PM Sheikh Hasina

November 17, 2025 3:56 PM

Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina: From political dominance to death sentence

Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina, sentenced to death in absentia on Monday for her deadly crackdown on student protesters last year, has been a dominant figure in the South Asian nation for half a century, a career rooted in bloodshed. Thrust into prominence with the assassination of her father, independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and much of her family in a military coup, Hasina early on fought for democracy, but her long reign as prime minister became marked by arrests of opposition leader...

February 7, 2025 10:17 AM

Mob in Bangladesh destroys ousted PM Sheikh Hasina’s family home

A mob in Bangladesh has demolished the Dhaka family home of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, along with properties owned by some of her relatives. Leaders of Hasina’s Awami League party were also targeted by the mob. The attack, referred to as a "bulldozer procession," was announced and shared on social media. Despite prior knowledge of the event, authorities were unable to prevent the destruction of the properties. In August 2024, Hasina resigned after 15 years of controversial rule, wh...

September 16, 2024 4:32 PM

NSA Ajit Doval meets Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, discusses current situation in Dhaka

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina held discussions with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on the present situation in Bangladesh and her future course of action at the Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad on Monday, according to sources. The Indian Air Force has put its personnel on alert in every eastern sector in view of the present developments. Moreover, the Indian Air Force and other security agencies are providing security to her, and she is being moved to a safe location, according to the sou...

September 16, 2024 5:06 PM

Bangladesh: Quota reform coordinators announce fresh programme from secret location

In Bangladesh, Protesting students for quota reform in government jobs on Saturday has announced their next course of action programme. Rifat Rashed, Abdul Hannan Masud and Mahin Sarker, 3 coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, held the briefing from a secret location in the background of three of their fellow leaders of the movement having been picked up and taken into custody by police from hospital on Thursday. After the briefing it was learned that two more leaders had...

July 19, 2024 5:50 PM

Three die in fresh Bangladesh student protests amid telecoms disruptions

Three people died in Bangladesh on Friday in fresh protests against quotas for government jobs, media said, as telecoms links were widely disrupted and television news channels went off the air. Authorities had cut some mobile telephone services the previous day to try to quell the unrest, initially sparked by student anger against controversial quotas, but Friday's wider disruption was not linked to a global cyber outage. The government offered no immediate comment on the severed communicatio...

September 16, 2024 6:17 PM

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to pay two-day State visit to India

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay a two-day state visit to India starting Thursday, in what will be the first incoming bilateral visit since the formation of the new Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During her stay on June 21-22, Hasina will hold bilateral consultations with PM Modi and call on President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement. External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar is also...

September 16, 2024 6:34 PM

Prime Minister Modi greets Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Eid-al- Adha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed his warmest greetings to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and to the people of Bangladesh on the occasion of the holy festival of Eid al-Adha. In his letter, Prime Minister Modi highlighted that the festival reminds us of the values of sacrifice, compassion and brotherhood, which are essential in building a peaceful and inclusive world. He also noted Eid-Al-Adha as an integral part of our multicultural heritage, said the Indian High Commi...