Sheikh Hasina

24 September 2025

NBR seizes Hasina’s locker in Pubali Bank

The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday took control of a locker belonging to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
10 September 2025

Purbachal plot scam: court refuses to hear plea for defending Hasina

A Dhaka court today refused to hear a petition filed seeking permission to defend Hasina in a corruption case
4 September 2025

Actor Siddiqur Rahman placed on remand again

Dhaka court orders three-day remand over furniture worker’s death during July uprising
3 September 2025

Banning an autocrat's words risks strengthening her legacy of fear

Let all voices—whether popular or poisonous—be heard.
26 August 2025

AL govt’s secret surveillance state

From snooping devices carried in backpacks to locate people through their phones to a massive infrastructure that can intercept even end-to-end encryption from a central command centre, the Awami League government had been on an increasingly aggressive trajectory towards building a powerful surveillance state. 
10 August 2025

Purbachal plots: Charges framed against Hasina, Joy, Putul

Charges were framed against 28 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and daughter Saima Wazed Putul, yesterday in six cases filed over alleged irregularities in plot allocation under the Purbachal New Town project.
31 July 2025

Battle for the last word on the July uprising

Bangladeshis under Hasina’s regime suffered on two levels: physical and epistemic/cognitive/perceptual.
25 July 2025

The night Sheikh Hasina’s fear shield crumbled

July 14 will be remembered not just as the day students were insulted, but as the night they stopped being afraid.
14 July 2025

Contempt of court: Hasina jailed for 6 months

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to six months’ simple imprisonment for contempt of court over remarks she made during a phone conversation with a local leader, which the tribunal deemed obstruction to justice.
2 July 2025

What are the five charges against Hasina at ICT?

Former home minister Kamal and ex-IGP Mamun have also been accused
1 June 2025

ICT documents detail Hasina’s last stand before leaving Bangladesh

As per charges filed by Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam at the Int’l Crimes Tribunal
27 May 2025

How to describe the Awami League accurately?

The party has been fundamentally reshaped—ideologically and structurally—into a vehicle for autocratic rule.
26 May 2025

NIDs of Hasina, 9 of her family members ‘locked’

The National Identity (NID) Registration Wing under the Election Commission has “locked” the NID cards of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and nine of her family members, effectively rendering the cards unusable for any official purpose.
21 April 2025

Reforms vs elections? A false choice for an aspiring democracy

One cannot claim to be anti-Hasina while displaying the same defining characteristics as our former prime minister.
21 April 2025

India knew of anti-Hasina wave but could not interfere

India was aware of an anti-Hasina wave building up in Bangladesh ahead of the overthrow of her government on August 5, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Consultative Committee on External Affairs.
23 March 2025

Many were afraid to work with me: Nusraat Faria

Nusraat Faria had a bittersweet experience while acting in “Mujib: The Making of a Nation”. Initially, her casting as Sheikh Hasina was met with praise, but following the fall of the Awami League government, she faced major backlash on social media.
23 March 2025

Hasina, family: Court orders freeze on 31 accounts

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 31 bank accounts of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby, and their affiliated organisations in connection to corruption allegations against them.
18 March 2025

Shapla Chattar incident: ICT issues arrest warrants for Hasina, 4 others

The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday issued arrest warrants for deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and four others over the “mass killings” during a Hefajat-e Islam protest at Motijheel’s Shapla Chattar on May 5, 2013.
12 March 2025

ACC asked to freeze 124 bank accounts related to Hasina, family

They deposited Tk 577.85 crore in these bank accounts
11 March 2025