24-05-2025
Bangladesh interim govt calls for unity to stop ‘return of authoritarianism'
'Broader unity is essential to maintain national stability,' said the interim governmentDHAKA: Bangladesh's interim government, which took over after a mass uprising last year, warned on Saturday that unity was needed to 'prevent the return of authoritarianism.''Broader unity is essential to maintain national stability, organize free and fair elections, justice, and reform, and permanently prevent the return of authoritarianism in the country,' it said in a statement after a week of escalation during which rival parties protested on the streets of the capital South Asian nation of around 170 million people has been in political turmoil since ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted by student-led protests in August 2024.
