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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...

February 28, 2025 10:07 PM

Bangladeshi students launch political party after ousting PM Hasina

Bangladeshi students at the forefront of protests that ousted Sheikh Hasina as prime minister last year launched a political party on Friday to contest elections likely to be held by the end of the year. The launch of 'Jatiya Nagorik Party' (National Citizens' Party), opens a new chapter in the turbulent politics of the South Asian country, which was born in 1971 after separating from Pakistan. The Students Against Discrimination (SAD) group spearheaded protests that began as a movement agains...

February 6, 2025 9:02 AM

Bangladesh protesters torch ousted PM Sheikh Hasina’s father’s home

Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh's founding leader, as his daughter, ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina delivered a fiery social media speech calling on her supporters to stand against the interim government. Witnesses said several thousand protesters, some armed with sticks, hammers, and other tools, gathered around the historic house and independence monument, while others brought a crane and excavator to demolish the building. The rally was organised alongs...

January 8, 2025 10:19 AM

Bangladesh govt revokes passports of Hasina, 96 others

The Bangladesh Department of Immigration and Passports has canceled the passports of 97 people, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, due to their alleged involvement in enforced disappearances and the July killings. “The Passports Department canceled the passports of 22 people involved in enforced disappearances, while the passports of 75 people, including Sheikh Hasina, were revoked due to their involvement in the July killings,” Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kala...

January 1, 2025 10:36 AM

Protesters in Bangladesh demand July uprising proclamation by January 15

Thousands of protesters gathered in Dhaka on Tuesday to demand justice for victims of the July uprising against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government. Organized under the banner of "Students Against Discrimination," the protest saw a massive turnout at the Central Shaheed Minar, where participants observed a minute of silence to honor those who lost their lives during the violent clashes, the Dhaka Tribune reported. The event, termed the "March for Unity," began at 4:00 p.m. and was ...

December 23, 2024 5:18 PM

Bangladesh requests India to return ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh has formally requested India to send back former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India following her ousting on August 5 after a student-led movement. The request was made through a "note verbale" to the Indian government, according to Touhid Hossain, the Foreign Affairs Adviser of Bangladesh's Interim government, as reported by local media outlets. Hossain confirmed the submission of the note verbale, seeking the return of the 76-year-old leader. Hasina, who had been in p...

December 3, 2024 6:19 PM

Muhammad Yunus, student leaders masterminds behind mass killings in Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday accused the interim government's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus of being the "mastermind of mass killings" and orchestrating attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. Addressing an Awami League event in New York virtually, Hasina slammed Yunus for allegedly targeting Hindu temples, including ISKCON sites, and other religious places of the minorities in Bangladesh. "Today, I have been accused of mass killings. In reality, it is Muhammad Yunus w...