Bangladesh on Sunday issued new banknotes to replace designs featuring its founding president, the father of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina who was overthrown last year. The South Asian ...

The sentence marks the first time that the ousted Awami League leader has been sentenced in any case since she fled the ...

Up to 1,400 people were killed between July and August last year, according to the United Nations, when Hasina's government ...

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court by the ...

Sheikh Hasina charged with crimes against humanity. Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal accepted on Sunday (June 1) that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina could be charged ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh has sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to six months in prison for contempt of court.

Bangladesh's new banknotes replaced the portrait of the nation's founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, with images of Hindu and Buddhist temples, natural landscape and traditional landmarks. The ...

In August 2024, Sheikh Hasina's premiership reached a dramatic climax as protests engulfed Dhaka. Refusing to resign despite immense pressure from military officials and even her own sister ...

On the same day Sheikh Hasina faces trial for allegedly orchestrating a crackdown on protests, Bangladesh unveiled new banknotes without her father’s portrait. Reading Time: 2 minutes.

Bangladesh Banknotes Replace Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's Father Portrait Until now, all notes featured the portrait of her father, the late Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led Bangladesh from ...

Hasina, 77, is in self-imposed exile in India, and has defied an extradition order to attend her trial. Until now, all notes feature the portrait of the late Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding ...