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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…
A Bangladesh police personnel stands guard outside the Election Commission’s office in Dhaka on December 11, 2025. File | Photo Credit: FP A youth leader of a right-wing cultural group and a candidate at the February 12 general elections was on Friday (December 12, 2025) shot at by unidentified gunmen in Bangladesh capital. Chief Adviser…
Bangladeshi rAmy soldiers guard outside the demolished residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s former leader and the father of the country’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. | Photo Credit: AP A Bangladesh court on Thursday (November 27, 2025) sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years in jail in three corruption cases related to…
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The interim government of Bangladesh has sent a letter to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs seeking Sheikh Hasina’s extradition. What are the terms of the extradition treaty between the two countries? Source link
Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) on Monday (November 17, 2025) began delivering its verdict in the case against deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is being tried in absentia over alleged crimes against humanity committed during last year’s student-led agitation that led to the fall of her Awami…
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Ousted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her return home hinges on the restoration of “participatory democracy”, lifting of the ban on the Awami League and the conduct of free, fair and inclusive elections. In an exclusive email interview to PTI from an undisclosed location in India, Ms. Hasina also accused the unelected…
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File. | Photo Credit: AP Fifteen months after leaving capital Dhaka in the midst of an uprising, Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that ‘mistakes’ were “certainly made” by security forces while responding to the ‘disordered situation’ during last year’s student-people uprising. In a written interview to…
Protesters during the August 2024 unrest that toppled the rule of Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh announced on Wednesday (November 5, 2025) cash rewards to surrender machine guns, rifles and pistols looted during an uprising last year, hoping to collect hundreds of weapons ahead of key elections. An estimated 6,000 firearms were…
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