• By Kamal Kumar
  • Sun, 11 Aug 2024 11:44 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Bangladesh Crisis:  The newly appointed interim government of Bangladesh on Sunday said that it is working on resolving the issue of rampant attacks on Hindus and other minority communities in the country. This came amid the reports of targeted violence on the houses, businesses and temples of the minority community members in the civil unrest-ridden country.

These attacks came after the democratically-elected Sheikh Hasina government was abruptly removed from power by the protestors on August 5. Hasina, who was serving the third-consecutive term in the South Asian country, fled to India in a bid to save her life.

Here are the latest updates on the Bangladesh Crisis:

1. "The attacks on religious minorities in some places have been noted with grave concern," the interim cabinet said in its first official statement since its Thursday appointment.

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2. Meanwhile on his third day as the head of the Bangladesh government, Muhammad Yunus was acquitted in a corruption case. Judge Md Rabiul Alam of Dhaka's Special Judge's Court-4 granted the Anti-Corruption Commission's request to drop the prosecution in the case, as per Section 494 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, according to an official from the anti-corruption agency, as reported by The Daily Star newspaper.

3. While a newspaper claimed the US's involvement in Hasina's forced ouster, deposed Prime Minister's son Sajeeb refuted the claims made by the media house. He said that his mother did not give any interviews or make any statements before or after leaving Bangladesh.

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4. "The recent resignation statement attributed to my mother published in a newspaper is completely false and fabricated. I have just confirmed with her that she did not make any statement either before or since leaving Dhaka," Sajeeb Wazed said on Sunday.

5. Earlier in the day, a new chief justice took office, succeeding his predecessor—another ally of Hasina—who resigned after protesters demanded his departure, accusing him of subordinating the Supreme Court to the government's influence.