Grief has a way of demanding villains before it demands facts. In Bangladesh today, that villain is once again India, summoned reflexively even as the most basic questions remain unanswered at home. Let us put one thing on the table immediately and without diplomatic sugarcoating. India is not
Bangladesh’s interim chief adviser, Muhammad Yunus, has said that certain “external forces” are supporting the return of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh. He suggested that if India were given a free choice, it might continue to host her. Yunus claimed that Hasina’s supporters abroad are hoping she will come back triumphantly to Bangladesh. […]
During the 80th UN General Assembly in New York, supporters of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina protested outside the United Nations headquarters. They chanted slogans such as “Yunus is Pakistani” and “Go back to Pakistan” aimed at Muhammad Yunus, the interim Chief Adviser of Bangladesh. Accusations by Protesters Protesters accused Yunus of political bias















