I first met Sheikh Hasina in the 1990s, when she was fiercely campaigning to end military rule in Bangladesh. Our last meeting was in 2008, when she was campaigning against another military regime.

In August last year, the student-led movement had ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power after weeks of protests, ...

open image in gallery People have put garlands of shoes on Sheikh Hasina’s portrait in Dhaka in a show of disrespect (Middle East Images/AFP via Getty) Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy ...

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been living in a safe house in New Delhi’s Lutyens Bungalow Zone, arranged for her by the Indian government, for over two months, reports ThePrint.

Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina has alleged that there was a conspiracy to kill her and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana after she was ousted from power in the country.

India has shown no sign of complying with Bangladesh’s formal request to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from New Delhi. Hasina fled to India during the massive student-led ...

Sheikh Hasina Wazed’s niece, Tulip Siddiq, resigned on Tuesday as a minister in Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government after weeks of damaging headlines about how she had allegedly benefitted ...

UK Minister Quits While Facing Questions Over Links to Ousted Bangladeshi Leader Sheikh Hasina LONDON (AP) — Britain’s anti-corruption minister resigned on Tuesday, bowing to mounting pressure ...

Bangladesh’s interim government has asked India to return exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to face legal proceedings, a request likely to heighten tensions between Dhaka and New Delhi.

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Bangladesh Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 15) acquitted Khaleda Zia, archrival of former PM Sheikh Hasina and a former PM herself. Zia is a leader of Bangladesh National Party (BNP).