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Bangladesh toppled a tyrant, but it’s a rocky road ahead

SUCH sky-high expectations were impossible to meet, even by a hugely popular government led by an internationally respected Nobel Laureate. The student-led people’s uprising had removed a murderous tyrant who had left behind a nation in shambles. The judiciary, the police, the bureaucracy, the military and even academia had all been completely politicised...

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BANGLADESHI PARTIES: Populist uprising and institutional decay?

BANGLADESHI parties, still gutsy, encounter a heightened existential fear — the disquiet of a deep institutional crisis for them and the nation at large. And yet, parties are strategic to the country’s liberal democratic future. Since prime minister Sheikh Hasina lost power to the unprecedented civil unrest on August 5, 2024 and Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus-led...

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Amartya Sen’s worry and Aesop’s fable

‘I AM worried.’ Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s recent observation on Bangladesh’s post-fascism situation, for understandable reasons, has received wide publicity. Sen made this comment in an exclusive interview with the Press Trust of India (PTI)...

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Rewriting Bangladesh identity

NOBEL laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus’ interim regime took over soon after prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5, 2024. Backed by the unyielding student leaders who steered the huge anti-Hasina civil unrest, his ad hoc government upended the prevailing state symbols and practices of the overthrown leadership. Those activities ranged...

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When uprising upends South Asia’s geopolitics

INDIA is now grappling with the delicate task of finding a sanctuary for the ousted Sheikh Hasina, who had long been a steadfast and trusted ally in South Asia. The decision is aimed at preventing further deterioration in its already strained relations with Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the new interim government, led by Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus...

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More effective govt role in resolving crisis demanded

Ganosamhati Andolan, a partner of Ganatantra Mancha, on Tuesday urged the Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government to play a more effective role in resolving the ongoing crisis to bring stability to the country...

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Post-reform, development, and Bangladesh

THE student movement seeking reform in the quota system for public services, leading to the downfall of the Awami League regime, brought Bangladesh at a critical juncture. Students and ordinary citizens sparked this movement, leading to the resignation of the government and the subsequent formation of an interim government under Nobel laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus’s leadership...

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Muhammad Yunus’ eyes hold tears of tens of millions

THOSE who are currently students at universities in Bangladesh came of age during the autocratic rule of the now fallen prime minister Sheikh Hasina (2009–2024). They never had a taste of democracy; they never saw any credible election in their country. All they saw was political repression and corruption at every tier of the government and at every level...

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Balance of power in administration

THE recently occurring revolution is one of the most significant events in the history of Bangladesh and South Asia. The aftereffects of the revolution have many challenging tasks for the newly formed interim government in Bangladesh. The first challenge that this government is facing is to bring about law and order in the country...

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Attorney general for reforming HC  

Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman on Monday suggested reforming the High Court Division following the resignation of the chief justice and five Appellate Division judges on Sunday amid allegations of an attempted judicial coup against the interim government headed by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus...

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JP extends full support to interim govt

The Jatiya Party on Friday said that it would extend its full support to Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government formed on Thursday...

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New govt must make clear issues people do not know of as yet

AN INTERIM government has finally been sworn in and portfolios of the government have already been distributed. The government, with Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as the chief adviser, has 16 other advisers, including two leaders of the student protests that ultimately brought about the downfall of the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League...

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Finance div prepares economic report for finance adviser

The Finance Division has prepared an update about the economy highlighting the prevailing high inflation and falling forex reserves to submit to the finance adviser of the newly formed interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus...

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BNP, other parties congratulate interim govt

Leaders of political parties on Thursday appreciated the oath taking of the interim government at Bangabhaban headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, hoping that the government would be able to form a democratic government holding a free, fair and credible general election...

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Yunus-led interim govt sworn in

Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus took the oath as the chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh along with 13 other advisers on Thursday, four days after long-time ruler Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India amid a student-led mass uprising...

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Interim govt composition should reflect full-scale representation

NOW that it has been decided that Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus would lead the interim government and the installation of the government would be held this evening, it is imperative that the composition of the government should reflect a full-scale representation of society, with people from the Bengalis, national and religious minorities...

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Prof Yunus’s sentence in labour case cancelled

The Labour Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday cancelled the six-month jail sentences of Grameen Telecom chairman and Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and three others in a case filed over labour law violations...

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