Bangladesh opened their Women’s World Cup with a commanding win over Pakistan, chasing 130 with ease as Rubya Haider hit 54* and Marufa Akter starred with the ball.
At Geneva’s UN Human Rights Council, European leaders decry worsening rights abuses in Bangladesh and Pakistan, urging greater global pressure to protect minorities and women.
A Canadian institute says the UN’s Bangladesh protest report overstated abuses under Hasina while overlooking opposition-led violence and aiding Yunus’s interim rule.
As temples sparkle and dhaks beat across Bangladesh, many Hindu devotees still carry the anxiety of past violence, pressing the interim government to back words with action.