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Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has said Bangladesh was witnessing a “festivity of rumours” against his administration, blaming it on “the defeated force” — an apparent reference to deposed premier Sheikh Hasina’s regime.
“The rumours are big instruments of the defeated forces against the July-August (2024) Uprising,” he said as reported by PTI in a nationwide televised address on the eve of Bangladesh’s 53rd Independence Day on March 26 when the country in 1971 declared independence from the then Pakistan followed by a nine-month Liberation War.
Unlike in past years, there would be no National Day military parade in the capital. District-level parades will take place as usual. Home Ministry Senior Secretary Nasimul Ghani recently said that the country is in a wartime mode.
The Bangladesh Army has dismissed an Indian media report claiming that top generals held an “emergency meeting”, saying it was based on “false and fabricated” information.
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Bangladesh Army, said the report, titled ‘Bangladesh Army Holds Emergency Meeting Amid Possibility of Coup Against Chief Adviser Mohammad Yunus,’ is a “glaring example of journalistic malpractice.”
The ISPR termed it a misleading article based on fabricated information regarding a routine meeting of the Bangladesh Army.
