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Defending her right to hold press conferences and meet her Awami League party colleagues while in India, Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she had no intention of damaging India-Bangladesh ties. In an interview to The Hindu, including in written replies and an extensive telephone conversation, Ms. Hasina, who has been convicted of murder…
Veteran politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was on Friday (August 21, 2026) sworn in as Bangladesh’s 23rd President. Mr. Alamgir, a longtime secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was administered the oath of office by Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) Acting Speaker Kayser Kamal at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban, the official office-cum-residence of…
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) that the ban on her Awami League party should be lifted and reiterated that she would return to her country. Ms. Hasina’s comments were made during a media interaction hosted by the Foreign Correspondents’…
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Bangladesh deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s government has proposed the death penalty for enforced disappearances after an official inquiry recorded more than 1,500 cases during deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 17-year rule. Ms. Hasina, who was toppled in a 2024 uprising, was accused of using the security forces to…
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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Government has no “involvement” in the press conference to be addressed by Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday (August 4, 2026). Speaking at the Ministry’s biweekly…
Dozens of activists of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s now-disbanded Awami League party were arrested overnight as they staged sporadic street marches to mark the party’s 77th founding anniversary in defiance of a nationwide security ban, authorities said on Tuesday (June 23, 2026). Founded on June 23, 1949, when present-day Bangladesh was East Pakistan, the…
The Awami League has so far issued no notification on their online platforms, but some media reports suggest that the party activists were directed to hoist national and party flags at party offices and stage flash street processions. File. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh on Saturday (June 20, 2026) issued a nationwide security alert over…
From her exile in India, Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina has slammed the country’s upcoming election after her party was barred from the polls, remarks that could deepen tensions ahead of the pivotal vote next month. Hasina, who was sentenced to death for her crackdown on a student uprising in 2024 that killed hundreds of…
A crowd gathers near the premises of the Prothom Alo daily newspaper which was set on fire by angry protesters after news reached the country from Singapore of the death of a prominent activist Sharif Osman Hadi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP As Bangladesh struggles to maintain normalcy after…
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The spiral of violence in Bangladesh which included the lynching of a Hindu man has elicited deep concern from India, especially in the light of recent threats by radical groups to Indian missions in the country. Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes that…