DHAKA, Bangladesh — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh’s parliamentary election after a campaign fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition ...

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country amid escalating violent protests, according to multiple reports. The protests, which have resulted in significant loss of life ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has swept to power for a fourth consecutive term in Bangladesh, following an election on Sunday that was boycotted by opposition parties and ...

For the Hasina family, this period marks yet another cycle of exile, separation, and uncertainty -- a story that has repeated ...

The government’s violent crackdown on protesters backfired spectacularly, as demonstrators adopted “one demand”: the end of Sheikh Hasina’s rule. Protesters climb a public monument as they celebrate ...

Bangladesh will have a new leader for the first time in over a decade, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday, fleeing the country by helicopter. The head of the Bangladesh Army, Gen.

A Bangladesh court has ruled that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina committed crimes against humanity, stating there are ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. But Hasina and her government got it wrong. Revulsion at the brutal ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Prime ...

Protesters stamp the face of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a poster on a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 3, 2024. Credit: Saqlain Rizve On August 5, 2024, Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League (AL) ...

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday, ending 15 years in power as thousands of protesters defied a military curfew and stormed her official residence. Shortly after local media ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. But Hasina and the government were wrong. Revulsion at the initial brutal ...