Tag: Sheikh Hasina

Tarique Rahman has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh, days after his party swept the first vote since the 2024 student-led uprising that expelled the then-leader, ...

Voting is under way in Bangladesh in a crucial election seen as a key test of the country’s return to democracy after a student-led uprising toppled longtime leader Sheikh Hasina. ...

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, has died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness. Her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said in a statement that she died at ...

Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to 21 years in prison in separate corruption cases related to allocations of land in a government projec In a decision issued today, Thursday, November ...

Sheikh Hasina, the ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of crimes against humanity for the violent suppression of student protests last year ...

Bangladesh’s former leader, Sheikh Hasina has warned that excluding her Awami League party from next year’s elections would deepen divisions in the country as millions of her supporters are set ...

Bangladesh's interim leader, Muhammad Yunus has announced that a parliamentary election will be held in February, 2026, as the country marked a year since a student-led uprising led to the ...

Bangladesh has marked the first anniversary of the mass protests that toppled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as the interim government unveiled a symbolic roadmap promising democratic reform. Rallies, concerts ...

Bangladeshi students who led last year’s mass protests to depose Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have launched a political party. Addressing a rally on Manik Mia Avenue adjacent to the parliament ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been urged to address the rapidly worsening situation in Bangladesh, with fears that the crisis could have ramifications in the UK.  A cross-party group of ...