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Pro-Pakistani Yunus’ hatred against Awami League and Hindus is not new
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has said that the attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus, following the August 5 changeover were politically, not religiously, motivated. During a meeting with US Senator Gary Peters on March 18, he claimed that the interim government had taken swift action against the perpetrators. Yunus’ statement implies that “revenge attacks”…
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Factbox: Minority repression by Yunus government supporters neglected
Apart from physical harm to the minority community people of Bangladesh, hundreds of houses, business establishments and religious sites have come under attack, vandalism and looting since the August 5 changeover. On the other hand, minorities were forced to resign from many educational institutions. In its report on the first 100 days of the Yunus…
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How did Pakistan, US react to Bangabandhu’s 7th March speech?
Bangabandhuâs 7th March speech, considered to be his unofficial proclamation of independence, came as a response to President Yahya Khanâs announcement on March 6 of a new date of the national assembly. Awami League supremo Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made his most inspiring speech on March 7, 1971, demanding an unconditional transfer of power and urging…
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Factbox: Mass violence before and after Sayedee verdict in 2013
From a rally at Motijheel on February 4 last year, the leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, threatened to wage war against the government if its top leaders facing war crimes charges were convicted. They also spoke against the trial procedure, describing it as politically motivated. Everything happened in front of…
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Bangladesh’s power dynamics: Yunus and Hasina’s similar tactics
The most notable distinction lies in their external support: Yunus is propped up by Islamists, Pakistan, the West, and the United Nations, while Hasina drew strength from secularists, India, and Russia
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Brief timeline: 1971 Liberation War and birth of Bangladesh
Starting from mid-February till January 10, 1972, this brief timeline mentions every important event of the Bangalee’s struggle for independence and efforts to thwart it through genocide by Pakistan, its allies, and local collaborators, like the Pace Committee, Razakar, and al-Bard forces. This timeline will remind you about diplomacy and dirty politics, the deadliest genocide…
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How US State Department spread rumors to fuel Bangladesh’s July uprising
As discussions over the alleged role of the US deep state in overthrowing the Awami League government keep growing, many of the mysterious activities that took place during the July-August movement are unfolding every day. Since early February, some student coordinators and Islami Chhatra Shibir leaders have revealed on social media how they planned the…
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Yunus finally forms his political party with Islamist elements
Nearly 78 years after chanting the slogan “Pakistan Zindabad” with much enthusiasm, the son of Dula Mia Saudagar, a Chittagong-based goldsmith and member of the Pakistan Muslim League National Guard, 85-year-old Muhammad Yunus successfully finalized his own political organization, the Jatiya Nagorik Party or the National Citizens’ Party (NCP), on February 27, a day before…
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1971: East Pakistan had many pro-Pakistani army officers
The highest-ranking East Pakistani army officer was Lt Gen Khwaja Wasiuddin, one of the very few to reach the general officer or flag rank
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Why do Bangladeshi Islamists kill police?
Persistent violence against law enforcement and the judiciary by a specific group of people in Bangladesh is considered a grave crime, as it implies a concerted attack on the state machinery to change the system. The murder of police members and judges began after independence at the hands of the ultra-left National Socialist Party (Jasod)…
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Disinformation campaign against Awami League: Yunusâ double standards or crime?
After taking office in August last year, the Yunus administration has been supplying the legacy media with information on alleged corruption and enforced disappearance by the Awami League leadership and the security forces in the midst of an investigation when there is a strong public perception of the matters. Without minimum verification, the media outlets,…
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Russia’s prediction was right: Biden-Hillary conspired to unseat Sheikh Hasina
Now that the Trump administration is taking extensive actions to uncover the Democrat’s conspiracy behind the Russia-Ukraine war, people are starting to believe that the disinformation campaign against Vladimir Putin was a conspiracy. Putin was right about Bangladesh, that the US was conspiring an uprising after the January 7 elections last year to overthrow Sheikh…
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As rivalry grows, role of Yunus, US embassy, expat journos, Chhatra Shibir in July-August anarchy is exposed
On February 17, SM Shahed Emon, a student coordinator of the July Uprising, posted a detailed post on Facebook about the role of Jamaat-e-Islami’s student organization Islami Chhatra Shibir and Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, who later became the Chief Adviser to the interim government formed after the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.…
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No freedom of press in Bangladesh: Media mum on OHCHR report’s discrepancies
Five days have passed since the OHCHR released the full report on the July-August riots in Bangladesh, yet no media outlet dared publishing any analytical news on it even though the discrepancies are clear. It clearly shows the state of press freedom under the US- and jihadist-backed interim government led by Nobel Prize winner Prof…
