Ties between Bangladesh and India, strained for more than a year after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, show early signs of a cautious thaw as senior officials resume contact and cross-border medical travel rebounds.
Bangladesh has once again revived the caretaker government system — a model that was once celebrated as the guardian of neutral elections but later collapsed under the weight of military interference. The Supreme Court’s decision may feel like a return to stability, but it is actually a return to a deeply unresolved problem.
Bangladesh’s Appellate Division on Thursday struck down the 2011 verdict that abolished the country’s non-partisan caretaker government system, restoring the framework that once oversaw national elections.
India now faces a choice that will define its credibility as a regional power committed to justice and the rule of law. With Sheikh Hasina convicted of crimes against humanity by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, New Delhi should honor its obligations under the 2013 extradition treaty and return her to Dhaka without hesitation.
Bangladesh is moving to extradite deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, both sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.
Bangladesh ended a 22-year winless run against India with a 1–0 victory Tuesday in an AFC Asian Cup Qualifier, lifted by an early strike from Sheikh Morsalin. The forward scored in the 11th minute, finishing a low cross from Rakib Hossain after a quick counterattack at the National Stadium in Dhaka.
The death sentence handed to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina marks a major, if fraught, victory for Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus, whose government vowed to deliver justice for last year’s deadly crackdown on student protesters. The International Crimes Tribunal’s 453-page judgment fulfilled one of Yunus’s earliest promises, and the verdict drew cheering crowds outside […]
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said Monday that the death sentence handed to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina marks an important step toward accountability after last year’s deadly July uprising.
Bangladesh prosecutors say they were bombarded with threatening phone calls from Indian numbers on the night before the International Crimes Tribunal delivered its landmark verdict against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, describing the intimidation as an attempt to disrupt the judicial process and unsettle the prosecution team.
Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death Monday after a war-crimes tribunal found her guilty of orchestrating a state-directed campaign of killings, torture and the burning of bodies during last year’s July uprising. The International Crimes Tribunal ruled that Hasina, 78, ordered lethal force, including drones, helicopters and live ammunition, against unarmed […]
