The Latest Breaking News from Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh's top Islamist politician says he supports the extradition of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina to face trial for crimes against humanity in the same tribunal that convicted his colleagues.

Bangladesh announced an additional one-day general holiday for Durga Puja after 8-point demand, including extra holidays, by a minority alliance. Read further on Dynamite News:

Opposition BNP demands new election in Bangladesh as interim government led by Yunus implements reforms amidst political challenges.

Thousands of activists and leaders of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party have rallied in the nation’s capital to demand a democratic transition through an election as an interim government has yet to outline a timeframe for new voting

Bangladesh journalists Mozammel Babu, Shyamal Dutta and Mahbubur Rahman were reportedly detained along with a driver while they were trying to enter India illegally through Dhobaura border in Mymensingh on Monday.

The American embassy in Dhaka says a high-level U_S_ delegation has met with the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, to affirm “dedication to fostering inclusive economic growth."

In this week's show: Bangladesh's International Crime Tribunal says it's begun the process to request the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India. While Dhaka and New Delhi enjoyed warm relations under Hasina's watch, we ask if relations between the two neighbours have now started to cool since…

A quota system to reserve jobs in the civil service for specific groups, including descendants of war veterans, became the achilles heel of Bangladesh’s authoritarian prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. Weeks of unrest, which started as student-led protests against the quotas, ultimately forced her to resign and flee the country.

Only three of more than 150 persons who went missing during Sheikh Hasina’s long rule have been reunited with families.