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BNP chairman Tarique Rahman to take oath as Bangladesh PM today
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman Tarique Rahman will take the oath as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, along with elected MPs, on Tuesday, as politics in Dhaka enters a new dawn following PM Sheikh Hasina's ouster in 2024.
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Bangladesh court hands 10-year sentence to ex-PM Sheikh Hasina over Purbac
Updated : 3 months, 4 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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“Murderous-fascist, usurer, power-hungry traitor….has bled nation dry”: Fo
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Weeks ahead of the national elections in Bangladesh, country's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday launched a blistering attack on Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the country's Interim Government, saying he is "a usurer, a money launderer, a plunderer, and a corrupt, power-hung
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"There has been a consistent attack on minorities": Former Ambassador Veen
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Former Ambassador of India to Bangladesh, Veena Sikri, told ANI on Saturday that for three months, there has been a consistent attack on the minorities in Bangladesh. She said that the attack has been constant and began just after the former PM Sheikh Hasina's plane barely left Dhaka. Accord
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"Save the country from this journey into darkness": Former Bangladesh PM S
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Bangladesh Awami League Chairperson and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a New Year message, urged people to unite to save the country from "darkness," warned of conspiracies and economic decline, and expressed hope that 2026 would bring peace, unity and prosperity.
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"Hostility towards India being manufactured by extremists," says ex-Bangla
Updated : 5 months, 1 week 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 : 5 months, 1 week 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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Protests continue in Dhaka, partially demolished house of Sheikh Mujibur v
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Protestors were seen attempting to tear down the remaining portion of the house and setting fire to a poster of former PM Sheikh Hasina there.
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"Very troubling development...I don't believe in death penalty": Shashi T
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks 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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Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to verdict on former PM Sh
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the verdict on Sheikh Hasina and appealed to India for "immediately" handing her and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal over to Bangladeshi authorities, the Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
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Bangladesh urges India to extradite Former PM Sheikh Hasina, Interior Mini
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bangladesh has urged India on Monday to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, as reported by Reuters.
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Bangladesh court sentences ousted ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to death for 'crimes
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The tribunal found the former PM guilty on all five charges of crimes against humanity. Hasina and the two other accused, former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal had orchestrated and enabled atrocities during the July-August movement
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