カテゴリー: Sheikh Hasina
Hasina fled to India after student-led protests that ended her 15 years in powerBangladesh has submitted a formal request to India to extradite its former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi in August amid student-led protests that ende…
Allegations of violence against Hindus prompt mass protests in India and attack on Bangladeshi consulateGrowing tensions between India and Bangladesh have erupted amid accusations of attacks on Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, which have prompted mass prot…
Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UKAs Sheikh Hasina watched Dhaka fade from view, aboard a military helicopter, crowds were storming her palatial residence.Far below, abou…
Hundreds of protesters stormed the presidential palace in Dhaka demanding the resignation of the president, Mohammed Shahabuddin. Demonstrators took action after an interview in which Shahabuddin expressed doubt over the resignation of the ousted prime…
Anger is rising at Indonesia’s new administration – while Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Laos and Brunei are all led by the children of former leadersIn early August, against a backdrop of deadly student-led protests, Bangladesh’s prime minister …
As ex-prime minister has fled, relatives of protesters among 1,000 killed in crackdown pin hopes on international courtsShe may not have fired the gun but Mahabubar Rahman knows who killed Shoikot, his beloved only son. “Sheikh Hasina is the criminal r…
New Delhi was seen as former PM’s greatest ally. Now it must reckon with a new government that wants accountability for her regime’s actionsIt was earlier this month, as protests swept Bangladesh and bodies lay on the streets, that prime minister Sheik…
Sheikh Hasina was a historic figure in her country. But now she has fled after protests turned violent. How did it all go wrong? David Bergman reportsThis summer Prapti Taposhi joined thousands of her fellow students in Bangladesh and took to the stree…
Hundreds of students and activists prevent Sheikh Hasina followers from visiting her father’s former houseHundreds of student protesters and political activists armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods and pipes have assaulted supporters of the ousted Bangl…
Exclusive: Indigenous rights activist Michael Chakma is among the first to be released after the fall of Sheikh Hasina, but hundreds are still unaccounted forAfter more than five years, the family of Michael Chakma, one of Bangladesh’s “disappeared”, h…
Former PM and others accused over actions of police who fired on protesters, killing shop owner crossing streetA court in Bangladesh has ordered an investigation into the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s alleged role in the death of a grocery shop…
Student protesters who forced out Sheikh Hasina have put Muhammad Yunus and interim government on notice that the old politics cannot returnThe relief in Dhaka was palpable. “It feels good that finally we have educated people running our government,” s…
After 15 years in power, Bangladesh’s prime minister suddenly resigned and fled the country. Sheikh Hasina’s departure, which came after weeks of student-led protests that were met with deadly force, was greeted with jubilation on the streets of the ca…
Nobel laureate hopes to restore calm and rebuild country after uprising that ended Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year ruleProfile: who is Muhammad Yunus?Explainer: Why has Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled?Muhammad Yunus has been sworn in as head of a new caretaker…
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, fled this week amid mass unrest. This is a chance to replace autocracy with real civil and political rightsA “second liberation day”. That is how Muhammad Yunus, Nobel peace laureate, hailed the moment when Bangladesh…