What Is Happening in Bangladesh?

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@DillyHussain88 Deputy editor of @5PillarsUK
Bangladesh: Understanding the Student Quota protests:

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More perspectives on the revolt.

Sheikh Hasina has fled. Another overarching analysis of whats happening.

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#Bangladesh’s Prime Minister has been ousted from power, and the #parliament has been #dissolved. What ripple effects will this have?

As mentioned Western powers are not happy, this extends to regional powers eg. India

‘A myopic policy’: India’s backing of ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina leaves it in a bind
New Delhi was seen as former PM’s greatest ally. Now it must reckon with a new government that wants accountability for her regime’s actions

https://www.theguardian.com/world/a...desh-leader-sheikh-hasina-leaves-it-in-a-bind


and China. (they are moaning about potential 'fundamentalist' takeover).

 

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Another update

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In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain spoke with the press secretary of the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, Shafiqul Alam.

• What personal challenges is Professor Muhammad Yunus facing?
• What are the biggest challenges facing the interim government?
• What reforms do the student advisors and Anti-Discrimination Students Movement want before an election is called?
• Media reforms and regulation in Bangladesh.
• Fake news about Bangladesh from Indian media and pundits since August 5th.
• What does a new Bangladesh look like?

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In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent Bangladeshi academic, author, and former chairman of the department of International Relations at Dhaka University, Professor Shahiduz Zaman.

• The Islamic history and heritage of Bengal from the Bengal Sultanate to the Mughal Empire.
• The betrayal and land-loss of East Bengal's Muslims during partition.
• Why did India intervene in Bangladesh's liberation war in 1971?
• Is Pakistan to blame for anything that led to the end of East Pakistan?
• Islamic brotherhood with Pakistan and Hindu hostility from India.
• Pakistan, China, the U.S., ISI and Myanmar.
• Shaping a new foreign policy for Bangladesh with considerations for a nuclear deterrence pact with Pakistan.

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In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain spoke with the prominent academic, teacher and Islamic activist, Asif Mahtab Utsha.

• Asif's dismissal from Dhaka's BRAC University for his anti-LGBTQ advocacy.
• The spreading of the LGBTQ agenda in Bangladesh via western NGOs, U.S. funding and the UN.
• Asif's support for the student protests that led to his arrest and incarceration before August 5th.
• The challenges of unifying Bangladesh's Islamic groups and movements under common goals and causes.
• What mistakes should the new interim government avoid when reviewing the Bangladeshi constitution?
• How secularism strips Bangladesh of its Islamic values and Muslim identity.

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Deputy editor of 5Pillars, Dilly Hussain, visited Dhaka to understand the story behind the student movement that took down Bangladesh’s dictator Sheikh Hasina.

 

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Another interview.

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In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the popular but controversial Islamic thinker, writer and activist, Asif Adnan. #Bangladesh #Islam #Muslims

Topics of discussion include:

• Asif's arrest, terrorism charges and busting case: fact and fiction.
• Suppression of Islamic activism and dawah under Sheikh Hasina.
• The Anti-Quota protests that led to Hasina's resignation.
• What role should Islam play in a post-Hasina Bangladesh?
• What approaches should any future government avoid with regards to Islamic movements and activities?
• Advice to Muslim youth of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh tells India it wants ex-PM Hasina back for ‘judicial process’

Dhaka sends formal request to New Delhi to extradite Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August amid protests that ended her 15-year rule.

Bangladesh has told India it wants former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi in August, back in the country for “judicial process”, says the acting head of the country’s foreign ministry.

“We sent a note verbale to the Indian government saying that the Bangladesh government wants her [Hasina] back here for judicial process,” Touhid Hossain told reporters on Monday, referring to diplomatic correspondence between the two countries.

Hossain did not elaborate on the judicial process.

“We confirm that we have received a note verbale from the Bangladesh High Commission today in connection with an extradition request. At this time, we have no comment to offer on this matter,” the official spokesperson of India’s Ministry of External Affairs said.

Ties between the South Asian neighbours, who have strong trade and cultural links, have become fraught since Hasina was deposed following violent protests against her rule and she took refuge across the border.

The head of Bangladesh’s interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has demanded that India send Hasina back so that Bangladesh can try her for what it says are crimes against protesters and her opponents, and crimes she is accused of committing during her tenure over the past 15 years.

Yunus has also been upset with Hasina for criticising his administration from New Delhi.

Dhaka’s request to New Delhi came two weeks after India’s foreign secretary visited Bangladesh and the two countries said they hoped to mend relations.

Hasina faces numerous charges, including crimes against humanity, genocide, and murder, among others, all of which she has denied.

Dozens of Hasina’s allies have been taken into custody since her regime collapsed in August, accused of involvement in a police crackdown that killed more than 750 people, mostly youth, during the unrest that led to her removal.

Hasina has also called for an investigation into the killings, saying many deaths may have involved others beyond security agencies.

The Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and her close aides, and the government has sought help from the international police organisation Interpol for her arrest.

Separately, Bangladesh on Monday launched a probe into the alleged embezzlement of $5bn, connected to a Russian-backed nuclear power plant – the Rooppur nuclear plant, by Hasina and her family, the country’s anticorruption commission said.

“The claims of kickbacks, mismanagement, money laundering, and potential abuse of power raise significant concerns about the integrity of the project and the use of public funds,” the commission said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024...-wants-ex-pm-hasina-back-for-judicial-process