Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to return to Bangladesh from exile in India around December and voluntarily surrender before the courts. Speaking to Reuters, Hasina said she was prepared to face arrest or even death despite a death sentence handed down in her absence. Her planned return could become a defining […]
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Hasina’s exit shakes Gopalganj’s political ground
For the first time in decades, Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League is absent from Gopalganj’s ballot ahead of February 12. Opposition parties, including BNP and Jamaat‑e‑Islami, now dominate the campaign with posters and rallies. Voters face a historic choice in a district long considered the Awami League’s stronghold. Gopalganj has been the political base of Hasina […]
Hasina alleges Bangladesh elections will not be free
NEW DELHI: Former Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina on Friday claimed that next month’s elections would neither be free nor fair, in her first public address since being sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. Read More: Campaigning starts for first election after Hasina’s ouster Bangladesh, home to 170 million people, is scheduled to hold elections on February […]
Bangladesh court sentences ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to death in absentia
DHAKA: A domestic war crimes court in Bangladesh has sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death in absentia, finding her guilty of crimes against humanity during the deadly 2024 student-led protests. The court ruled that Hasina incited violence, failed to act to prevent atrocities, and issued orders that contributed to widespread killings. Read More: […]
Bangladesh court sentences ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to death
DHAKA – A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising in 2024. The verdict was delivered in Hasina’s absence after she fled to India in August 2024, and comes ahead of parliamentary elections […]
Bangladesh court convicts ousted PM Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Monday convicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity, ending a months-long trial over her alleged role in ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year. Hasina, 78, has been living in India and defied court orders to return, refusing to recognise the proceedings. Read More: […]
Sheikh Hasina’s interviews reveal defiance, not remorse, after ouster
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s ousted premier Sheikh Hasina has stirred controversy with a series of recent interviews and a column that display no remorse over the deadly crackdown that led to her downfall in 2024. Published by several Indian and international outlets, the interviews portray a defiant former leader still dismissing allegations of state-led violence and electoral […]
Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, affiliates banned in Bangladesh
Bangladesh´s Election Commission has cancelled the registration of the former ruling party of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, preventing it from participating in the next national election, which is expected to be held by June next year. The decision on Monday came hours after the country´s interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad […]