A report by the global human rights organisation Human Rights Watch, or HRW, on the July-August mass uprising claims the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina "directly ordered the enforced disappea ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh has issued arrest warrants for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 12 others ... founding member of Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at 86 ...

Bangladesh's anti-graft commission has filed cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including a British government minister and a senior United Nations official, its chief said ...

I first met Sheikh Hasina in the 1990s, when she was fiercely campaigning to end military rule in Bangladesh. Our last meeting was in 2008, when she was campaigning against another military regime.

Thousands of people led by students rallied in Bangladesh's capital on Tuesday, calling for the prosecution of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and those responsible for hundreds of deaths in a ...

They carried the national flag and chanted slogans against Hasina. “My son Shahriar, a ninth-grade student, was killed (during the protests),” Abul Hasan told the rally. “Our tears will ...

A Bangladeshi inquiry commission has implicated deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and top officials in approximately 3,500 enforced disappearances. The commission's report unveiled a ...

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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Thousands of people led by students rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday, calling for the prosecution of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and those responsible for ...