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November 18, 2025 11:14 AM

‘India remains committed to best interests of people of Bangladesh’: MEA after ICT verdict on Sheikh Hasina

The Ministry of External Affairs on Monday said that India has taken note of the verdict announced by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh" concerning former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and said that India remains committed to the best interests of the people of Bangladesh. The MEA underlined that India will always engage constructively with all stakeholders. The statement said, "India has noted the verdict announced by the " International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh" concerning ...

November 17, 2025 4:56 PM

Verdict against me biased, politically motivated: Sheikh Hasina

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reacted to the verdict against her, calling it the decision of a “rigged tribunal” established and run by an unelected government with no democratic mandate. A Bangladesh court on Monday afternoon found ousted former PM Hasina guilty of committing "crimes against humanity" during the July-August uprising in 2024. Local media reported that the International Crimes Tribunal-1 has sentenced Hasina to death. The tribunal found the former...

November 17, 2025 2:38 PM

Bangladesh’s ousted PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for students crackdown

A Bangladesh war crimes court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year. The ruling is the most dramatic legal action against a former Bangladeshi leader in decades and comes months ahead of parliamentary elections expected to be held in early February. Hasina's Awami League party has been barred from contesting and it is feared that Monday's verdict c...

November 17, 2025 11:48 AM

Bangladesh court to deliver verdict today in crimes against humanity trial of ex-PM Sheikh Hasina

In Bangladesh, the International Crimes Tribunal will announce its verdict today in the high-profile crimes against humanity case involving former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her close aides. The three-judge panel, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, confirmed the verdict date as security was stepped up across Dhaka. Additional forces from the Border Guard Bangladesh, Rapid Action Battalion and the army have been deployed around the tribunal premises. The charges again...

November 17, 2025 10:32 AM

Bangladesh ICT to deliver verdict on Sheikh Hasina today; Dhaka on edge

Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is scheduled to announce its verdict on Monday regarding the case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others, who are charged with crimes against humanity related to the demonstrations in July of last year. The other co-accused are former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Inspector General of Police, Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, who is in custody and has pleaded guilty. The three-member Tribunal-1, headed by Justice...

November 11, 2025 12:12 PM

Malaysia, Thailand resume search for missing Rohingya after deadly boat sinking

Malaysian and Thai authorities on Tuesday resumed their search for dozens of people missing at sea, days after a boat carrying members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority sank near the border between the two countries, killing at least 21. Thirteen survivors have been rescued in Malaysian waters since Saturday, while 12 were found dead, including two children, Malaysia's maritime agency told reporters on Monday. Romli Mustafa, regional director at the agency, said his counterparts...

November 10, 2025 2:30 PM

When rivers swallow land: Bangladesh’s endless battle with erosion

On an overcast morning, Nurun Nabi loads bamboo poles and tin sheets onto a wooden boat. His home, built just a year ago on a fragile island in the Brahmaputra River, is on the verge of being swallowed by water. It is the second time the farmer and father of four has had to move in a year. "The river is coming closer every day," Nabi said, his voice tight with exhaustion. "We are born to suffer. Our struggle is never-ending. I've lost count of how many times the river took my home." Nabi, 50,...

September 16, 2025 5:12 PM

Rising heat cost Bangladesh $1.8 billion last year, says World Bank

Rising temperatures are taking a mounting toll on Bangladesh, with heat-related illnesses and productivity losses costing the economy up to $1.78 billion - about 0.4% of GDP - in 2024, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday. The study shows that since 1980, the South Asian country's maximum temperature has climbed by 1.1 degrees Celsius while the "feels like" temperature has spiked by 4.5 C. The rising heat has fueled a surge in diarrhea, respiratory problems, fatigue, and mental he...

August 25, 2025 4:01 PM

Bangladesh runs out of resources for Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh has no scope to allocate more resources for its 1.3 million Rohingya refugees, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said on Monday, urging the international community to find a sustainable solution to the crisis. Children make up half the 1.3 million Rohingya refugees now living in Bangladesh, most of whom fled a brutal 2017 military crackdown in Buddhist-majority Myanmar that U.N. investigators called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing". Hosting the refugees has put a huge strain on B...

August 12, 2025 1:55 PM

India imposes port restriction on certain jute based goods imports from Bangladesh

The Government of India has imposed new restrictions on the import of certain jute-based goods from Bangladesh. The decision, issued through a notification by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Monday, amends the existing Import Policy under the ITC (HS), 2022 Schedule 1, and takes immediate effect. According to the notification, items such as bleached and unbleached woven fabrics of jute or other textile bast fibres, twine, cordage, rope,...