Bangladesh’s former Textile and Jute Minister arrested in Dhaka

Former Bangladeshi Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi was arrested amid a crackdown on officials from ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government -

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August 26, 2024 Bangladesh’s former Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi has been arrested in Dhaka as the police take stern measures against officials and Ministers of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government, according to media reports on Sunday (August 25, 2024).

“The 76-year-old leader was detained late Saturday (August 24, 2024) night from a house in the capital city Dhaka around 3 a.m.,” The Daily Star newspaper quoted Paltan police station officer-in-charge Mollah Mohammad Khalid Hussain as saying.

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