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Sheikh Hasina's poll boycott warning: A case for inclusive polls in Bangladesh

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The Yunus administration’s resolve to investigate the Hasina government’s omissions is understandable, but it must differentiate between the leader and her party. (AFP)

Published on Oct 30, 2025 09:05 PM IST

Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League moves International Court over retaliatory violence

(FILES) The International Crimes Tribunal, a domestic war crimes court set up in Bangladesh in 2009, has concluded proceedings against Sheikh Hasina and is expected to give its ruling in November (AFP)

Updated on Oct 30, 2025 07:52 PM IST

Sheikh Hasina's life in exile: Why ousted Bangladesh PM has no plans to return

File photo of Sheikh Hasina.

Updated on Oct 30, 2025 09:19 AM IST

Living ‘freely’ in Delhi, Sheikh Hasina on life after ouster from Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina also denied the charges of crimes against humanity and said that she was not personally involved in the use of lethal force or other alleged crimes.

Updated on Oct 29, 2025 09:00 PM IST

Bangladesh court to deliver verdict on Sheikh Hasina's alleged crimes on Nov 13

On October 8, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) issued warrants against 30 accused, including former PM Hasina,

Published on Oct 24, 2025 08:29 AM IST

Protest in Bangladesh over new charter, protestors clash with police in Dhaka

The clashes broke out between protesters who ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in July last year and the police.

Updated on Oct 17, 2025 08:00 PM IST

Muhammad Yunus on India and Sheikh Hasina: ‘External forces supporting return’

Yunus also spoke about talking to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about sending Hasina back. Yunus said he told Modi that he would not tell him what to do about Hasina.

Published on Oct 12, 2025 05:06 PM IST

‘Yunus is Pakistani. Go back to Pakistan’: Bangladeshi minorities protest at UN

Protests against Yunus led by Sheikh Hasina supporters outside UN.

Published on Sep 27, 2025 03:07 PM IST

India brushes aside Yunus’s remarks on ties; calls for free, fair elections in B’desh

India brushes aside Yunus’s remarks on ties; calls for free, fair elections in B’desh

Published on Sep 28, 2025 12:02 AM IST

Rajapaksa, Hasina, Oli: Puppeteer behind upheaval in Indian sub-continent?

Former South Asian leaders Sheikh Hasina, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, KP Sharma Oli and Imran Khan - all once powerful, now out of power amid political storms.

Updated on Sep 14, 2025 03:51 PM IST

‘Why not Sheikh Hasina?’: Owaisi on govt's plans to deport Bangladeshis

Owaisi asked, “What right does the police have to put these people in detention centres?"

Published on Aug 21, 2025 07:23 PM IST

Dhaka fumes at Awami League opening offices in India. MEA says it’s misplaced

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal addresses a press conference in New Delhi

Updated on Aug 21, 2025 06:51 AM IST

Bangladesh begins corruption trial against Hasina, nieces in housing plot scam

Hasina, 77, faces multiple cases in Bangladesh after being ousted on August 5 last year following a mass student-led agitation in the country, which forced her to flee Dhaka.

Published on Aug 13, 2025 04:40 PM IST

Bangladesh general election to be held in February 2026, says poll body chief

Bangladesh CEC Nasir Uddin said that his office was working “tirelessly” to restore the lost faith among voters in the country.

Updated on Aug 10, 2025 08:09 AM IST

Bangladesh to hold general election in February 2026, says Yunus

Yunus announced the election timeframe during his address to the nation via state television, BTV and radio to mark the first anniversary of the uprising that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Updated on Aug 05, 2025 09:40 PM IST

Limits of Dhaka’s showtrial politics

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Barring the stabilisation of the internal situation, there are few signs that Bangladesh’s interim government has implemented other reforms or really begun preparing for free and fair elections. (AFP)

Published on Aug 04, 2025 08:50 PM IST

Sheikh Hasina's Ganabhaban palace to be turned into Bangladesh revolution museum

In this photograph, labourers work inside the former official residence of Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka.

Published on Aug 04, 2025 03:15 PM IST

Hasina says never resigned, urges party members to continue struggle

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (AP/FILE)

Published on Aug 04, 2025 09:52 PM IST

First witness testifies against Sheikh Hasina in trial for 2024 protest violence

Former Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina.

Published on Aug 03, 2025 09:21 PM IST

Bangladesh struggles with human rights after Sheikh Hasina fled, says HRW

On July 16, violence involving security forces and supporters of Hasina's now-banned Awami League killed five people in the town of Gopalganj.

Published on Jul 31, 2025 02:05 PM IST

WHO puts Sheikha Hasina's daughter on leave amid corruption charges

Multiple reports state that action was taken after the Bangladesh’s Anti corruption commission filed a case related to fraud, misuse of power and forgery against her.

Published on Jul 14, 2025 09:44 AM IST

Don't call her 'sir': Bangladesh scraps ‘inappropriate’ Hasina-era rule

As per the official notice issued by the Yunus-led interim government, the directive has been scraped due to its "inappropriate" nature.

Updated on Jul 11, 2025 12:37 PM IST

Sheikh Hasina formally indicted in crimes against humanity cases: Reports

FILE -Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wazed arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Nov. 9, 2021, to meet French President Emmanuel Macron for bilateral talks on the sideline of the Paris Peace Forum summit. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Updated on Jul 10, 2025 04:08 PM IST

Sheikh Hasina ordered 'lethal' crackdown on Bangladesh student protests: Report

Students chant slogans near a vandalised mural of Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, during a protest demanding accountability and trial against Hasina, near Dhaka University

Updated on Jul 09, 2025 01:38 PM IST

Sheikh Hasina sentenced to 6 months in jail by International Crimes Tribunal

Bangladesh former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (File)

Updated on Jul 02, 2025 02:51 PM IST

Former Bangladesh poll chief detained over vote-rigging for Sheikh Hasina

Police put a helmet on Huda while taking him to the court for his protection.

Updated on Jun 23, 2025 09:21 PM IST

Book critically examines key decisions of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Book critically examines key decisions of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Updated on Oct 06, 2025 11:42 PM IST

‘Bangladesh wanted good ties with India, but…’: Yunus targets Indian press

Indian authorities have not reacted to Muhammad Yunus’ remarks yet.

Published on Jun 12, 2025 01:02 PM IST

Bangladesh interim chief Yunus not interested in being part of new elected govt

Muhammad Yunus, interim chief of Bangladesh, stated that he would not want to be part of the nation's next elected government.

Updated on Jun 12, 2025 02:31 AM IST

Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s son visits India to meet her

Sheikh Hasina, the newly elected Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Chairperson of Bangladesh Awami League, speaks during a meeting with foreign observers and journalists in Dhaka,on January 8, 2024. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 11, 2025 01:12 AM IST

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