An arrest warrant issued over the weekend for former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was suspended Monday after police asked the judge presiding over the case to allow them more time to continue their investigation....
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A Bangladeshi court issued a warrant Sunday for the arrest of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed who is currently exiled in London. Wajed was stopped from boarding a plane in London Sunday after...
The Bangladesh High Court Thursday received a petition from a supporter of former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia Thursday to halt Khaleda's exile, arguing that the forced expulsion was a violation of her human rights....
Opposition leader and former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been exiled from Bangladesh by President Iajuddin Ahmed's emergency government, according to a Bangladeshi Ministry of Home Affairs statement confirmed to...
Son of former Bangladesh PM released after corruption arrest
Arafat Rahman, the son of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia , was released Tuesday after being arrested the day before on corruption allegations, according to local media reports. The reason for Arafat's release was...
Another son of former Bangladesh PM arrested for alleged corruption
Arafat Rahman, the son of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia , was arrested Monday on corruption allegations, according to local media. Zia's elder son Tarique Rahman was also arrested on arrested [JURIST...
Bangladesh lawyer who prosecuted executed Islamic militants killed
Haider Hossein, the Bangladeshi lawyer who prosecuted six Islamic militants executed two weeks ago for the 2005 murders of two judges , was shot and killed Thursday in Jhalakathi, in southern Bangladesh. Jhalakathi police chief Habibur...
Bangladesh opposition leader charged with murder of protesters
Bangladesh authorities announced Wednesday that opposition leader and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been charged with four counts of murder arising from the deaths of four protesters during political turmoil in October....
Bangladesh government softens emergency law but presses corruption probe
Bangladesh's Emergency Powers Rules of 2007, instituted when Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed declared a state of emergency in January, has been amended to require the approval of concerned state officials before suspects face trial, appeal,...
Bangladesh executes Islamic militants convicted of killing judges
Bangladesh on Friday executed six Islamic militants convicted in the 2005 murders of two judges . Authorities previously stated that the executions were scheduled to occur in April . The six militants, members of...