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Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence back home where her party is banned, told Reuters she and senior party colleagues plan to return from exile in India around December and surrender. The South Asian nations longest-serving leader said she and members of her Awami League aim to return voluntarily to the…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s fugitive former leader Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to her country “this year”, according to an interview published on Sunday (June 28, 2026), months after she was sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. Hasina, 78, fled to neighbouring India in…
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Sheikh Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Bangladesh’s interim government has warned all print, electronic and online media outlets to refrain from reporting statements…
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has ordered the execution by hanging of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal after finding them guilty of genocide committed during the July-August 2024 violence in a case involving crimes against humanity. At the same time, former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun…
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (November 17, 2025) called the guilty verdict and death sentence in her crimes against humanity trial “biased and politically motivated”. Ms. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial…
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