New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- A Bangladesh court on Monday afternoon sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death in a landmark decision. The special tribunal found Hasina guilty of committing crime against humanity involving the mass uprising last year that killed hundreds of people and put an end to her 15-year regime.

The months-long trial at the country's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) that concluded on Monday was hearing multiple charges against Sheikh Hasina and two of her aides linked to the mass uprising that saw her abandon her office in August 2024.

Sheikh Hasina is now in India and was tried absentia at the court.

The tribunal found the former Bangladesh PM guilty on all five charges of crimes against humanity, the...