The Latest Breaking News from Bangladesh

A Bangladesh war crimes court sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death on 17 November, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.

Hasina sentenced in absentia by court in Dhaka over deadly crackdown on student-led uprising last year

Ousted leader is charged with committing crimes against humanity for overseeing a deadly police crackdown on last year’s agitation against her rule

Classes in schools and colleges have been disrupted and transportation has been halted across Bangladesh as the former ruling Awami League party headed by ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls for a nationwide protest over a trial against her involving last year’s uprising that left hundreds dead

Dhaka beefs up security after crude bombs target schools, cathedral, and Grameen Bank

Thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and seven other parties have rallied in the capital calling on the interim government to legalize a national charter for political reforms

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Rough seas hamper search operation near Langkawi Island

Communities Secretary Steve Reed has written to Tower Hamlets Council