BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman returned to Bangladesh on December 25 after 17 years in London exile, landing in Dhaka with family. He addressed a massive Purbachal rally amid tight security, then visited his ailing mother before heading home.
Retired Colonel Abdul Haq has sparked outrage by urging Bangladeshi youth to train to "take on India" and demanding the separation of the seven northeastern states for Bangladesh’s safety. The statements, which follow similar hostile remarks from other political and military figures, mark a worrying shift in tone from the country, despite India's role in its 1971 liberation.
Muhammad Yunus, who was gleefully shaking hands with Trump on the sidelines of UNGA as if mere meeting with Trump was some sort of achievement, essentially suggested that Trump was wrong in calling anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh “barbaric”.
On Thursday (26th June), when the family members of the victim went to a local fair, the BNP leader seized the opportunity to break into his house and rape her at gunpoint.
Head of interim government in Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, sought to downplay the targeted attacks against Hindus, dismissing reports of anti-Hindu persecution as grossly exaggerated.