DHAKA: The first witness in the trial of Bangladesh’s fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina testified on Sunday — a man who was shot in the face during last year’s protests that led to her ouster. Hasina, 77, who has defied court orders to return from India to attend her trial on charges amounting to crimes against humanity, is accused …
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Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh’s founding leader, as his daughter, ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina delivered a fiery social media speech calling on her supporters to stand against the interim government. Witnesses said several thousand protesters, some armed with sticks, hammers, and other tools, gathered around the historic house and independence monument, while others …
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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 on Monday. Hasina, 77, fled a revolution in August 2024 to India, where she has defied extradition requests from Bangladesh to face charges including mass murder. The cases are linked to an …
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