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Bangladesh attorney general hails 'landmark' tribunal verdict against ex-PM Hasina

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The International Crimes Tribunal verdict in the crimes against humanity case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others stands as a landmark one for future generatio... Read More


Hasina's death sentence 'not an act of political vengeance', says Chief Prosecutor Tajul

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam has rejected suggestions that the death sentence for deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina over crimes against humanit... Read More


Jamaat says Hasina's death sentence fulfils aspirations of 180mn Bangladeshis

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Golam Porwar says the death sentence handed down to deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity fulfils the "public aspirations... Read More


Hasina death verdict sparks jubilation, prayers outside High Court

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The crowd present in front of the High Court has been seen bursting into jubilation after the death sentence was handed down to Sheikh Hasina for committing crimes against humanity i... Read More


Dhanmondi 32 braces for third round of 'bulldozer drive' ahead of Hasina verdict

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Two excavators have been brought to Dhanmondi Road No. 32, where the residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman lies in ruins, ahead of the verdict against deposed prime minister... Read More


Bus set ablaze in dead of night in Chattogram

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Assailants have torched a bus in Chattogram on the eve of the verdict in a crimes against humanity case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Police and the Fire Service said... Read More


Trinamool BNP leader Shamsher Mobin announces retirement from politics

Dhaka, Nov. 16 -- Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, chairman of the Trinamool BNP, has announced his retirement from politics. On Sunday night, he said, "I have fully retired from politics. I am now not invo... Read More


'Crude bombs' explode outside Advisor Rizwana's residence amid rising tensions

Dhaka, Nov. 16 -- Police say two crude bombs were detonated outside the Central Road residence of interim government Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan as tensions ran high ahead of the International Crimes ... Read More


Primary school teacher dies 8 days after falling ill in 'sound grenade' blast

Dhaka, Nov. 16 -- A government primary school teacher who fell ill after a "sound grenade" was fired during a protest in Dhaka has died in hospital eight days later, colleagues say. Fatema Akter, an ... Read More


Govt moves 36 police officers in one day, including Gazipur commissioner, six SPs

Dhaka, Nov. 16 -- The government has reshuffled 36 police officers in a major round of transfers, appointing a new Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) commissioner and new superintendents of police (SPs... Read More