Bangladesh's former Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hasan Mahmud speaks during the press conference at Press club of India, in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI)

Fair polls impossible in Bangladesh under Yunus govt: Awami League

Bangladesh’s interim government is incapable of ensuring fair elections and has barred former premier Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League from participating in upcoming polls because it fears the party’s popularity, senior Awami League leaders said on Saturday. Bangladesh’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hasan Mahmud speaks during the press conference at Press club of India,…

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Bangladesh calls for urgent action to prevent ‘catastrophic’ Rohingya aid crisis

Bangladesh calls for urgent action to prevent ‘catastrophic’ Rohingya aid crisis

Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday that the Rohingya refugee crisis is on the brink of collapse as international aid dries up, urging immediate global action to prevent “a catastrophic situation.” Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser of the interim Government Muhammad Yunus addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)…

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Malaysia, Bangladesh among regional partners sending peace mission to Myanmar

DHAKA (Reuters) -Malaysia, Bangladesh and some regional partners will send a joint delegation to Myanmar to push for peace and humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees, the Southeast Asian nation’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday. Bangladesh shelters more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in camps in its southeastern district of Cox’s Bazar, the world’s…

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