Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Sheikh Hasina, emotional, decried Bangladesh straying from ideals. The Bangladesh Awami League has claimed that the residence of former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was targeted in a petrol bomb attack just hours after he appeared alongside former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her…
1 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Aug 5, 2026 11:41 PM IST A petrol bomb was reportedly hurled at the residence of former Bangladesh national cricket team captain and member of parliament Shakib Al Hasan on Wednesday night in Magura, reports stated, quoting police sources. It comes hours after Hasan virtually attended a press conference alongside the…
Pakistan’s ISI has “an open hand” in Bangladesh, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son has claimed. Hundreds of criminals had been released from prisons under the current administration, Sajeeb Wazed Joy alleged, and said that “the next set of terrorists globally” could come from Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina’s son claims Bangladesh could produce ‘next set…
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday held her first press conference since being forced out of the country, delivering an emotional address via video link from New Delhi. During the briefing, Hasina broke down while remembering members of her family and said Bangladesh had drifted away from the ideals for which millions had…
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (AP image) DHAKA: Ahead of former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s likely Aug 5 virtual address, state minister for foreign affairs Shama Obaed Islam Monday asked India to clarify whether it supports the online meeting of the Awami League chief.The event at Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia in Delhi will…
The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday distanced the government from former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming media interaction, her first since she fled the country after being ousted in a student-led uprising in 2024. The MEA said the event was being organised by a private media organisation and stressed that the government neither…
Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Former Bangladesh PM Hasina makes first public appearance virtually. She will address future plans and proposed Bangladesh return. Prominent Bangladeshi leaders, including her son, will attend virtually. Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to make her first public appearance in India exactly…
Author Taslima Nasrin meets press on Sunday in Kolkata.Photo Basabdatta Sarkar Kolkata: Bangladesh-born author Taslima Nasrin said she “wants to believe” that the BJP govt in Bengal will protect freedom of expression and the fundamental rights of every citizen. “I believe they (the govt) will accommodate those with differing opinions so they can express their…
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to make her first open appearance before the media in India, nearly two years after her government was ousted amid a mass student-led uprising in Bangladesh. The event will be hosted virtually by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia (FCC South Asia) in New Delhi, where…
Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she was determined to return to her country by December despite facing the possibility of arrest, imprisonment or even execution.The 78-year-old former leader, who has been living in New Delhi since fleeing Bangladesh in August 2024, said she was prepared to face the consequences of returning…
