Dhaka: Former Bangladesh Minister and Awami League leader Mohammad Ali Arafat on Tuesday slammed the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, asserting that a government backed by Islamist extremists would never understand the party’s relationship with India.

The statement came after Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) 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 of last year.

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-Mamun, who turned state witness, to five years’ imprisonment.

Dhaka on Monday also urged New Delhi to “immediat

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