Bangladesh’s largest minority rights group has accused the country’s interim government of failing to protect religious and ethnic minorities from attacks and harassment, a claim the government has denied.

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The head of Bangladesh's interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, said on Thursday that his country's high growth under ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was "fake" and faulted the world for not questioning what he said was her corruption.

A court in Dhaka imposed travel ban on Sheikh Hasina's ex-pa Jahangir Alam and his wife Kamrun Nahar on Thursday.   The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order in response to the plea of Anti-Corruption Commission

Activists of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Chattogram city ended their hunger strike tonight after eight hours

The Bangladesh student and people’s uprising of July and August last year overthrew the government of Sheikh Hasina, who had been running the country since 2009. She was widely accused of corruption and human rights abuses.

This is the second meeting between Soros and Yunus in three months after the duo met in New York last year in October - weeks after the Nobel laureate took charge following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime.

This comes as the first major demonstration by the Awami League, whose most of the leaders have either been arrested or underground since the fall of the Hasina-led government on August 5 last year following a students-led anti-discrimination movement.

A minority group in Bangladesh has accused Yunus-led interim government of failing to protect minority rights in the country. The group says that the interim government is using state institutions to carry out discrimination against minorities.

This is the second meeting between Alex Soros and Muhammad Yunus in three months. The duo had met in New York in October - weeks after Yunus took charge following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime.

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party on Wednesday (Jan 30) announced a series of programmes in February to protest "persecution" across the country and demand the resignation of the current government,

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that although top terrorists have been running around, engaging in various crimes and acts of violence across the capital, no visible action is being taken to restore law and order.

Soros and Yunus ahd also met in New York last year in October after the Nobel laureate took charge following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime.