Bangladesh Crisis Highlights : 'Natural To Evoke Adverse Reactions Against India Over Refuge To Hasina' — BNP Leaders
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Bangladesh Crisis Updates LIVE: Hello and welcome to ABP News Live blog. Please follow this space and keep refreshing the page for all the latest updates pertaining to the violence in Bandgladesh after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister and fled to India. The violence in the neighbouring country was triggered by anti-government protests against the job quota system.
Days after Hasina's ouster, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took oath to helm the violence-hit Bangladesh's new interim government on Thursday. Yunus was sworn-in as the chief advisor to the interim government, along with an advisory council consisting 16 members, as reported by The Daily Star.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi extended their wishes to Yunus after he assumed charge of office as the chief advisor to the interim government.
He was administered oath by President Mogammed Shahabuddin at the presidential palace 'Banghabhaban'. No leader from the Awami League was spotted at the oath-taking ceremony. Diplomats from China, Iran, Argentina, Japan, UK, UAE, Qatar, and The Netherlands were present at the ceremony, The Daily Star reported.
The two key organisers of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, which eventually led to Sheikh Hasina's ouster, Md. Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, are also part of the advisory council.
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan, women's rights activist Farida Akhtar, right-wing party Hefazat-e-Islam's deputy chief AFM Khalid Hossain, chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board Supradip Chakma, Grameen Telecom trustee Nurjahan Begum, freedom fighter Sharmeen Murshid, Prof Bidhan Ranjan Roy, and former foreign secretary Touhid Hossain are also among Yunu's advisory council members.
The 84-year-old professor had flown in from Paris to Dhaka on Thursday to be sworn-in as the interim government's head, which had to be formed following the resignation of former PM Sheikh Hasina amid massive protests against her government. Hasina fled Bangladesh after tendering her resignation.
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President Mohammed Shahabuddin reportedly sought an opinion from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court ahead of the interim government's formation.
Supreme Court Registrar General Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan told The Daily Star that the interim government was only formed after the entire bench of the apex court gave its opinion in favour considering the country's current situation.
Bangladesh Crisis LIVE: 'Need To Maintain Balanced Relations With The Big Countries', Says Foreign Affairs Adviser
The Foreign Affairs adviser of the newly formed interim government of Bangladesh stressed the importance of maintaining balanced ties with big countries as the violent-hit nation embarked on its new journey. He said: "We want to keep good relations with all. We need to maintain a balance of relations with the big countries," The Daily Star reported.
Bangladesh Crisis LIVE Updates: Yunus To Visit Slain Protest Coordinator Ahmed Sayed's Family Tomorrow
Mohammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh's interim government, will be visiting the family of Ahmed Sayed on Saturday. Sayed was a coordinator of the anti-quota movement and was killed during a protest rally on June 16. Yunus will also be visiting his grave to pay respects, The Daily Star reported.
Bangladesh Crisis LIVE: Talks Underway To Appoint Students As Advisers' Assistants
National Coordinator for the ‘Students Against Discrimination’ Movement in Bangladesh, Nahid Islam said that discussions are underway to appoint more student representatives as assistants of interim government advisers, The Daily Star reported.
Bangladesh Crisis LIVE: 'Natural To Evoke Adverse Reactions Against India Over Refuge To Hasina' — BNP Leaders
Senior leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Friday that the Indo-Bangla bilateral ties are not dependent on the Awami League and it is "natural to evoke adverse reactions" in Bangladesh over India giving refuge to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, news agency PTI reported.