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Bangladesh court to deliver verdict on Sheikh Hasina's alleged crimes on N
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Former PM Sheikh Hasina is facing trial for crimes against humanity for allegedly being part of torturing multiple people and orchestrating disappearances during the Awami League regime. Hasina was forced to flee after the student-led uprising in August 2024 ousted her. Afterwards, Nobel lau
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"We would welcome holding of inclusive elections": MEA on Bangladesh
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Responding to a query on Bangladesh general elections after former Bangladesh PM, Sheikh Hasina, was ousted in a student-led uprising in August last year, Ministry of External Affairs ofiicial spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal in weekly media briefing said, "You know our point of view. We have s
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Bangladesh's Chief Adviser orders officials to complete preparations for e
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Chief Adviser gave the directives during a meeting with the country's law enforcement agencies. Senior officials from Bangladesh's Ministry of Home Affairs and heads of various law enforcement agencies were present at the meeting.
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Bangladesh tribunal sentences former PM Sheikh Hasina to 6 months in priso
Updated : 11 months ago IST
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), a Bangladesh court designated for the trial of international crimes, on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to six months in prison in a contempt of court case.
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Interim regime turning Bangladesh into a fascist state, says Bangladesh St
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Saddam Hussain, head of the banned Bangladesh Students League, told ANI that student protests led to PM Sheikh Hasina's ouster. He slammed the interim government as fascist, rejected upcoming elections as a farce, and warned of rising extremism, arrests, and attacks on women under the curren
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Bangladesh Awami League expresses concern over Starmer's scheduled meeting
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bangladesh's Awami League criticized UK PM Keir Starmer's planned meeting with interim Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus, calling it a threat to democracy. Yunus, on an official UK visit, faces backlash amid political controversy involving ex-PM Sheikh Hasina and British MP Tulip Siddiq,
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Anti-independence forces staged mock trial against Sheikh Hasina: Banglade
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Awami League condemned the mock trial against former PM Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh, calling it a political farce by anti-national forces. They rejected the charges, accusing the interim government of blocking proper investigations and warned of a conspiracy to suppress democracy and turn Ba
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Bangladesh tribunal begins former PM Sheikh Hasina's trial; proceedings ai
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been formally charged with crimes against humanity during the 2024 student uprising. The trial is being held in her absence, while she lives in India. An interim government now leads the country under Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus.
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Bangladesh's former PM Sheikh Hasina's son Joy takes US citizenship: Repor
Updated : 1 year ago IST
He took the US citizenship oath in Washington, DC and received his citizenship certificate on Saturday, Bangladesh Pratidin reported.
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PM Modi meets Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on sidelines of BIMS
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand. This marks their first face-to-face meeting, after the the collapse of Bangladesh's former PM Sheikh Hasina government.
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Religious fundamentalists issue new orders after PM Hasina's ouster, criti
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Earlier in March, Hizb ut-Tahrir, a radical Islamist organisation banned in Bangladesh since October 2009, carried out its first open rally in Dhaka. Joined by thousands of its members, the group began the rally from the north gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Friday prayers. The
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UN says extradition of Bangladesh's Ex PM Sheikh Hasina is bilateral issue
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The United Nations Human Rights Office in Geneva has launched the "OHCHR Fact-Finding Report: Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh".
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