Bangladesh Scraps Sheikh Hasina-Period Sir Rule For Girls Officers

Bangladesh Scraps Sheikh Hasina-Period Sir Rule For Girls Officers

Bangladesh’s interim authorities, led by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, on Thursday formally scrapped a Sheikh Hasina-era rule that mandated public officers to handle her and different senior ladies officers as “sir.” The choice to scrap the ‘sir’ rule was finalised throughout a gathering of the advisory council in Dhaka, which additionally moved to abolish different…

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Bangladesh’s Awami League ban a ‘draconian modification’, says rights watchdog

Bangladesh’s Awami League ban a ‘draconian modification’, says rights watchdog

The interim authorities has pledged to revive democratic ideas and respect for human rights earlier than holding a free and truthful common election and has additionally taken a number of optimistic steps, however “these latest measures are disappointing”, it stated. Following the ban, the Election Fee scrapped the Awami League’s registration, disqualifying the social gathering…

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‘As if 1971 by no means occurred’: Why Bangladesh’s BNP is speaking like Awami League

‘As if 1971 by no means occurred’: Why Bangladesh’s BNP is speaking like Awami League

BNP’s Secretary Normal Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir acknowledged that efforts are being made to downplay the importance of the 1971 Liberation Warfare led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman learn extra The Bangladesh Nationalist Get together’s (BNP) Secretary Normal Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday expressed considerations over the erroding historical…

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