Dhaka : Bangladesh’s Awami League party has called for a nationwide shutdown on Tuesday and announced demonstrations and protests from November 19–21 in the entire country while rejecting the “illegal” verdict of the country’s so-called International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) after conducting a “farcical trial” against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others.

The call for shutdown and nationwide protests came hours after the ICT on Monday pronounced a death sentence for the former Prime Minister after finding her guilty on the charges of “crimes against humanity” related to the demonstrations in July 2024.

The ICT also convicted two of Hasina’s top aides, sentencing former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death and former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-M

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