yunus was sentenced to six months along with three of his colleagues from Grameen Telecom, attracting widespread condemnation