Bangladesh Crisis Highlights: New police chief vows probe into protest killings, interim govt to take charge tomorrow

India subtly blames Sheikh Hasina govt for worsening situation in Bangladesh

What New Delhi is worried about is the possibility of a surge in extremism in Bangladesh, as the radical organisations may find it easier to expand with Hasina and her Awami League out of power. Some of the radical organisations in Bangladesh have links with the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and other terrorist outfits based in Pakistan as well as with the Pakistan Army’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which might like to expand its activities in the eastern neighbour of its arch-enemy India.

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Bangladesh president appoints Nobel laureate Yunus as interim government chief, dissolves parliament

Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved Parliament on Tuesday and appointed Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus as the head of an interim government, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina abruptly resigned and fled the country following weeks of violent protests.

The decision was made in a meeting President Shahabuddin had with chiefs of the three services and a 13-member delegation of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement at Bangabhaban (presidential palace), President's Press Secretary Md. Joynal Abedin said late Tuesday night.

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Hasina’s exit signals tough days for India

Sheikh Hasina's flight from Bangladesh brings to a sorry end a half century in Bangladesh's history, starting from its 1971 liberation from Pakistan. Hasina is the daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led the freedom struggle.

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What is happening in Bangladesh can happen here: Salman Khurshid

Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said what is happening in Bangladesh can happen in the country though "everything may look normal on the surface".

The former Union minister was speaking at the launch of academician Mujibur Rehman's book Shikwa-e-Hind: The Political Future of Indian Muslims.

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Bangladesh army refused to suppress protest, sealing Hasina's fate

Dhaka/New Delhi: The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a meeting with his generals and decided that troops would not open fire on civilians to enforce a curfew, two serving army officers with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.

Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman then reached out to Hasina's office, conveying to the prime minister that his soldiers would be unable to implement the lockdown she had called for, according to an Indian official briefed on the matter.

The message was clear, the official said: Hasina no longer had the army's support.

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Bangladesh interim government must respect democratic principles, says US's Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that the U.S. was watching the situation in Bangladesh very closely and any decisions made by an interim government must respect democratic principles, uphold the rule of law and reflect the will of the country's people. (Reuters)

Hasina shouldn't 'have been given a safe passage': Retired Bangladesh soldier

Retired senior soldiers such as Brig. Gen. Mohammad Shahedul Anam Khan were among those who defied the curfew on Monday and took to the streets.

In Bangladesh, resentment still lingered even among retired soldiers that Hasina had been allowed to leave.

"Personally, I feel that she should not have been given a safe passage," said Khan, the veteran. "That was a folly." (Reuters)

Sadhguru on atrocities in Bangladesh

Subramanian Swamy lashes out at PM Modi over Bangladesh crisis

Dr Smruti S Pattanaik, South Asia expert at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies speaks on the Bangladesh issue

Indian embassy in Bangladesh calls back all non-essential staff: PTI

All non-essential staff, including their families have been recalled. However, the Indian High Commission remains functional and all diplomats continue working from Bangladesh.

Centre must initiate steps to protect the Hindus and their interests in Bangladesh: Uddhav Thackeray

France advises citizens to avoid travelling to Bangladesh

France's foreign ministry advised citizens on Wednesday to still limit travel to Bangladesh even though calm appears to be gradually returning after protests forced the prime minister to quit the country, it said in a travel advisory.

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Indo-Bangla trade via Bengal land ports likely to normalise soon

Kolkata, Aug 7 (PTI) Despite ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh, trade between India and the neighbouring country through land ports in West Bengal is expected to normalise soon while some movements of goods via one of these facilities were reported on Wednesday, officials said.

A meeting between the land port authorities of the two countries is scheduled on Wednesday at South Asia's largest land port Petrapole in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, which is "expected to provide clarity on transportation of goods", the officials said.

The Director General of the Border Security Force was also in Petrapole on Tuesday to review the situation along the international boundary in the wake of the crisis in Bangladesh.

Expect members of interim govt led by Nobel awardee Yunus to be finalised, say protesting leaders

Bangladesh's protest leaders said they expect members of an interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, to be finalised on Wednesday.

Bangladesh's president appointed Yunus, who was recommended by student leaders, as the head of the interim government late on Tuesday and said the remaining members need to be finalised soon to overcome the current crisis and pave way for elections. (Reuters)

Bangladesh Opposition leader Alamgir demands election within 3 months

Hasina to stay in Delhi 'for a little while', says her son

Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India following mass protests against her government, is going to stay in Delhi “for a little while,” her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy said on Wednesday.She has not made a decision on that yet. She is going to stay in Delhi for a little while. My sister is with her. So she is not alone,” Joy said. (PTI)

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia released from house arrest, says vow to uphold democracy, not revenge politics

Will see how we can help to get Bangladesh out of trouble, says Muhammad Yunus

Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman says interim government, headed by Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, will take oath on Thursday

New police chief vows probe into protest killings, offers apology

Glimpses from Bangladesh amid civil unrest

Hundreds of Bangladeshis gather at border with India seeking refuge, sent back later

Hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals gathered at the international border with India in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday, seeking to crossover claiming that they were under attack in their country, officials said.

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