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India Today
13-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Storm in Bangladesh as ex-President leaves for Thailand in lungi on 3 am flight
Bangladesh's former President Mohammad Abdul Hamid boarded a Thai Airways flight from the Dhaka international airport at 3am and left the country as most Bangladeshis were in a deep sleep. As the interim government woke up and found what had happened, it suspended and transferred officials and constituted a high-level probe. Former president Hamid was among those being probed for the measures taken against protesters during the anti-Sheikh Hasina agitation last Hamid served as the President of Bangladesh for two terms -- from 2013 to 2023. He is also a co-accused in at least one case of murder filed against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides from the agitation period in 2024. The Hasina regime was accused of opening fire and killing protesters who were out to oust 81-year-old former president is an accused in the murder case filed at Kishoreganj Sadar police station on January 14, according to the Dhaka Tribune, with Hasina, and her family members, like Sheikh Rehana, Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Saima Wazed Putul, being the co-accused. Former minister Obaidul Quader is also a co-accused in the case. The interim government of Muhammad Yunus has formed a high-level committee led by Education Adviser CR Abrar to investigate the departure of former President Abdul Hamid to Thailand, according to news agency United News of officers have been suspended and transferred as Hamid left, according to Indian Bangla dailies, Pratidin and Bartaman, in a lungi, for Thailand. His family members say he left with his brother and brother-in-law for medical treatment, but his political opponents say that he has fled to escape being tried in Students Against Discrimination (SAD), the outfit that launched the anti-reservation stir that took the shape of the anti-Hasina protests. The students' outfit demanded punitive measures against the people who were to blame for letting Hamid leave within 24 hours, according to news agency politician Hannan Masud claimed that Hamid's fleeing the country was managed with the permission of those in power, especially President Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu, so that he could avoid being tried, according to a report in Amader becoming the President of Bangladesh, Abdul Hamid was a Member of Parliament from Hasina's Awami League party. He had, in fact, started his political journey with the student wing of the Awami League -- the Chhatra League. The Chhatra League has been banned by the interim government of Yunus in October house was among those demolished by fundamentalists and Islamic radicals during the Bulldozer Programme in February, when even the Dhanmondi 32 house (turned into a museum) of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was former president's leaving the country comes even as the interim government of Muhammad Yunus banned the Awami League last Monday, a gazette notification was released, officially banning Hasina's Awami League under a revised anti-terrorism law. Bangladesh's election commission has also announced that it has cancelled the registration of the Awami League, barring it from contesting in 1949, the Awami League led the movement for the autonomy of Bengalis in the then East Pakistan for decades and eventually led to the Liberation War in Hasina and several other Awami League leaders forced into exile, former President Hamid's leaving for Thailand has raised a storm as there are many who would have wanted him to be tried and punished in Watch
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Bangladesh bans activities of Awami League, the party of ousted PM Hasina
The interim government of Bangladesh has banned all activities of the party of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted last year after a student-led uprising. The interim cabinet, headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, decided to ban the Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act, Bangladesh's law affairs adviser, Asif Nazrul, said late on Saturday. The ban would remain in place until the trial of the party and its leadership over the deaths of hundreds of protesters at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is completed, the government said in the statement. Awami League's student wing, Bangladesh Chhatra League, was banned in October after being labelled a 'terrorist organisation' for its role in violent attacks on protesters during the uprising. Thousands of protesters, including supporters of a newly formed students' party, had been taking to the streets in Dhaka for days to demand a ban on the Awami League. The members of the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami party also prominently took part in the protests. A mass uprising that began with student-led protests in July last year led to the ousting of Hasina, who had ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist for 15 years. Up to 1,400 people may have been killed during three weeks of protests against Hasina and her government, according to a February report by the United Nations human rights office. Hasina and many of her senior party officials have been accused of murder and other offences as a result. In his announcement, Nazrul also said the cabinet expanded the scope for trying any political parties involving charges of killing during the protests. The change to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act clears the way for the Awami League to be tried as a collective entity for alleged crimes committed during its time in power. The move to ban the party came hours after Nazrul said a Truth and Reconciliation Commission would be formed to underscore national unity. The latest move, political analysts say, will elude the unity needed for a smooth transition of power in this South Asian nation of 170 million people. The National Citizen Party convener, Nahid Islam, who is also a student leader, applauded the government decision. But the Awami League, founded in 1949, dismissed the decision as illegitimate, posting on its official Facebook page: 'All decisions of the illegal government are illegal.' Hasina has been living in exile in India since August 5, with her official residence in Bangladesh also stormed by protesters soon after she left. Earlier this month, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to Dhaka after four months of medical treatment in the British capital, London, raising pressure on the interim government to set a date for national elections. Yunus has pledged reforms to political institutions and said the polls could be delayed until 2026.
