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Sharif Osman Hadi (File pic) Sharif Osman Hadi, a key figure in the Bangladesh protest and ousting of Sheikh Hasina, died on Thursday in Singapore (local time), according to a press release from Singapore’s ministry of foreign affairs. He had been after fighting for his life for six days following a shooting in Dhaka.Hadi, a…
The February 2026 Bangladeshi general election is no ordinary democratic exercise; it is a vote on the country’s political future and a crucial deciding point for India’s regional security. The street-led “Monsoon Revolution” of August 2024, which ended the 15-year rule of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, created a political vacuum that has fundamentally altered the…
A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years in prison in three corruption cases linked to alleged irregularities in land allocations under a government housing project. The verdict adds to the mounting legal troubles facing Hasina, who is already under a separate death sentence for her role in last…
Bangladesh has written afresh to India seeking former PM Sheikh Hasina’s extradition following the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal’s death sentence verdict against her for “crimes against humanity”.Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain confirmed the fresh diplomatic communication with New Delhi but did not elaborate further. The last extradition request was in Dec last year. Source…
Sheikh Hasina (File photo) DHAKA: The verdict in three graft cases filed against 23 individuals, including former PM Sheikh Hasina, her daughter Saima Wazed Putul and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, is scheduled to be delivered on November 27. On November 17, the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced Hasina to death in a “crimes…
‘A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.’ That is how Arthur Miller, eminent US playwright and, incidentally, Marilyn Monroe’s husband for a few turbulent years, defined journalism’s role. Whenever a landmark event hits a country, it is worth listening closely to how the media is reporting it, not just to what…
Sheikh Hasina (left), India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur plays a shot during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup final match between India and South Africa in Navi Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Indian women’s cricket team’s white-ball home series against Bangladesh, scheduled for next month, has been postponed by the Board…
NEW DELHI: Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia Monday for the violent 2024 student crackdown by a special tribunal in a verdict that she described as a foregone conclusion. Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus hailed the verdict, saying no one is above the law.Hasina had told TOI earlier the tribunal was…
DHAKA: Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death in absentia by a tribunal for “crimes against humanity” over her govt’s crackdown on a “nationwide mass uprising” last year that led to her ouster. She was accused of crimes such as murder, attempted murder and torture, and other inhumane acts as well…
Sheikh Hasina (File photo) Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death after finding her guilty of “crimes against humanity”.The tribunal ruled that Hasina had ordered killings, incited violence and failed to prevent the atrocities committed during the July and August 2024 “student uprising”, after which escaped to…
