Bangladesh Election 2024: Voting will be held for the general elections in Bangladesh on Sunday (January 7). It is almost certain that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will become the PM for the fourth time as the main opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has decided to boycott the elections and claimed that any election under the current government will not be fair and credible. . On the one hand, the US and other Western countries have repeatedly expressed concern over reports of Hasina government allegedly arresting thousands of rival politicians…
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Nobel Winner Economist Muhammad Yunus Sentenced To 6 Months Jail By Bangladesh Court
Nobel Winner Economist Muhammad Yunus: Bangladesh’s Nobel Prize-winning economist Dr. Muhammad Yunus was sentenced to 6 months in jail by a court on Monday (December 1) for violating labor laws. Yunus’ supporters have termed this incident before the general elections to be held on January 7 as ‘politically motivated’. Labor court judge Sheikh Marina Sultana, while delivering the verdict, said that the charge of violating the labor law against him has been proven. The judge ruled that Yunus would have to serve 6 months of simple imprisonment for violating the…
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