Al Jazeera
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Bangladesh bans activities of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's party
The interim government of Bangladesh has banned all activities of the party of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted last year after a student-led uprising. The interim cabinet, headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, decided to ban the Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act, Bangladesh's law affairs adviser, Asif Nazrul, said late on Saturday. The ban would remain in place until the trial of the party and its leadership over the deaths of hundreds of protesters at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is completed, the government said in the statement. Awami League's student wing, Bangladesh Chhatra League, was banned in October after being labelled a 'terrorist organisation' for its role in violent attacks on protesters during the uprising. Thousands of protesters, including supporters of a newly formed students' party, had been taking to the streets in Dhaka for days to demand a ban on the Awami League. The members of the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami party also prominently took part in the protests. A mass uprising that began with student-led protests in July last year led to the ousting of Hasina, who had ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist for 15 years. Up to 1,400 people may have been killed during three weeks of protests against Hasina and her government, according to a February report by the United Nations human rights office. Hasina and many of her senior party officials have been accused of murder and other offences as a result. In his announcement, Nazrul also said the cabinet expanded the scope for trying any political parties involving charges of killing during the protests. The change to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act clears the way for the Awami League to be tried as a collective entity for alleged crimes committed during its time in power. The move to ban the party came hours after Nazrul said a Truth and Reconciliation Commission would be formed to underscore national unity. The latest move, political analysts say, will elude the unity needed for a smooth transition of power in this South Asian nation of 170 million people. The National Citizen Party convener, Nahid Islam, who is also a student leader, applauded the government decision. But the Awami League, founded in 1949, dismissed the decision as illegitimate, posting on its official Facebook page: 'All decisions of the illegal government are illegal.' Hasina has been living in exile in India since August 5, with her official residence in Bangladesh also stormed by protesters soon after she left. Earlier this month, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to Dhaka after four months of medical treatment in the British capital, London, raising pressure on the interim government to set a date for national elections. Yunus has pledged reforms to political institutions and said the polls could be delayed until 2026.
Hans India
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Bangladesh: 25 Awami League leaders, activists arrested for taking out flash processions
Dhaka: In yet another incident of suppression of political dissent in Bangladesh under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, the police have arrested at least 25 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliated bodies, including from its student wing Chhatra League, after a series of flash processions in the Khulna city. The police in separate drives on Sunday night arrested 25 leaders and activists of Awami League, banned Chhatra League, and a Jubo League, the youth wing of the party in connection with the flash processions, Bangladeshi media outlet UNB reported, quoting Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media & CP) of Khulna Metropolitan Police Ahsan Habib. The former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League staged a flash procession on Sunday morning in Khulna city, following the interim government's orders to prevent such processions. The rally organised under the banner of Bangladesh Awami League, Khulna District Unit, was the first such demonstration in the area since the fall of the Awami League government. Videos from the scene showed protestors holding a banner featuring portraits of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Sheikh Hasina, the country's leading daily, Prothom Alo, reported. The slogans such as, "Sheikh Hasina, we are not afraid, we have not left the streets," "Sheikh Hasina's government, needed again and again," and "Sheikh Hasina will return like a hero" were raised, said the report. This protest came a day after Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury warned law enforcers to face action if they fail to prevent Awami League processions. "Police officers have been instructed that if they fail to control this properly, disciplinary action will be taken against them," the leading Bangladeshi newspaper, The Business Standard, quoted the Home Advisor as saying. The Khulna Metropolitan Police's (KMP) Horintana police station Officer-in-Charge Khairul Bashar alleged that the Awami League men jumped out of a vehicle, carried out a flash procession, and fled the scene. "Since it happened early in the morning, the streets were relatively empty. Police are actively working to identify and detain those involved," he added. Also, several local media reports suggested that a torch procession was organised by local Awami League leaders and activists in Shariatpur's Jayanagar area of Bangladesh on Saturday night. The social media page of the Awami League, confirming the procession, shared a 45-second video on Sunday night, which showed that over a hundred individuals took out the march with torches in hand. Many wore face masks and raised slogans praising Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. "Various programmes are being held across the country. In particular, demonstrations are being organised to bring back Sheikh Hasina to the country," said a local AL leader, reports Prothom Alo. "As part of that, leaders, activists and supporters from different levels in Shariatpur held this torch procession. From now on, the party will carry out different programmes regularly," he added. Meanwhile, Bangladesh has requested Interpol to issue a red notice against former Prime Minister Hasina and 11 others in connection with a case alleging conspiracy to overthrow the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government. Leading Bangladeshi daily, The Dhaka Tribune, quoted Assistant Inspector General (Media) Enamul Haque Sagor as confirming the development. "These applications are filed in connection with allegations that emerge during investigations or through ongoing case proceedings," he stated. Hasina, who is currently facing over 100 cases ranging from mass murder to corruption, fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year following a massive student-led movement that resulted in the collapse of her 16-year rule under the Awami League. Hasina is reported to have been residing in India since then. While addressing the Awami League supporters online from India in February, the ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh accused the Yunus-led interim government of turning the nation into an alleged hub of "terrorism" and "lawlessness."
