In office for three terms, she traded the country’s leadership with Sheikh Hasina, the head of another political dynasty, over decades. She was believed to be 80.
Author: Saif Hasnat and Mujib Mashal
A Top Candidate for Prime Minister Returns to Bangladesh After 17 Years in Exile
Tarique Rahman, who had managed his party’s political affairs from Britain, is back in his country to campaign in elections.
Lynching of a Hindu in Bangladesh Fans Fears of Rising Intolerance
Muslim co-workers accused the garment factory worker of blasphemy and dragged him into the street, where an angry mob murdered him.
Bangladesh’s Ousted Leader Sheikh Hasina Faces New Arrest Warrant
The war crimes tribunal that Sheikh Hasina herself founded has now charged her in the crackdown that killed more than a thousand demonstrators.
Sorting Fact From Fiction as Fear Engulfs Bangladesh’s Hindus
Reports of vandalism and mob violence are real, but wilder accusations emanating from India muddy the picture.
Ex-Bangladeshi Leader Orchestrated Mass Disappearances, Inquiry Finds
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and top officials are implicated in a centralized program that abducted dissidents and held them in secret prisons, an official commission’s preliminary report said.
Muhammad Yunus Set to Lead Bangladesh Temporarily
Muhammad Yunus, as interim leader, faces the daunting task of restoring order in a country gripped by violence and uncertainty.
At Least 70 Dead as Bangladesh Protests Grow; Curfew Is Reinstated
Expanded student protests this weekend, after more than 200 people were killed in a government crackdown in July, have plunged the country into a particularly dangerous phase.
Bangladeshi Activists Sentenced to Prison for a Report the Government Dislikes
The jail time in response to a report the government said spread misinformation stirs alarm about the nation’s deepening political repression.
Bangladesh Arrests Opposition Leaders as Crackdown Intensifies
Tensions boiled over this week as opposition supporters descended on the capital ahead of a major demonstration against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.