Charges against Sheikh Hasina: In a dramatic development in the South Asian neighbourhood, a Bangladesh court on Monday has sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death . The ruling concludes a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on student protests last year. The verdict comes just a few months before parliamentary elections raising fears of renewed political unrest in the country.

The International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh’s domestic war crimes court located in the capital Dhaka, announced the verdict in Hasina’s absence. The former prime minister had fled to India in August 2024. Meanwhile her party, the Awami League, has been barred from contesting the upcoming elections.

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Last year, the trial revolved around a violent

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