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"Election without Awami League is a coronation", says Sheikh Hasina after
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"An election without the Awami League is not an election, but a coronation. Yunus governs without a single vote from the Bangladeshi people, and now he seeks to ban the party that has been elected nine times by popular mandate," Hasina said.
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"Can't demand my return to face my political assassination," says former B
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rejected calls to return to Bangladesh after the ICT verdict, calling it politically motivated. She accused the interim Yunus administration of lacking legitimacy, empowering extremists, and harming democracy, while saying she would return on
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"Yunus has no mandate to realign Bangladesh's foreign policy," says Sheikh
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accused the interim Yunus government of lacking mandate, politicising justice, weakening democracy, empowering extremists and straining India ties, warning that elections without the Awami League would lack legitimacy and destabilise Banglade
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Bangladesh: Protesters hold sit-in outside Indian Assistant HC in Chattogr
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A group of protesters staged a sit-in outside the Indian Assistant High Commission in Chattogram after news of the death of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, the convenor of Inqilab Moncho, BD News reported.
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Political landscape heats up in Bangladesh ahead of elections
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Ahead of the national parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, the political situation has become heated. A leader named Osman Hadi, who was one of the prominent figures in the movement against Sheikh Hasina and a potential independent candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, was shot on Friday
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Bangladesh Awami League rejects Feb 2026 election schedule, demands neutra
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The Bangladesh Awami League has outright rejected the election schedule announced by the country's interim government's Election Commission for the February 12, 2026, terming the move by the EC as "illegal" and accusing Bangladesh's Chief Advisor, Muhammad Yunus-led government of being a
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"Judgement not based on facts": Lawyer of jailed ISKCON priest on Sheikh H
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Ghosh said that in cases of death penalty, the accused's lawyer and the prosecution should cross-examine.
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"This has been done on Pakistan's orders": BJP's Suvendu Adhikari on Sheik
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The statement said, "India has noted the verdict announced by the "International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh" concerning former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. As a close neighbour, India remains committed to the best interests of the people of Bangladesh, including in peace, democracy, i
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"Pre-determined verdict": Awami League leader slams 'Illegal, unconstituti
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A Bangladesh court on Monday afternoon found ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina guilty of committing "crimes against humanity" during the July-August uprising in 2024.
"Verdict is part of political vendetta...": Former Indian envoy to Banglad
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Meanwhile, 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 Ban
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Bangladesh tightens security amid shutdown ahead of verdict in case agains
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The situation in Bangladesh has become tense ahead of the verdict. Sheikh Hasina's Bangladesh Awami League has announced a two-day shutdown across the country, starting Sunday morning, disrupting normal life. Traffic in the capital, Dhaka, has been relatively light, while firecracker expl
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Bangladesh ICT to deliver verdict against Sheikh Hasina on November 17
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The International Crime Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh on Thursday announced that it will deliver its verdict on November 17 in the case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who faces charges of crimes against humanity, including murder, related to the July uprising last year.
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