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Bangladesh's Awami League banned from national elections in February 2026
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Amid political turmoil and a major shift in the country's political landscape, Bangladesh's interim government confirmed that the Awami League, led by ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will not participate in the February 2026 national parliamentary elections due to a ban on its activi
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'We want democracy, not rule by false propaganda, and not religious state'
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bangladeshi journalist Muktadir Rashid has expressed strong optimism about the possibility of holding free and peaceful elections in Bangladesh, asserting that the country should emerge as a democratic nation with fairly elected leadership, free from false propaganda and religious extremism,
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BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman lands in Bangladesh after 17 years in e
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
After spending 17 years in exile, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Acting Chairman, Tarique Rahman, returns to Dhaka on Thursday, in what is expected to be a major political event in the country's history after the ousting of the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last year during the Ju
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'Awami League members can contest as independent candidates': Bangladeshi
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bangladeshi journalist Muktadir Rashid said that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 'Bangladesh Awami League' can field independent candidates despite a ban on the party ahead of the elections in the country.
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Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina, 16 others indicted at ICT over allegations of e
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday framed charges in a crimes against humanity case against 17 accused, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over allegations of enforced disappearances during the Awami League's rule, Daily Star reported.
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Worrying that Yunus is championing such a thought: Foreign affairs expert
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks 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 : 2 months, 3 weeks 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 : 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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"Violence a norm, interim government powerless": Sheikh Hasina slams Yunus
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks 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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Bangladesh tribunal issues warrant against Sheikh Hasina's son Joy
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Bangladesh's International Crime Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday has issued an arrest warrant against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The ICT issued this order on charges of committing crime against humanity by shutting down the internet during student-led anti-gover
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 5 years in prison for corrupti
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A Dhaka court on Monday has sentenced Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 5 years imprisonment on corruption charges. The court also sentenced Sheikh Rehana, the younger sister of the former prime minister, to 7 years in prison in this case and Rehana's daughter, Tulip Siddi
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