In today’s top stories, Iran escalates tensions with the United States as its Army chief announces a $30,000 reward for capturing or killing U.S. military personnel. Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s potential Prime Minister Tariq Rahman visit to India remains uncertain, with Dhaka stressing the need for a conducive environment and linking the issue to Sheikh Hasina’s extradition.

The Russia-Ukraine war sees fresh escalation as Ukraine claims a counterstrike against a Russian missile fuel production facility following Russian strikes on Kyiv. In India, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari promises strict action following the death of former state Assembly Deputy Speaker Ashish Banerjee, while political accusations continue.

Elsewhere, Home Minister Amit Shah targets the Congress over the Vande Mataram controversy at an Independence Day event, saying attempts to shorten the national song will not be forgiven. The government has also set LPG production targets for Indian refiners to strengthen domestic supplies, reduce import dependence and improve energy security.

Stay tuned for the latest India, world, geopolitical, political and breaking news updates from WION.

In today’s top stories, Iran escalates tensions with the United States as its Army chief announces a $30,000 reward for capturing or killing U.S. military personnel. Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s potential Prime Minister Tariq Rahman visit to India remains uncertain, with Dhaka stressing the need for a conducive environment and linking the issue to Sheikh Hasina’s extradition.  The Russia-Ukraine war sees fresh escalation as Ukraine claims a counterstrike against a Russian missile fuel production facility following Russian strikes on Kyiv. In India, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari promises strict action following the death of former state Assembly Deputy Speaker Ashish Banerjee, while political accusations continue.  Elsewhere, Home Minister Amit Shah targets the Congress over the Vande Mataram controversy at an Independence Day event, saying attempts to shorten the national song will not be forgiven. The government has also set LPG production targets for Indian refiners to strengthen domestic supplies, reduce import dependence and improve energy security.  Stay tuned for the latest India, world, geopolitical, political and breaking news updates from WION.

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's daughter&nbsp;Saima Wazed&nbsp;has lamented that she was unable to meet her mother and hug her, amid the ongoing turmoil in the South Asian country.

Wazed, who serves as the regional director for South-East Asia at the World Health Organization (WHO) took to her official X handle (formerly Twitter) to express her pain.&nbsp;&nbsp;

"Heartbroken with the loss of life in my country Bangladesh that I love. So heartbroken that I cannot see and hug my mother during this difficult time. I remain committed to my role as RD," Wazed wrote.&nbsp;

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<h2>Hasina escapes</h2>

After the students' quota protest went out of control, Hasina was forced to resign as the PM and escape to New Delhi to chart her future course of action. Meanwhile, the protesters razed her official residence while violence broke out in several parts of the country with the minorities being the main targets.&nbsp;

Speaking to WION, Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed said Bangladesh was on its way to becoming the next Pakistan as anarchy was rampant.&nbsp;

"After all she [Hasina] has done, after all the development, Bangladesh will now become Pakistan," said Wazed.&nbsp;

"Developments in Bangladesh are terrible. It's anarchy, you have no rule of law. You have mobs running the streets, vandalising homes, factories and from what I've heard now they're attacking minorities. You know, the militants are attacking minorities and Hindu temples. So Bangladesh is actually in a state of anarchy."

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Wazed cleared that his mother was neither planning to return to Bangladesh nor foray into the political landscape.&nbsp;

"Absolutely not. She is 77 years old. This was going to be her last term. She was going to retire after this anyway," said Wazed.&nbsp;

"So they are now hunting our Awami League leaders and the interim government doesn't even include the Awami League, so why would we bother? People have made their choice and they will get the leadership they deserve."

According to reports,&nbsp;Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is set to become the head of the country's interim government on Thursday (Aug 8).&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's daughter Saima Wazed has lamented that she was unable to meet her mother and hug her, amid the ongoing turmoil in the South Asian country.

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's daughter Saima Wazed has lamented that she was unable to meet her mother and hug her, amid the ongoing turmoil in the South Asian country. Wazed, who serves as the regional director for South-East Asia at the World Health Organization (WHO) took to her official X handle (formerly Twitter) to express her pain. "Heartbroken with the loss of life in my country Bangladesh that I love. So heartbroken that I cannot see and hug my mother during this difficult time. I remain committed to my role as RD," Wazed wrote. Heartbroken with the loss of life in my country 🇧🇩 that I love. So heartbroken that I cannot see and hug my mother during this difficult time. I remain committed to my role as RD @WHOSEARO @WHO #HealthForAll #OneWHO — Saima Wazed (@drSaimaWazed) August 8, 2024 × Watch | Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina disappointed and disheartened, claims his son Joy × Hasina escapes After the students' quota protest went out of control, Hasina was forced to resign as the PM and escape to New Delhi to chart her future course of action. Meanwhile, the protesters razed her official residence while violence broke out in several parts of the country with the minorities being the main targets. Speaking to WION, Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed said Bangladesh was on its way to becoming the next Pakistan as anarchy was rampant. "After all she [Hasina] has done, after all the development, Bangladesh will now become Pakistan," said Wazed. "Developments in Bangladesh are terrible. It's anarchy, you have no rule of law. You have mobs running the streets, vandalising homes, factories and from what I've heard now they're attacking minorities. You know, the militants are attacking minorities and Hindu temples. So Bangladesh is actually in a state of anarchy." Also read | Bangladesh crisis: Interim gov led by Nobel winner Yunus to takes Oath today Wazed cleared that his mother was neither planning to return to Bangladesh nor foray into the political landscape. "Absolutely not. She is 77 years old. This was going to be her last term. She was going to retire after this anyway," said Wazed. "So they are now hunting our Awami League leaders and the interim government doesn't even include the Awami League, so why would we bother? People have made their choice and they will get the leadership they deserve." According to reports, Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is set to become the head of the country's interim government on Thursday (Aug 8). (With inputs from agencies)

