The Latest Breaking News from Bangladesh

Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death after a tribunal ruled she incited killings during the 2024 protests. From exile, she called the trial biased and politically motivated.

A domestic war crimes court in Bangladesh has sentenced the country’s former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. The court found Hasina guilty of incitement, orders to kill and inaction to prevent atrocities during the deadly state crackdown on a student-led uprising in 2024.

A Bangladesh war crimes court sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death on 17 November, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.

Hasina sentenced in absentia by court in Dhaka over deadly crackdown on student-led uprising last year

Hasina has been in exile in India after fleeing the country on 5 August last year

Bangladesh has beefed up security across the country ahead of an expected verdict against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

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Ousted leader is charged with committing crimes against humanity for overseeing a deadly police crackdown on last year’s agitation against her rule