Muhammad Yunus
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Bangladesh ex-PM makes first public appearance in six years
Zia, 79, has been in declining health for years, is confined to a wheelchair with rheumatoid arthritis, and also suffers…
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Bangladeshi ex-ministers face ‘massacre’ charges in court
DHAKA: Thirteen Bangladeshi former top government officials arrested after the revolution in August appeared in court on Monday (Nov 18)…
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Bangladesh’s interim leader urges ‘patience’ after 100 days in power
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus begged the country’s “patience” to prepare for much-awaited elections in a speech to the…
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Huge Bangladesh rally warns ousted PM’s allies plotting return
DHAKA:Â Allies of ousted Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina were working to undermine the interim government that replaced her regime, two of…
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Bangladesh’s Yunus says no elections before reforms
DHAKA:Â Bangladesh’s interim leader has refused to give a timeframe for elections following the ouster of his autocratic predecessor, saying in…
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Bangladesh detains journalists linked to toppled regime
DHAKA:Â Bangladesh remanded in custody on Tuesday (Sep 17) two journalists and a writer accused of involvement in violence against the…
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Bangladesh ex-PM should ‘keep quiet’ until trial: Yunus
DHAKA:Â Bangladesh’s ousted premier Sheikh Hasina should “keep quiet” while exiled in India until she is brought home for trial, interim…
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Bangladesh election chief quits months after unfree poll
But Awal said the lack of genuine political opposition to Hasina meant that the vote itself was conducted with integrity.…
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Bangladesh launches drive to recover looted weapons
DHAKA:Â Bangladeshi security forces have launched an operation to recover thousands of guns, including those seized during deadly unrest that led…
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Bangladesh mob, vowing to ‘guard revolution’, beats ex-PM Hasina’s supporters
With no police in sight, hundreds of men – most of them not students – formed a human barricade across…
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