Over 40 simultaneous processions created a hype in Dhaka and on social media on Friday, as thousands of Awami League, Jubo League, Chhatra League and allied activists marched under national flags and portraits of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Sheikh Hasina.
They chanted slogans against the unlawful Yunus government, demanded an end to oppression and vowed to bring back party chief Sheikh Hasina to power.
The protests erupted in Dhanmondi, Uttara, Gulistan, Shanir Akhra, Jatrabari, Tejgaon, Donia College and beyond, transforming into a spontaneous mass uprising against what marchers branded the “illegal, torture-driven” interim regime of Dr. Muhammad Yunus.
The processions inspired the party activists a lot, as seen from posts and shares on social media, with the Awami League’s official accounts promoting the events. These posts have drawn thousands of reactions.
Political observers think these programmes are inspired by Sheikh Hasina’s three interviews on international media: Reuters, AFP and The Independent. Even though the Bangladeshi media did not carry the content prominently due to a court order and fear of intimidation, media outlets in hundreds of countries, including India and Pakistan, widely covered her statements.
“They are killing my people in jails, burning our homes, looting businesses—yet the world stays silent,” Sheikh Hasina said.
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The BNP-Jamaat mobs admitted to slaughtering policemen and arson attacks, hence the Yunus regime is filing cases against the Awami League members. From Abu Sayed to Mugdho, a lot of students were killed in a meticulously designed plan to destabilise the Awami League government.
“Yunus is running a kangaroo court. My leaders died in custody; their bodies were returned with torture marks. Where is the UN? Where is justice?” Hasina told Der Spiegel.
Since July last year, at least 32 Awami League leaders and activists have been killed in custody.
Moreover, at least 528 members and supporters have been brutally killed in revenge attacks since the Jamaat-BNP terrorists unleashed mob violence in July 2024 to unseat the government and capture power.
Among them, 26 were killed in July 2024, 138 in August, 16 in September, 22 in October, 14 in November, 15 in December, nine in January, 11 in February, 17 in March, 13 in April, 11 in May, ten in June, 11 in July of 2025, four in August, four in September and one till October 10.
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Sheikh Hasina accused Nobel laureate Yunus of weaponising democracy by banning the Awami League in May 2025 under controversial amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act — a move Human Rights Watch called “draconian.”
“Elections without the direct participation of all major parties, including the Awami League, cannot be credible,” she told AFP in written responses. “Yunus must reinstate the party to give Bangladeshis the choice they deserve.”
She warned that excluding the largest political force, which dominated Bangladesh for over two decades, would fuel unrest, deepen polarisation, and hand power to extremists.
Reiterating claims made in prior interviews, Hasina insisted her ouster was not a popular revolution but a “foreign-orchestrated conspiracy” to destabilise South Asia.
“What happened in July 2024 was not a student movement — it was anarchy, funded and fueled from abroad,” she alleged, without naming countries.
She accused “external forces” of arming rioters, spreading disinformation, and pressuring the military to stand down as mobs stormed her residence.
“I mourn every life lost — students, police, civilians,” she said. “But the violence was engineered to create chaos and justify regime change.”
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