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SHEIKH HASINA

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar attend a joint news conference after their meeting in New Delhi on May 24.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2026
The U.S. and India have become regional rivals
The U.S. has even begun taking a more conciliatory approach toward China, though the strategic competition between the two superpowers remains intense.
Tarique Rahman (right) signs in as Bangladesh's new prime minister during an oath?taking ceremony at the country's parliament building in Dhaka on Tuesday following his BNP party's landslide victory in the national polls.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2026
After a historic vote, can Bangladeshis rise to the occasion?
Last week, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its leader Tarique Rahman won a commanding electoral victory.
Bangladesh's President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) shakes hands with newly sworn?in Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the South Plaza of the parliament building, following the BNP's landslide victory in the national polls, in Dhaka on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 18, 2026
India seeks reset with Bangladesh as new leader takes oath
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made overtures to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in recent months in an effort to rebuild ties.
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur?Rahman in Dhaka on Dec. 31. Rahman says his party has no inclinations toward any particular country.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 21, 2026
How an Islamist party is gaining ground in Bangladesh, worrying moderates
Jamaat-e-Islami is reinventing itself ahead of parliamentary polls next month, following the August 2024 toppling of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
A man holds a poster outside the court in Dhaka on Nov. 17 calling for the death penalty ahead of the verdict against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity for a deadly crackdown on student-led protests in 2024.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2025
Bangladesh¡¯s Hasina sentence: Justice or vengeance?
Human Rights Watch, among other observers, determined the tribunal ¡°failed to meet international fair trial standards.¡±
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina delivers a speech during the 25th International Conference on The Future Of Asia, in Tokyo in 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 17, 2025
Bangladesh court sentences ex-prime minister to be hanged for crimes against humanity
Sheikh Hasina called the verdict ¡°biased and politically motivated¡± in a statement issued from India, where the ousted leader is hiding.
Then-Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reviews an honor guard at the Government House during her visit to Thailand, in Bangkok on April 26, 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 17, 2025
Ahead of Hasina verdict, son warns of Bangladesh violence if party ban stays
Sajeeb Wazed¡¯s comments came a day before a Dhaka court was due to deliver a verdict that is expected to convict his mother in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity.
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country¡¯s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the ¡°iron lady.¡± Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2025
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many had hoped that Hasina¡¯s ouster would open the way for Bangladesh to transition to democracy following an authoritarian lurch under the ¡°iron lady.¡±
Once a heavily guarded palace, the former official residence of Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina ¡ª seen here on July 28 ¡ª is being turned into a museum as a lasting reminder of her oppressive rule.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 4, 2025
Former prime minister¡¯s palace in Bangladesh to become revolution museum
Muhammad Yunus, the caretaker government¡¯s leader, said the conversion to a museum would ¡°preserve memories of her misrule and the people¡¯s anger when they removed her from power.¡±
Anti-government protesters display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka on Aug. 5, 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 8, 2025
After the revolution, Bangladesh warms to China as India fumes
One year since protests ousted Bangladesh¡¯s PM, a geopolitical realignment risks intensifying polarization ¡ª and fears of external interference ¡ª ahead of elections next year.
The chief prosecutor of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal, Mohammad Tajul Islam (center), speaks during a news conference in Dhaka on Sunday, the opening day of fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's trial for allegedly orchestrating a "systemic attack" to crush an uprising against her government.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2025
Bangladesh opens fugitive ex-PM¡¯s trial over protest killings
The prosecution of senior figures from Hasina¡¯s government is a key demand of several of the political parties now jostling for power.
A defaced mural of Sheikh Hasina, the ousted prime minister of Bangladesh, in Dhaka on Nov. 5. The new governor of Bangladesh¡¯s central bank, Ahsan Mansur, calculates that about $17 billion was siphoned from the country¡¯s financial system in the 15 years before Hasina's government collapsed in August.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 9, 2024
How the Bangladesh economy was siphoned dry
Some economists guess that the true value looted during Sheikh Hasina¡¯s rule before she fled the country could exceed $30 billion, but no one can say for sure.
Bangladeshi army chief Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman gestures during an interview at his office in Dhaka on Monday. Zaman has outlined a pathway to rid the military of political influence.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 24, 2024
Bangladesh army chief vows support for interim government ¡®come what may¡¯
Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman pledges to work toward the holding of elections within the next 18 months following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Ahmad Bin Quasem, an opposition activist and lawyer who was recently released after the expulsion of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, speaks during an interview in Dhaka earlier this month.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 21, 2024
Disappeared Bangladeshi lawyer recounts Hasina¡¯s secret jail
Throughout his long incarceration, Quasem was shackled around the clock in windowless solitary confinement.
A college student paints graffiti on a wall at Dhaka university in the capital on Monday following weeks of student-led protests that toppled autocratic Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 17, 2024
Bangladesh student protesters eye new party to cement their revolution
Their hope is to avoid a repeat of the last 15 years, in which Sheikh Hasina ruled the country of some 170 million people with an iron fist.
What began as a nonviolent student protest against Bangladesh¡¯s highly politicized system of public-sector job quotas quickly escalated into an anti-government Gen Z revolution.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2024
The fall of Bangladesh¡¯s iron lady
What began as a student protest against the country¡¯s highly politicized system of public-sector job quotas quickly escalated into an anti-government Gen Z revolution.
Hindus block the streets as they protest against violence in their community in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 12, 2024
Bangladesh government is working to ¡®resolve¡¯ attacks on minorities
After Sheikh Hasina¡¯s abrupt resignation and flight abroad, there were numerous reports of attacks against Hindu households, temples and businesses.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus waves at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2024
Bangladesh new interim leader Yunus returns to lead new government
Most schools and university campuses in the capital and other cities have reopened
People shake hands with army personnel as they celebrate the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 7, 2024
Bangladesh army refused to quell protest, sealing Hasina¡¯s fate
In Bangladesh, resentment still lingers even among retired soldiers that Hasina had been allowed to leave.
Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist, leaves his house to attend a court hearing in Dhaka on May 2.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 7, 2024
Nobel winner Yunus to lead Bangladesh after shunning politics
Though he¡¯s mostly stayed away from politics, Muhammad Yunus is one of Bangladesh¡¯s most famous faces.
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Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
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