Dhaka: Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday convicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her two top aides on the charges of crimes against humanity related to the demonstrations in July of last year.

The ousted leader's sentencing is awaited as the verdict is still being read out.

The other co-accused are former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Inspector General of Police, Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.

The verdict was being live broadcast by Bangladesh Television (BTV) from the ICT courtroom, where the three-member Tribunal-1, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder, delivered the judgment.

Till now, Hasina has defied the court's orders by refusing to return to the South Asian nation to face trial. Asaduzzaman is currently a fugitive, w

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