'I can't see my mother': Sheikh Hasina's daughter after ex-Bangladesh PM fled country

A Bangladesh court jailed 50 opposition activists on Thursday for up to 10 years for an attack on the current prime minister's motorcade nearly two decades ago, a prosecutor said. 
 
Among the defendants was a former member of parliament for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which was in power at the time of the attack. 
 
In 2002, a motorcade accompanying Sheikh Hasina, who was then the opposition leader for Awami League, was attacked with rocks, batons and machetes, prosecutors said. 
 
"Three men including the ex-MP were given 10 years in jail and the rest got various jail terms from four-and-a-half years," prosecutor Shaheen Mirdha told AFP, after the sentences were delivered by a district court in the southern city of Satkhira. 
 
Twelve of the convicts are currently on the run. 
 
The prosecutor said the attack was one of many assassination attempts on Hasina, who was unhurt. 
 
Several of her Awami League followers and journalists were injured in the incident.&nbsp; 
 
Thursday's verdict was handed down as another court sentenced the country's acting main opposition leader Tarique Rahman, also of the BNP, to two years in prison for defaming Hasina's father, a court official said. 
 
BNP spokesman Rizvi Ahmed slammed both the cases, saying they were "fabricated, manipulated and politically motivated". 
 
The BNP, which has been out of power since 2006, has accused the government of detaining tens of thousands of its activists using trumped-up charges in the 12 years that Hasina has been in power. 
 
"The verdicts are an attempt to divert the people's attention from the government's illegal and anti-democratic activities and corruption," Ahmed told AFP. 
 
More than 200 BNP activists staged a march in central Dhaka to protest against the verdicts on Thursday. 
 
Rahman is said to have called Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country's founding leader and Hasina's father, a "friend and collaborator" of Pakistan, court clerk Abul Kalam Azad told AFP. 
 
He is living in exile in London and was sentenced in absentia. 
 
He has already been sentenced to life in prison over his role in a grenade attack on a political rally staged by Hasina in 2004 when she was the leader of the opposition.

A Bangladesh court jailed 50 opposition activists on Thursday for up to 10 years for an attack on the current prime minister's motorcade nearly two decades ago, a prosecutor said.

A Bangladesh court jailed 50 opposition activists on Thursday for up to 10 years for an attack on the current prime minister's motorcade nearly two decades ago, a prosecutor said. Among the defendants was a former member of parliament for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which was in power at the time of the attack. In 2002, a motorcade accompanying Sheikh Hasina, who was then the opposition leader for Awami League, was attacked with rocks, batons and machetes, prosecutors said. "Three men including the ex-MP were given 10 years in jail and the rest got various jail terms from four-and-a-half years," prosecutor Shaheen Mirdha told AFP, after the sentences were delivered by a district court in the southern city of Satkhira. Twelve of the convicts are currently on the run. The prosecutor said the attack was one of many assassination attempts on Hasina, who was unhurt. Several of her Awami League followers and journalists were injured in the incident. Thursday's verdict was handed down as another court sentenced the country's acting main opposition leader Tarique Rahman, also of the BNP, to two years in prison for defaming Hasina's father, a court official said. BNP spokesman Rizvi Ahmed slammed both the cases, saying they were "fabricated, manipulated and politically motivated". The BNP, which has been out of power since 2006, has accused the government of detaining tens of thousands of its activists using trumped-up charges in the 12 years that Hasina has been in power. "The verdicts are an attempt to divert the people's attention from the government's illegal and anti-democratic activities and corruption," Ahmed told AFP. More than 200 BNP activists staged a march in central Dhaka to protest against the verdicts on Thursday. Rahman is said to have called Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country's founding leader and Hasina's father, a "friend and collaborator" of Pakistan, court clerk Abul Kalam Azad told AFP. He is living in exile in London and was sentenced in absentia. He has already been sentenced to life in prison over his role in a grenade attack on a political rally staged by Hasina in 2004 when she was the leader of the opposition.

Bangladesh jails 50 over attack on PM's convoy

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be visiting India from October 3rd to 6th, making it her first visit to India after her massive election victory last year.&nbsp;

October 5 will be the main day of engagement and Hasina will be the main speaker at the World Economic Forum's 33rd India Economic Summit in Delhi.

