Election uncertainty continues in Bangladesh amid contradictory statements from interim government
The attacks on Awami League and its former allies undertaken by the interim government also raises questions of credibility about the democratic and political reform process initiated by the interim government.
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.
Los enigmas de la política en Bangladesh
Vijay Prashad reflexiona sobre las últimas semanas de protestas y convulsiones en Bangladesh, que culminaron con la dimisión de la Primera Ministra Sheikh Hasina.
Sheikh Hasina resigns as prime minister and leaves Bangladesh following mass protests
The protests, initially led by students demanding reforms in the quota system in government jobs, took a violent turn in the last weeks of July
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