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Sheikh Hasina: Death penalty sought for Bangladesh's fugitive ex-leader

Hasina is being tried in absentia over her deadly crackdown on student-led protests last year.
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Prosecutors in Bangladesh have demanded that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina be put to death over a deadly crackdown on student-led protests last year that ousted her from power.

Hasina, who has fled to India, is on trial for crimes against humanity. According to a leaked audio clip, she ordered security forces to "use lethal weapons" against protesters. She denies the charges.

Up to 1,400 people were killed in weeks of unrest that ended Hasina's 15-year rule. It was the worst violence Bangladesh had seen since its 1971 war of independence.

Chief prosecutor Tajul Islam said Hasina deserves 1,400 death sentences. "Since that is not humanly possible, we demand at least one," he said.
 
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Bangladesh leader urges calm after Cabinet neutrality questioned

DHAKA: Bangladesh's interim leader has sought to calm rival political parties questioning the impartiality of his Cabinet as they jostle for power ahead of the first elections since a 2024 uprising.The polls, expected in February 2026, will be the first in the South Asian nation of 170 million...
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DHAKA: Bangladesh's interim leader has sought to calm rival political parties questioning the impartiality of his Cabinet as they jostle for power ahead of the first elections since a 2024 uprising.

The polls, expected in February 2026, will be the first in the South Asian nation of 170 million people since a student-led revolt ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, ending her 15-year hardline rule.

Muhammad Yunus, the 85-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner serving as the country's "chief adviser", had "taken measures to hold free, impartial, and fair elections", his press team said on Thursday (Oct 23).

But Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP) - made up of many students who spearheaded the uprising - alleged some advisers were collaborating with parties to secure their "safe exit" in the future administration.
 
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Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina warns of mass voter boycott as her party barred from election

Hasina, 78, said she would not return to Bangladesh under any government formed after elections that exclude her party, and plans to remain in India, where she fled in August 2024 following a deadly student-led uprising.
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Millions of supporters of Bangladesh’s Awami League will boycott next year’s national election, after the party was barred from contesting the polls, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Reuters on Wednesday from her exile in New Delhi.

Hasina, 78, said she would not return to Bangladesh under any government formed after elections that exclude her party, and plans to remain in India, where she fled in August 2024 following a deadly student-led uprising.

An interim government headed by Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus has governed Bangladesh since Hasina’s ouster and has pledged to hold elections next February.

“The ban on the Awami League is not only unjust, it is self-defeating,” Hasina said in emailed responses to Reuters — her first media engagement since her dramatic fall from power after 15 straight years at the helm of Bangladeshi politics.

“The next government must have electoral legitimacy. Millions of people support the Awami League, so as things stand, they will not vote. You cannot disenfranchise millions of people if you want a political system that works.”
 
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Bangladesh deploys 12 paramilitary units amid Dhaka violence: Pro-Hasina protests enter Day 3, highways blocked;12 army units deployed in the capital, Dhaka

The supporters of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have become more aggressive. Her party, Awami League activists, blocked highways and protested for the second consecutive day on Friday in five districts, including the capital Dhaka. Their demand is that false cases against former...
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Two days before the sentencing of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a crimes against humanity case, security has been tightened in the capital Dhaka following ongoing incidents of arson and violence.

Hasina's supporters have blocked highways in five districts, including Dhaka. The government has deployed 12 additional Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) units in the city to maintain law and order, and they are conducting frequent patrols.

According to the BGB headquarters, the deployment of paramilitary forces has been increased in key areas of the capital, where incidents of arson and vandalism of vehicles have been reported in recent days.

Earlier, the Bangladesh government had deployed 14 BGB units in Dhaka and surrounding districts to control the situation and prevent any kind of anarchy.
 
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Shan said:
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Bangladesh deploys 12 paramilitary units amid Dhaka violence: Pro-Hasina protests enter Day 3, highways blocked;12 army units deployed in the capital, Dhaka

The supporters of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have become more aggressive. Her party, Awami League activists, blocked highways and protested for the second consecutive day on Friday in five districts, including the capital Dhaka. Their demand is that false cases against former...
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Two days before the sentencing of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a crimes against humanity case, security has been tightened in the capital Dhaka following ongoing incidents of arson and violence.

Hasina's supporters have blocked highways in five districts, including Dhaka. The government has deployed 12 additional Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) units in the city to maintain law and order, and they are conducting frequent patrols.

According to the BGB headquarters, the deployment of paramilitary forces has been increased in key areas of the capital, where incidents of arson and vandalism of vehicles have been reported in recent days.

Earlier, the Bangladesh government had deployed 14 BGB units in Dhaka and surrounding districts to control the situation and prevent any kind of anarchy.
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What if some 'students' die from firing or other means.. will yunus run too. To Pakistan?
 
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Thousands of people staged protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to oppose the minority Muslim Ahmadiya community. Protesters claim that Ahmadiyas may live in Bangladesh, but not as Muslims. Members of the Ahmadiya community reportedly face persecution in the country and were targeted when the students' protests led to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster in 2024. Protests have been increasing in Bangladesh ahead of the 2026 elections.
 
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Bangladesh urges India to hand over Sheikh Hasina after death sentence: 'Providing refuge would be...'

The Bangladesh ministry cited an extradition agreement with India and said it was an “obligatory responsibility” for the country to hand over Hasina.
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"Providing refuge to these individuals, who have been convicted of crimes against humanity, by any other country would be a highly unfriendly act and a disregard for justice,” the letter from the foreign ministry of Bangladesh read.

The ministry was referring to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) observations from earlier today, finding Hasina and former and former interior minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal guilty on multiple counts over a crackdown on students in Bangladesh last year.

Apart from Hasina and Khan, former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun was also found guilty of committing "crimes against humanity".
 
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The diplomacy continues as usual. However, till recently there was an attempt to downplay certain aspects of 71' amidst BD trying to get close to PA.

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Bangladesh envoy recalls shared sacrifices

NEW DELHI: Amid strain in bilateral ties, Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah used the occasion of Bangladesh Armed Forces Day to honour th
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Amid strain in bilateral ties, Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah used the occasion of Bangladesh Armed Forces Day to honour the sacrifices made by both nations during the 1971 Liberation War and to underline the enduring strength of the relationship.

Speaking at a reception at the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi on Monday, marking the day in 1971 when Bangladesh’s Army, Navy and Air Force formally came into being, Hamidullah recalled the coordinated push against Pakistani forces.

India was represented by Lt Gen Manish Luthra, Director General of Military Operations (DGMO), who attended as chief guest. Members of the diplomatic community and several Indian veterans of the 1971 war were also present.
 
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Who would have thought that such things would happen in BD? I thought everything was progressing quite 'smoothly'. Mr. Yunus is said to be a champion of the people.


After various Bangladeshi newspaper officers were attacked recently, another media house has also been threatened.

On December 21, several youths visited the office of Global TV Bangladesh in Dhaka and demanded the removal of its head of news, Naznin Munni, failing which it would meet the fate of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star.

The youths claimed that Naznin, a popular TV anchor, was an Awami League supporter.

They reportedly warned that if Munni was not dismissed, the channel’s office would be set on fire, similar to the recent attacks on Prothom Alo and The Daily Star.
 
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