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Bangladesh court hands 10-year sentence to ex-PM Sheikh Hasina over Purbac
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in two corruption cases. Her relatives also received jail terms. The verdict comes after trials linked to land allocation, amid ongoing legal action under Bangladesh's interim government.
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"Bangladesh has plunged into an age of terror...": Sheikh Hasina asks peop
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Blasting Interim Government's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the country "has plunged into an age of terror" and "there is a treacherous plot to barter away the territory and resources of Bangladesh to foreign interests".
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Sheikh Hasina outlines five steps to "heal the country", seeks removal of
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday called for actions to help unify the country and "banish the divisive actions of the past twelve months", sought the removal of "illegal Yunus administration" and an impartial investigation by the United Nations into the events of t
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Worrying that Yunus is championing such a thought: Foreign affairs expert
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Foreign affairs expert Robinder Sachdev and former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina criticised Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus over remarks endorsing Osman Hadi's ideology, warning of rising lawlessness, extremist influence and growing strain in India-Bangladesh relations amid ongoing un
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"Hostility towards India being manufactured by extremists," says ex-Bangla
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accused the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of empowering extremists, fuelling anti-India sentiment and undermining democracy, questioned the ICT verdict and February elections, warned of regional security risks, and said ties with India w
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"Can't demand my return to face my political assassination," says former B
Updated : 3 months 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 : 3 months 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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"Violence a norm, interim government powerless": Sheikh Hasina slams Yunus
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slammed the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in the wake of the recent violence in the country following the killing of Inqilab Moncho convenor, Sharif Osman Hadi, and stated that violence destabilises relations with neighbouring countri
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International Council of Jurists to move UN over Sheikh Hasina's death sen
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The International Council of Jurists (ICJ) will approach the UN Human Rights Committee seeking urgent intervention to protect former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's right to life and fair trial, amid widespread global concern over the death sentence issued against her by Banglad
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"Very troubling development...I don't believe in death penalty": Shashi T
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that he does not believe in death penalty and that former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina having been given death sentence by International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh was "a very troubling development".
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'Verdict against me biased, politically motivated': Former Bangladesh PM H
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina responded to the verdict made against her, calling the decision made by a rigged tribunal established and presided over by an unelected government with no democratic mandate.
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Bangladesh summons Indian envoy over Hasina's media access
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The Bangladesh Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka, Pawan Badhe, to formally convey Bangladesh's serious concern over the Indian government allowing absconded former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to interact with the mainstream Indian med
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