The visit comes a week after PM Modi met Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New York on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly.&nbsp;

A Ministry of External Affairs release said, "The two leaders reviewed the excellent state of bilateral relations and cooperation, and agreed to maintain the momentum to take the India-Bangladesh relationship to new heights".

Both the leaders "reiterated their zero-tolerance approach to terrorism and violent extremism" and "agreed that a strong partnership in security had built trust and confidence between the two countries".

Sheikh Hasina also participated in the special commemorative event organised by India to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi at the United Nations last Tuesday.

There have been a number of high-level engagements between the two countries. PM Modi visited the country in 2015, which was followed by PM Hasina's India visit in 2016 for BRICS-BIMSTEC Summit in 2016 and a state visit in 2017. PM Hasina again visited in India in 2018 for the joint inauguration of Bangladesh Bhaban at Santiniketan University. During her visit, she was awarded a Doctor of Literature (D.Lit) degree by Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol. 
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PM Modi was one of the first global leaders to congratulate PM Hasina for her election victory on December 30, 2018. Last month, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited the country and met the top leadership.

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be visiting India from October 3rd to 6th, making it her first visit to India after her massive election victory last year.

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be visiting India from October 3rd to 6th, making it her first visit to India after her massive election victory last year. October 5 will be the main day of engagement and Hasina will be the main speaker at the World Economic Forum's 33rd India Economic Summit in Delhi. The visit comes a week after PM Modi met Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New York on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly. A Ministry of External Affairs release said, "The two leaders reviewed the excellent state of bilateral relations and cooperation, and agreed to maintain the momentum to take the India-Bangladesh relationship to new heights". Both the leaders "reiterated their zero-tolerance approach to terrorism and violent extremism" and "agreed that a strong partnership in security had built trust and confidence between the two countries". Sheikh Hasina also participated in the special commemorative event organised by India to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi at the United Nations last Tuesday. There have been a number of high-level engagements between the two countries. PM Modi visited the country in 2015, which was followed by PM Hasina's India visit in 2016 for BRICS-BIMSTEC Summit in 2016 and a state visit in 2017. PM Hasina again visited in India in 2018 for the joint inauguration of Bangladesh Bhaban at Santiniketan University. During her visit, she was awarded a Doctor of Literature (D.Lit) degree by Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol. PM Modi was one of the first global leaders to congratulate PM Hasina for her election victory on December 30, 2018. Last month, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited the country and met the top leadership.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit India in October

Bangladesh&rsquo;s national airline carrier has suspended three officials in connection with the emergency landing of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina&rsquo;s aircraft at Turkmenistan on November 23.&nbsp;

The three engineers of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines &ndash; Debesh Chowdhury, acting chief engineer of production, Belal Hussain, acting chief engineer of quality assurance and ABM Siddique, acting principal engineer of maintenance control centre &ndash; were suspended on Wednesday.

This suspension comes in the wake of the airlines&rsquo; investigation revealing negligence on the part of these three officials in inspecting the aircraft. The aircraft had to make an emergency landing en route Hungary due to low lubricant oil pressure at Ashgabat airport&nbsp;in Turkmenistan when Hasina was on her way to attend the United Nations water summit in Budapest.

The national airline carrier had formed a four-member investigation team, led by Fazal Mahmud Chowdhury, chief of technical captain, to carry out a thorough investigation into the emergency landing. Earlier, the airline carrier had suspended six officials for negligence.&nbsp;

Later, a report compiled by this investigation team was handed over to Bangladesh&rsquo;s Aviation Ministry.

Besides the Prime Minister, the aircraft was carrying as many as 99 passengers including the cockpit and cabin crew, and four aircraft engineers.

(WION)

This suspension comes in the wake of an investigation revealing negligence on the part of the three officials in inspecting the aircraft

Bangladesh’s national airline carrier has suspended three officials in connection with the emergency landing of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s aircraft at Turkmenistan on November 23. The three engineers of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines – Debesh Chowdhury, acting chief engineer of production, Belal Hussain, acting chief engineer of quality assurance and ABM Siddique, acting principal engineer of maintenance control centre – were suspended on Wednesday. This suspension comes in the wake of the airlines’ investigation revealing negligence on the part of these three officials in inspecting the aircraft. The aircraft had to make an emergency landing en route Hungary due to low lubricant oil pressure at Ashgabat airport in Turkmenistan when Hasina was on her way to attend the United Nations water summit in Budapest. The national airline carrier had formed a four-member investigation team, led by Fazal Mahmud Chowdhury, chief of technical captain, to carry out a thorough investigation into the emergency landing. Earlier, the airline carrier had suspended six officials for negligence. Later, a report compiled by this investigation team was handed over to Bangladesh’s Aviation Ministry. Besides the Prime Minister, the aircraft was carrying as many as 99 passengers including the cockpit and cabin crew, and four aircraft engineers. (WION)

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