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Reuters
Aug 05, 2025

One year after Hasina’s ouster, Yunus says elections in February

The announcement after thousands of exultant Bangladeshis gathered in Dhaka to mark the first anniversary on Tuesday of the mass protests that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as the interim government unveiled a symbolic roadmap promising democratic reform.

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Reuters
Jun 13, 2025

Muhammad Yunus signals possible early Bangladesh elections

Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel peace laureate who has led an interim government since August, was responding to a suggestion from Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who urged the vote be held before Ramazan, which begins in mid-February 2026.

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AFP
May 09, 2025

Thousands rally in Bangladesh seeking ban on former PM’s party

Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus, 84, has led an interim government since Hasina was overthrown by student-led mass protests in August 2024

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Reuters
Apr 04, 2025

India’s Modi urges Bangladesh PM to avoid rhetoric that mars ties

Relations between the South Asian neighbours, which were robust under Hasina, have deteriorated since she fled the country last August in the face of massive student-led protests and sought shelter in India.

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AFP
Mar 16, 2025

Bangladeshi women alarmed by emboldened religious hardliners

“After Sheikh Hasina’s fall, a series of violent incidents followed. The government […] claim the fallen dictator is behind every crime.”

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Reuters
Feb 25, 2025

Bangladesh and Pakistan resume direct trade after more than 50 years

The deal follows an improvement in diplomatic relations since an interim government in Bangladesh led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus taking over in the wake of the protests that drove then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina out of the country.

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Reuters
Feb 24, 2025

Students, who ousted PM Hasina, set to launch political party

The Students Against Discrimination (SAD) group spearheaded the protests that began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas but quickly morphed into a broader, nationwide uprising that forced Hasina to flee to India as the unrest peaked in early August.

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AFP
Jan 28, 2025

Bangladesh risks repeating Hasina regime’s mistakes: HRW

Police had “returned to the abusive practices’ to target Hasina’s supporters

World

Web Desk
Jan 23, 2025

Bangladesh student revolutionaries’ dreams dented by joblessness

Educated Bangladeshis make up 87 percent of those without work, according to BBS figures.

World

Web Desk
Dec 23, 2024

Bangladesh tells India it wants Sheikh Hasina back for ‘judicial process’

Dhaka’s request to New Delhi on Monday came two weeks after India’s foreign secretary visited Bangladesh and the two countries said they hoped to clear the cloud and pursue constructive relations.