Ex-Bangladesh PM Hasina sentenced to 10-years in jail in corruption
- 02-Feb-2026
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in prison and her niece, British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to four years in jail in corruption cases tied to a government township project near the capital. Judge Mohammed Rabiul Alam of Special Judge’s Court-4 also imposed seven-year sentences on another […]
Ex-PM says Bangladesh vote risks deepening divide
- 29-Oct-2025
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s fugitive ex-leader Sheikh Hasina warned Wednesday that holding elections without her party — the first since her overthrow — was “sowing the seeds” of further division in her country. In written responses to AFP, her first interview since being ousted, Hasina also condemned her crimes against humanity trial as a “jurisprudential joke”, […]
Bangladesh prosecution demands death penalty for ex-PM Hasina
- 16-Oct-2025
DHAKA: Bangladeshi prosecution lawyers demanded on Thursday that fugitive ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina receive the death penalty in her trial for crimes against humanity. Hasina has defied court orders to return from India, where she fled last year, to face charges of ordering a deadly crackdown in a failed attempt to crush a student-led uprising. […]
Bangladesh recordings suggest ex-PM ordered deadly crackdown
- 09-Jul-2025
DHAKA: Audio recordings analysed by the BBC suggest Bangladesh’s fugitive ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina ordered a deadly crackdown on protests last year, allegations for which she is on trial. Up to 1,400 people were killed between July and August 2024, according to the United Nations, when Hasina’s government ordered a crackdown on protesters in a […]
Bangladesh investigators say ousted PM behind deadly crackdown
- 12-May-2025
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina masterminded a deadly crackdown on mass protests that prompted her ouster last year, prosecutors at a domestic war crimes tribunal said Monday. Up to 1,400 people died in July 2024 when Hasina’s government launched a brutal campaign to silence the opposition, according to the United Nations. Hasina lives […]
Bangladesh govt bans Hasina’s Awami League amid protests
- 11-May-2025
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government has banned all activities of the Awami League, the political party of deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, under the country’s Anti-Terrorism Act, citing national security concerns. The decision, announced late Saturday, follows days of street protests led by the student-driven National Citizen Party, which emerged from last year’s uprising that […]
Bangladesh asks India to stop Sheikh Hasina from making ‘false statements’
- 07-Feb-2025
DHAKA: Bangladesh has asked India to stop ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from making “false and fabricated” comments while she is in the country, its foreign ministry said. Sheikh Hasina fled to India in August following violent protests that killed more than 1,000 people. In an online address on Wednesday, she called on her […]
Bangladesh asks India to stop ex-PM Hasina from making ‘false statements’
- 07-Feb-2025
Bangladesh has asked India to stop ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from making “false and fabricated” comments while she is in the country, its foreign ministry said. Hasina fled to India last year following violent protests that killed more than 1,000 people. In an online address on Wednesday, Sheikh Hasina called on her supporters […]
Bangladesh court opens murder case against ex-premier Sheikh Hasina
- 13-Aug-2024
DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh opened Tuesday a murder investigation into ousted ex-premier Sheikh Hasina and six top figures in her administration over the police killing of a man during civil unrest last month. Hasina, 76, fled by helicopter a week ago to neighbouring India as protesters flooded Dhaka’s streets in a dramatic end to […]
Pakistan rejects Indian claims of involvement in Sheikh Hasina’s ouster
- 10-Aug-2024
The Foreign Office has dismissed Indian allegations that Islamabad influenced the resignation of Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch firmly denied claims in a news conference that Pakistan were involved in the political crisis in Bangladesh leading to Hasina’s resignation. She criticized Indian political leaders and media for habitually […]