Sheikh Hasina, who is in exile in India, was convicted in absentia of crimes against humanity in connection with a bloody crackdown on protests last year. By Saif Hasnat and Anupreeta Das Saif Hasnat ...

A powerful earthquake shook Bangladesh close to the capital city, Dhaka, on Friday, killing at least five people and injuring many others, the government said. An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hit ...

A low-magnitude tremor shook Bangladesh, the national meteorological service has said, a day after a powerful earthquake struck near the capital, Dhaka, killing at least 10 people. Updating earlier ...

Sheikh Hasina, the ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of crimes against humanity for the violent suppression of student protests last year that ...

A special tribunal sentenced Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on charges of crimes against humanity involving last year's mass uprising that killed hundreds of people and ...

Families of victims in court clap and cheer Hasina rejects accusations, says tribunal is rigged Government calls for India to extradite her UN says up to 1,400 people were killed in uprising DHAKA, ...

Bangladeshi judges have found former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity for the violent repression of anti-government protests in 2024 ...

A devastating fire in a crowded slum in Bangladesh’s capital has destroyed 1,500 shanties and left thousands homeless DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A devastating fire in a crowded slum int the heart of ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides were sentenced to death Monday over her crackdown on a student uprising last year that killed ...

Bangladesh may be heading toward a major seismic disaster if long-stored tectonic energy is released, leading earthquake and geography experts have warned. Their concerns intensified after Friday’s ...

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken central Bangladesh, killing at least six people and leaving dozens injured DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook central Bangladesh on Friday, ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladeshi court’s decision to sentence exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death has done little to heal a nation scarred by her long rule and last year’s bloody ...