Tag: Sheikh Hasina

Bangladeshi Students Launch New Political Party Ahead of Elections

Arijit Bose
Bangladesh, politics, student movement, Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad, Democratic Student Council, Sheikh Hasina, Students Against Discrimination, SAD, Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP, Muhammad Yunus, elections, Dhaka, protests, student rights, political unrest, exile, caretaker administration, democracy, youth politics

Dhaka: A new political party, the Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad (Democratic Student Council), has been launched by Bangladeshi students who played a pivotal role in last year’s anti-government protests that led to the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The formation of this party marks a significant development in Bangladesh’s already turbulent political landscape, as the country prepares for the next general elections. Key organizers of the Students Against Discrimination (SAD) movement, which spearheaded the nationwide protests that resulted in Hasina’s downfall in August 2024, are among the founders of…

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Sheikh Hasina in first reaction demands justice

Arijit Bose
Sheikh Hasina

New Delhi: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued her first statement after leaving the post. In a statement issued from the X-handle of her son Sajeeb Wajed, Hasina has demanded justice from the countrymen. Along with this, she has raised the demand to punish those involved in the killings and vandalism across the country during the student protests. Bangladesh: Expressed grief over the murder of family Sheikh Hasina further wrote, “Brothers and sisters, on 15 August 1975, Bangladesh President Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was brutally murdered. I have…

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