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Last Updated:January 23, 2026, 11:08 PM IST The former minister in Sheikh Hasina’s government stated that the polls are a sham because the country’s largest political bloc has been ‘forcefully banned’ Arafat denounced the upcoming polls as an ‘illegal exercise’ conducted under the shadow of an ‘illegal government’. File pic/AFP In a significant move that deepens the…
Last Updated:January 12, 2026, 9:02 PM IST Citing the killing of Hindu garment worker Dipu Chandra Das, ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina said the crime underscores how minorities are in “grave danger” in Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power in Bangladesh following a student uprising beginning July 2024, and went into exile in India…
Last Updated:December 25, 2025, 11:39 PM IST Sheikh Hasina’s remarks came after violent protests erupted in Dhaka over the murder of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent student leader. Sheikh Hasina said mobs have overpowered Muhammad Yunus’ interim Bangladesh government (IMAGE: REUTERS) Bangladesh Unrest: Amid widespread violent protests across Bangladesh, deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on…
Last Updated:December 22, 2025, 08:35 IST Hasina’s warning follows days of unrest after the killing of an anti-India activist, with mobs targeting newspapers and cultural bodies. Sheikh Hasina said mobs have overpowered Muhammad Yunus’ interim Bangladesh government as protests following Sharif Osman Hadi’s killing turned violent. (IMAGE: REUTERS) Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has…
Last Updated:December 21, 2025, 09:33 IST Two cabin crew members were removed from the flight carrying the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman over political links and security concerns. Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia’s son and acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tarique Rahman. (AFP photo) The pilot and stewardess of the Biman…
On this India Today special report, experts analyse the escalating crisis in Bangladesh following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina. Senior journalist Subir Bhaumik argues the current turmoil is ‘a complete all out attack on the very values that made 1971 and the independence of Bangladesh possible.’ The discussion covers the rising radicalism, attacks on minorities,…
Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s troubles show no sign of easing. A commission set up to investigate a violent Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny that saw dozens of senior army officers massacred 16 years ago said that the former Bangladesh premier personally ordered the mutiny, according to news agency AFP. In a sharp escalation, the…
Last Updated:November 12, 2025, 9:04 PM IST The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh is scheduled to announce on Thursday the date of its verdict in the case against Hasina Students chant slogans near a vandalised mural of Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, during a protest demanding accountability and trial against her, near Dhaka…
Last Updated:November 04, 2025, 4:37 PM IST Awami League leader Azaduzzaman Khan Kamal to News18, “The time and date I can’t say, but Sheikh Hasina will go to Bangladesh.” Uncertainty is not new to Bangladesh, writes the author. (Reuters File) Veteran Awami League leader Azaduzzaman Khan Kamal, 74, who was the Home Minister in former…
The Bangladesh Awami League on Sunday denounced the charges brought against its leadership, calling them a “politically motivated” move orchestrated by the Muhammad Yunus-led “illegitimate” interim government. Awami League leader Mohammad A. Arafat stated that neither former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina nor him have received any formal notice of the trial proceedings against the…