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Bangladesh on high alert ahead of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League anniversary amid fears of unrest
World | Jun 21, 2026, 10:43 AM ISTAn internal communication circulated by police headquarters reportedly warned that Awami League leaders and supporters may try to mark the occasion by hoisting party flags, gathering at local offices and organising processions.
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'No one above law': Yunus' first reaction after Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to death
World | Nov 17, 2025, 11:52 PM ISTIn his statement, Muhammad Yunus said the judgment delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal sends a powerful message across the country: justice applies to everyone.
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Sheikh Hasina faces possible death sentence as Bangladesh tribunal to hear charges today
World | Jun 01, 2025, 08:30 AM ISTBangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal will begin hearing charges against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today, in a historic move that will be broadcast live on state-run television for the first time. The tribunal may hand her a death sentence if convicted.
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Bangladesh’s Yunus government bans Sheikh Hasina's Awami League under anti-terrorism law
World | May 11, 2025, 06:56 AM ISTBangladesh’s interim government has banned the Awami League, the party of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, under the country’s anti-terrorism law. The decision, formalised through a Council of Advisers statement, follows days of protests by the student-led National Citizen Party (NCP).
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'Bangladesh wants good ties with both India and Pakistan, but...': Jamaat-e-Islami chief Rahman
World | Aug 28, 2024, 06:21 PM ISTRehman stated that Jamaat-e-Islami desires India to be a “friend and play a responsible role in bilateral ties,” while also emphasising that his party acknowledges its responsibility to improve relations but insists that these ties must remain “non-interfering in each other’s internal issues.”
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Bangladesh: Jatiya Party denounces blaming India for floods, calls New Delhi to hand over Hasina
World | Aug 26, 2024, 05:03 PM ISTJatiya Party chairman has criticised those who attribute Bangladesh's flood situation to India, calling it a misleading narrative. He argues that this perspective unfairly leverages existing anti-India sentiments to place unjust blame on New Delhi for a natural disaster.
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Hindus and Muslims unite to protect Dhaka's ancient temple after Hasina-led govt collapse: Priest
World | Aug 24, 2024, 02:55 PM ISTFollowing the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh, Hindus and Muslims united to protect the historic Dhakeswari Temple in Dhaka amid political turmoil. The community's efforts ensured the temple's safety despite the lack of police protection.
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Bangladesh: No respite for Sheikh Hasina, case filed against her for carrying 'mass murder' in 2013
World | Aug 18, 2024, 05:08 PM ISTThe application accused them of the "mass murder" during the rally at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel on May 5, 2013. The court recorded the plaintiff's statement and said it would pass an order on the issue later.
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Bangladesh students who ousted Hasina still leading streets to top ministries | What's next?
World | Aug 14, 2024, 12:38 PM ISTWithin a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out Sheikh Hasina were still directing Dhaka’s traffic. The question now is what comes next in a country still reeling from the violence surrounding her removal that left hundreds dead.
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'That's laughable': US on allegations of Biden govt's involvement in Sheikh Hasina's ouster
World | Aug 14, 2024, 10:31 AM ISTThe United States Department of State firmly dismissed the allegations regarding the US government's role in former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation, calling them 'laughable' and 'absolutely false.'
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Bangladesh: 91 killed, hundreds injured in fresh clashes between protestors, Awami League supporters
World | Aug 04, 2024, 08:53 PM ISTBangladesh's student protests have shifted from rallying against government job quotas to calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation. The movement now includes a call for a nationwide non-cooperation campaign until the government steps down.
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'March for Justice': Bangladesh protestors back to street, demand UN probe as 200 killed in clash
World | Jul 31, 2024, 07:25 PM ISTMore than 200 people were killed in Bangladesh in recent weeks during violence that evolved from student protests over the South Asian country's quota system for government jobs.
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Bangladesh restores mobile internet after 11-day blackout amid protests against government jobs
World | Jul 29, 2024, 07:31 AM ISTThe protests turned violent in Bangladesh last week following clashes between thousands of anti-quota demonstrators and members of the student wing of Hasina's Awami League party.
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Bangladesh violence: 32 killed, internet shut down | Why are students protesting against job quotas?
World | Jul 18, 2024, 11:55 PM ISTUniversity students in Dhaka and other cities have been holding rallies for more than a week protesting the system of reservation in public sector jobs, including that for the relatives of war heroes, who fought for the country's independence from Pakistan in 1971.
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Bangladesh: Protests demanding to end govt job quota for war veterans families turn violent, kills 6
World | Jul 16, 2024, 10:49 PM ISTThe protesters were demanding an end to a government job quota for the families of those who fought in Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971.
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'Conspiracies to carve new Christian country out of Bangladesh': Hasina's biggest allegations on US
World | May 27, 2024, 07:11 PM ISTBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asserted that she was promised a smooth re-election in the January 7 polls if she consented to allow a "foreign country" to construct an airbase within Bangladeshi territory.
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'When opposition burns their wives' Indian saris': Hasina lashes out at 'India Out' campaign
World | Apr 01, 2024, 03:06 PM ISTThe matter escalated after Bangladesh's Opposition leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi called for the boycott of Indian products in front of the party's central office in Nayapaltan.
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Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Prime Minister of Bangladesh for fifth term, replaces foreign minister
World | Jan 11, 2024, 11:07 PM ISTThe 76-year-old Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been ruling the strategically located South Asian nation since 2009 and is among the world's longest-serving female heads of government.
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Bangladesh elections: Amid violence and Opposition boycott, voter turnout falls record low
World | Jan 07, 2024, 06:55 PM ISTAccording to the initial estimates, the voter turnout was around 40 per cent but the figure could change after the final count, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said.
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PM Hasina opens Bangladesh's longest bridge, calls it symbol of country's pride
World | Jun 25, 2022, 03:03 PM ISTThe inauguration of the Padma bridge carries a lot of significance as the structure was built entirely with domestic financing.