Full Episode
Sunday, Oct 19
PBS NewsHour
  • Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • The Latest
  • Politics
    Politics
    • Brooks and Capehart
    • Politics Monday
    • Supreme Court
  • Arts
    Arts
    • CANVAS
    • Poetry
    • Now Read This
  • Nation
    Nation
    • Supreme Court
    • Race Matters
    • Essays
    • Brief But Spectacular
  • World
    World
    • Agents for Change
  • Economy
    Economy
    • Making Sen$e
    • Paul Solman
  • Science
    Science
    • The Leading Edge
    • ScienceScope
    • Basic Research
    • Innovation and Invention
  • Health
    Health
    • Long-Term Care
  • Education
    Education
    • Teachers' Lounge
    • Student Reporting Labs
  • For Teachers
    Education
    • Newshour Classroom
  • About
    • Feedback
    • Funders
    • Support
    • Jobs

A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy

Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue
Donate now
PBS News

Get news alerts from PBS News

Turn on desktop notifications?

Sheikh Hasina

  • Full Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • Live
Sheikh Hasina, the newly elected Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Chairperson of Bangladesh Awami League, speaks during a ...

World Oct 16

Prosecutor seeks death penalty for ousted Bangladeshi PM Hasina over protest killings

By Julhas Alam, Associated Press

World Aug 13

Vandalised mural of Bangladeshi PM Hasina after her resignation, in Dhaka
Bangladeshi officials testify against former British minister who is niece of deposed prime minister

Bangladeshi anti-corruption officials have testified against former British Minister Tulip Siddiq. She's accused of using her connection to deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to obtain state-owned land in Bangladesh.

By Julhas Alam, Associated Press

World Jul 10

A mural of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is seen vandalised by protesters as people celebrate her resignation in Dhaka
Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister indicted over deaths of protesters

A tribunal indicted Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed last year.

By Julhas Alam, Associated Press

World Feb 12

Anti-quota protesters join in a coffin rally at the University of Dhaka, in Dhaka
UN estimates up to 1,400 killed in Bangladesh during crackdown on protests last year

The U.N. human rights office estimates that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last summer in a crackdown on student-led protests against the now-ousted former prime minister.

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

World Aug 14

Students control traffic on the road in the absence of traffic police, days after the resignation of former Bangladeshi Pr...
From the streets to the ministries, students who ousted Bangladesh’s prime minister are now helping lead the country

Within a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were directing Dhaka’s traffic.

By Krutika Pathi, Shonal Ganguly, Associated Press

Aug 12

How Bangladesh’s youth forced out the prime minister who ruled for much of their lives

By Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press

A generation of young people, many of whom cannot remember a time before Sheikh Hasina was Bangladesh’s prime minister, led protests that resulted in her ouster.

Continue reading

Aug 08

Yunus takes helm as Bangladesh’s interim leader, tasked with restoring peace and planning elections

By Julhas Alam, Associated Press

Before leaving Paris, where he was attending the Olympics, Yunus appealed for calm in Bangladesh amid tensions over the country's future.

Continue reading

Aug 07

Bangladesh’s prime minister quit and fled the country after weeks of protests. What’s next?

By Julhas Alam, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press

What began as peaceful protests by students in Bangladesh against a quota system for government jobs eventually turned into an uprising that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country by helicopter. Here’s what we know.

Continue reading

Aug 05

Bangladeshi prime minister Hasina resigns as protests widen, storming of official residence

By Julhas Alam, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press

Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence and other buildings associated with her party and family on Monday.

Continue reading

Aug 04

Watch 5:39
How Bangladesh’s student protests ignited a broader movement against the country’s leader

By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery

Bangladesh is under a nationwide curfew and internet blackout after a weekend of violent clashes between security forces and protestors. Almost 300 people have died since the start of the protests, which have grown into a national movement against Prime…

Continue watching

Jump to the First Page Previous Page
1 2
Next Page Jump to the Last Page

Support Provided By: Learn more

web ad

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Full Episode
Sunday, Oct 19
  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You
  • Friends of the News Hour
PBS News

© 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

Sections

  • The Latest
  • Politics
  • Arts
  • Nation
  • World
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Health
  • Education

About

  • About Us
  • TV Schedule
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Funders
  • Support
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Jobs
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • X
  • TikTok
  • Threads
  • RSS

Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Support our journalism

Support for News Hour Provided By

  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You