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 ...

Hasina joined forces with Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to help oust military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1990. But they soon fell out and their ensuing rivalry ...

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.

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 ...

The Jatiya Party, founded by the late President Hussain Muhammad Ershad, ... Hasina, 76, fled to India on August 5, and an interim government led by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus was formed.

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.

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 ...

When Sheikh Hasina called crisis security talks to put down spiralling unrest in Bangladesh on Sunday, she appears to have been in denial that her time was up as prime minister. Within hours, she ...