Tag: Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Vandalism at Tagore’s home a ‘personal dispute’

The interim government in Dhaka has downplayed the vandalism at Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home in Sirajganj, Bangladesh. According to the Bangladesh cultural affairs ministry, the incident on June 8 was not communal or political. Instead, it resulted from a personal dispute between an employee of ‘Rabindra Kachharibari’ and a visitor named Shahnewaz, escalating from a […]

Muhammad Yunus accused of ‘special affection’ for a party after meet with BNP

Jamaat-e-Islami and the NCP criticized Bangladesh’s chief adviser Muhammad Yunus for showing partiality after he reached a preliminary understanding with the BNP to hold elections in February. These parties had previously supported Yunus’s proposal for an April election. JeI expressed concerns over Yunus’s discussions with BNP abroad, deeming it a breach of political norms, while […]

India Demands Bangladesh “Rein In Terrorists” After Tagore’s Home Vandalised

India has strongly condemned the “despicable” and “disgraceful” act of violence and vandalism on poet, polymath, and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home in Bangladesh, describing the perpetrators of the act as “terrorists”. Source:: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/india-demands-bangladesh-rein-in-terrorists-after-rabindranath-tagores-home-vandalised-8664011#publisher=newsstand