World Nov 17 Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death in absentia By Julhas Alam, Associated Press
World Oct 16 Prosecutor seeks death penalty for ousted Bangladeshi PM Hasina over protest killings A prosecutor in a special domestic tribunal in Bangladesh sought the death penalty Thursday for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a case involving charges of crimes against humanity in a mass uprising last year that forced her to leave the country. By Julhas Alam, Associated Press
World Aug 13 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 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 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
Aug 14 From the streets to the ministries, students who ousted Bangladesh’s prime minister are now helping lead the country By Krutika Pathi, Shonal Ganguly, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
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