Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Prosecution Demands Death Penalty for ex-PM Hasina

Bangladeshi prosecution lawyers demanded on Thursday that fugitive ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina receive the death penalty in her trial for crimes against humanity. Hasina has defied court orders to return from India, where she fled last year, to face charges of ordering a deadly crackdown in a failed attempt to crush a student-led ...

Bangladesh's PM Resigns and Flees Following Protests

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule ended on Monday as she fled more than a month of deadly protests and the military announced it would form an interim government. Hasina had sought to quell nationwide protests against her government since early July but she fled the country after brutal unrest on Sunday in which nearly 100 ...