We heard that they didn’t have adequate ammunition," retired Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hussain told the BBC. Sheikh Hasina, however, would not listen - and no-one was willing to disagree with ...

Hasina’s response was heavy-handed, involving her party’s student wing, the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), and the police to quell the protests. This led to a day of violence on July 16 ...

Bangladesh’s Election Commission has cancelled the registration of the former ruling party of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, preventing it from participating in the next national election ...

While Ms. Hasina’s years of crushing dissent, which culminated with last summer’s deadly crackdown, are well-documented, the trial comes at a particularly fraught political moment in Bangladesh.

Sheikh Hasina is credited for the country's economic ... She joined hands with other political parties to hold pro-democracy street protests during the military rule of General Hussain Muhammed ...

Story by Ahmede Hussain • 13h. F rom 5 August to 5 February. It was exactly on the 180th day of her ouster in a bloody upsurge that Sheikh Hasina, the deposed Bangladeshi leader, ...

Hussain criticised Awami League regime for what he called were human rights abuses. "However, the sheer power of people ultimately led to the fall of all authoritarian regimes," he said, calling ...

Ms Hasina first served as prime minister in 1996, but lost to Ms Zia five years later. The pair were imprisoned on corruption charges in 2007 after a coup by a military-backed government.

We heard that they didn’t have adequate ammunition," retired Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hussain told the BBC. Sheikh Hasina, however, would not listen - and no-one was willing to disagree with ...

Sheikh Hasina is credited for the country's economic ... She joined hands with other political parties to hold pro-democracy street protests during the military rule of General Hussain Muhammed ...