The Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its investigation found ousted Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina had directly ordered disappearances

Muhammad Yunus, expressed personal distress over the deteriorating relations with India. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Yunus emphasized the importance of strong ties between the two neighbors.

But are the allegations against the British MP politically motivated? Is the Yunus-led interim government settling scores with Hasina?

Bangladesh has been in the throes of uncertainty ever since the Awami League government was toppled after the mass uprising, prompting Sheikh Hasina to flee the country on August 5 last year.

Human Rights Watch handed over a report on the July Uprising to Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday, saying that officers had told them the ousted Bangladesh dictator,

In the wake of mass protests ousting Sheikh Hasina's regime, Bangladesh faces pressing needs for systemic reform. Human Rights Watch's report calls for the interim government to implement structural changes to ensure long-term democratic governance amid ongoing human rights concerns.

Alam, who played a key role in the uprising that toppled Hasina’s government and led to her exile on 5 August last year, added that only Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami, and other “pro-Bangladesh” groups would continue their political activities in the country.

Relations between the two nations have become strained since Muhammad Yunus assumed leadership of Bangladesh’s interim government. India has raised concerns about attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus,

Meanwhile, Local Government and Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, another leader of the Anti-Discrimination Movement, in a Facebook post on Saturday, said "There will be efforts or debates about who is more advanced in doing people's welfare”.

The bilateral ties between India and Bangladesh strained in the recent past, following the massive violence against Hindus in the neighbouring country after the fall of Sheikh Hasina government in August,

DHAKA: Reprisals against journalists and indiscriminate arrests risk undermining Bangladesh's once-in-a-generation opportunity to end the legal abuses seen under ousted premier Sheikh Hasina, Human Rights Watch warned Tuesday.

According to the HRW report, "Officers involved in enforced disappearances also told Human Rights Watch that Sheikh Hasina or senior government had knowledge of incommunicado detentions, and that, in some cases, Hasina directly ordered enforced disappearances and killings".