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Jihadists enjoying impunity boast how they came to power and want to establish Shariah law in Bangladesh
As days are passing by, radical Islamists and extremist elements have gained more strength in Bangladesh since the August 5 changeover through mob violence, rumours–thanks to the US-sponsored and army-backed interim government’s patronization and silence of the legacy media. In the last six months, several jihadist coordinators of the student movement, and leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami…
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Yunus-Jamaat’s Jatiya Nagorik Committee warns of civil war unless Awami League is banned
Nasiruddin Patwary, the convener of the government-sponsored Jatiya Nagorik Committee and former leader of Jamaat’s B-team AB Party, on February 14 warned that a civil war could break out if the Yunus administration didn’t ban the Awami League before holding elections. His renewed call for AL’s ban echoes the demand of its student wing, the…
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Aynaghor: Poor drama staged by Prof Yunus administration to portray captive cells
Being under severe criticism for gross human rights violations, autocracy, and unlawful activities, the interim government led by US puppet Prof Muhammad Yunus has staged a poor drama to describe what they call aynaghor or solitary confinements and torture cells of security forces in Bangladesh during the Awami League’s 15-year rule. Alif Laila Some victims…
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Yunus and Grameen Bank won Nobel Prize despite massive blunders for years
A glimpse of management style of Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus:-He was far above accountability due to his fame and prestige-A sign of personal interest, arbitrariness and nepotism-He frequently traveled abroad for personal gain and publicity-He acted capriciously even during the bankâs deep crisis-He disabled Board members by destroying chain of command-He was reluctant to hand…
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Sheikh Hasina decided to resign on August 4th, says Arafat
When the complex reality that emerged on August 4 at one stage of the studentsâ quota movement and the way a section of the country was criticizing her, the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was staying at Ganabhaban, repeatedly said out of frustration that despite her contributions to the countryâs development, if they criticize…
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2001-06: The Dark Prince and his Hawa Bhaban
This is the compilation of a three-part series on corruption, politics and violence during the 2001-06 period based on secret US embassy documents. It was first published in Dhaka Tribune. BNP leaders claim that all charges of corruption, election engineering and patronization of terrorist activities against the party’s acting chairman, Tarique Rahman and his Hawa…
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Why is âJoy Banglaâ slogan so powerful?
âJoy Banglaâ meant hail Bangla or long live Bangla, referring to the land where the Bengali-speaking people lived in undivided India. The slogan, first used by our great national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam with the spirit of Bengali nationhood in 1942, became the strongest words against domination and discrimination of the West Pakistani military rulers.…
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What are the political reform proposals for Bangladesh already available?
Ever since the student leaders of Ganatantrik Chhatra Shakti announced a government-ouster movement on Saturday, the social media and mainstream media have flooded with nominations for the new prime minister from civil society, the main opposition BNP and Islamic scholars. Some are also suggesting the names of Cabinet members. Yet, no one has come up…
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Bangladesh anti-quota movement: Dangers of open social media in the third world
When some top media outlets and their sympathizers in the opposition, civil society and young generation work together against the establishment, it may not take too long to unseat a government. Itâs not surprising that a harsher reaction from the executive and legislative bodies of the State is imminent. The incumbents would try their best…
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Why has the US been dismayed with Sheikh Hasina since 2009?
Even though the two countries have maintained a bilateral relationship, the United States, under three different presidents, has always been critical of Sheikh Hasinaâs Awami League for some of her major political decisions that hurt US interests related to Grameen Bank founder Dr Muhammad Yunus, the trial of war criminals linked to Jamaat-e-Islami, the hanging…
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Strict actions are needed for effective reforms
This op-ed was published on March 15, 2024. As Bangladesh continues to grapple with longstanding crises such as reserve management, corruption, and law enforcement, it’s evident that meaningful reforms are needed to overcome this uncomfortable situation and ease uneasiness. And such reforms demand resolute leadership. The aftermath of the recent elections, which saw the incumbent…
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US interests, accusations of âArab Springâ, and Bangladeshâs path forward
In a recent twist of geopolitics, Russia has accused the United States of planning events to destabilize its close ally Bangladesh following the January 7 elections. The allegations, drawing parallels with the âArab Springâ, shed light on the intricate dynamics of great power competition in South Asia. Earlier, China slammed the US for its alleged…
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What did the Biden administration seek from Sheikh Hasina?
Sheikh Hasinaâs Awami League came under great pressure at home and abroad from the very beginning regarding the dramatic results of the 2018 parliamentary elections and allegations of vote riggingâthat too after a lopsided election in 2014. Her government had to face one rumor after another, harsh controversies and criticisms for corruption, irregularities, inefficiency, nepotism…
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