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MYSTERIOUS: 9 - What They Never Told You

Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity

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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2025

Bangladesh’s ousted PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for ‘crimes against humanity’

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

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2025

Bangladesh beefs up security ahead of verdict against ousted PM Sheikh Hasina

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

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2025

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Bangladesh tribunal sets date for Sheikh Hasina verdict

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

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2025

Bangladesh braces for disruptions as former ruling party calls for lockdown to protest Hasina trial

Classes in schools and colleges have been disrupted and transportation has been halted across Bangladesh as the former ruling Awami League party headed by ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls for a nationwide protest over a trial against her involving last year’s uprising that left hundreds dead

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2025

Bangladesh on edge after series of bomb attacks and arson

Dhaka beefs up security after crude bombs target schools, cathedral, and Grameen Bank

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025

Islamists in Bangladesh demand a referendum on the national charter ahead of a general election

Thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and seven other parties have rallied in the capital calling on the interim government to legalize a national charter for political reforms

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2025

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Defiant ousted Bangladesh leader Hasina refuses to apologise for protester deaths

In a rare interview, former authoritarian leader Sheikh Hasina tells The Independent she is not to blame for bloodshed during her ousting, and calls her trial in absentia a ‘sham’

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

Ousted Bangladesh leader's son says only an inclusive election could stabilize the country

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is calling for the interim government to lift a ban on Hasina's party

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

Bangladesh Court To Deliver Verdict Against Hasina On November 13

The verdict in the crimes against humanity case against ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina will be delivered on November 13, the attorney general said, as the trial ended on Thursday.

International Business Times · Oct 23, 2025

Clashes break out in Bangladesh capital as major political parties sign a new charter

Police have used tear gas, stun grenades and batons to disperse protesters outside Bangladesh’s national parliament complex

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2025

Bangladesh prosecution seeks death penalty for ex-PM Sheikh Hasina

Chief prosecutor Tajul Islam calls for former home minister to be sentenced to death

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025

Banned Bangladesh Party Turns To Flash Protests Ahead Of Polls

Once Bangladesh's largest political party, the Awami League has been outlawed since its leader Sheikh Hasina was overthrown in a mass uprising last year.

International Business Times · Oct 12, 2025

Bangladesh election favourite vows to return from exile for historic vote

Tarique Rahman was sentenced in multiple cases during Sheikh Hasina’s rule but cleared of all charges by Muhammad Yunus’s interim government

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

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The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025

UK pledges £27m in new aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Foreign secretary says aid will deliver food, shelter, clean water, and healthcare to people displaced by conflict in Myanmar

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025

Shakib Al Hasan barred from Bangladesh team for wishing Sheikh Hasina happy birthday

South Asian country’s greatest cricketer ‘will not be permitted’ to carry national flag

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

South Asian regimes keep getting toppled. This country could be next

Public disturbances over misrule, joblessness and corruption have felled governments in three countries in as many years, but analysts tell Shweta Sharma that the storm is far from over

Al Jazeera · Sep 16, 2025

Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka: Is South Asia fertile for Gen Z revolutions?

The contexts and triggers were different, but analysts say there’s a common thread tying South Asia’s youth revolts.

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The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025

Nepal’s Gen Z protesters lead street clean-up after days of violent unrest

Online videos show volunteers sweeping pavements and repainting defaced walls in capital Kathmandu

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

4 years, 3 protest movements: How public fury toppled leaders in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

The deadly protests in Nepal that forced the country's prime minister to resign on Tuesday were a result of long-simmering discontent ignited by the government’s ban on major social media platforms

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2025

Labour resignations: Which ministers have stepped down since Keir Starmer became PM?

Angela Rayner became one of seven ministers sacked or forced to resign under Keir Starmer’s government

Al Jazeera · Sep 2, 2025

Why Pakistan is rushing to mend fences with Bangladesh

Pakistan intensifies outreach to Bangladesh, seeking new partnerships as regional power dynamics shift.

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2025

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mark anniversary of Myanmar exodus as conference opens

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are marking the eighth anniversary of their mass exodus from Myanmar

International Business Times · Aug 22, 2025

Pakistan Woos Old Rival Bangladesh, As India Watches On

Decades after Pakistani troops killed his friends in Bangladesh's independence war, veteran freedom fighter Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed eyes warming ties between Dhaka and Islamabad with cautious pragmatism.

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025

Tulip Siddiq’s anti-corruption trial formally begins in Bangladesh

Former British minister says she is ‘collateral damage’ in the fight between her aunt and Muhammad Yunus

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