Leading UK lawyers condemn ‘contrived’ Bangladesh trial of Hasina’s niece Tulip Siddiq
By Daniel Boffey/The Guardian London, November 25 – The trial in Bangladesh of the former UK City minister Tulip Siddiq has been “contrived and unfair”, leading lawyers including a former Conservative justice secretary have told Bangladesh’s ambassador before Thursday’s verdict. Siddiq, who resigned from the...
Bangladesh envoy in India recalls shared sacrifices
Amidst strain, Bangladesh High Commissioner hails Indian soldiers’ 1971 role, calls ties ‘multi-layered’
Ensuring fair elections through non-party Caretaker Governments
History shows that the Caretaker Government system has its use but it is by no means a panacea
Pakistan and Bangladesh Air Chiefs hold first-ever meeting in Dubai
By Ayesha Farid/BD Military Dhaka, November 23 – In a landmark development signalling a rare thaw in military-to-military relations, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), held a high-level meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart,...
Death sentence for Hasina sours India-Bangladesh relations
Given the gravity of the issues involved in Sheikh Hasina’s extradition from India and the heightened political sensitivities in both India and Bangladesh, talks across the table are unlikely to yield results now. The aggressive posturing that is grabbing headlines now is meant to satisfy...
Delhi-Dhaka relations fall into an abyss
India and Bangladesh appear to be heading for a politico-military confrontation
Bangladesh Catholic bishops say Hasina verdict was one-sided
By Stephan Uttom Rozario/Catholic New Agency Dhaka, November 19 – The secretary of the Bangladesh Catholic Bishops’ Conference has criticized the death sentence given to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as unilateral and politically motivated, reaffirming the Church’s opposition to capital punishment. Bishop Ponen Paul...
Domestic and regional fallout of death sentence against Sheikh Hasina
With military tension persisting between India and Pakistan since Operation Sindoor in May, and the concerning developments in Bangladesh, South Asia is in the cusp of changes with worrying possibilities.
Hasina rejects ICT verdict, volunteers to face ICC at the Hague
Says is ready to face her accusers in a proper tribunal where the evidence can be weighed and tested fairly. Challenges the interim government to bring these charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague
Hasina gets death penalty
Dhaka, November 17 (The Daily Times of Bangladesh) – The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity committed during the July mass uprising. A three-member bench of ICT-1, led by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, delivered...
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