The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has summoned fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and ex-home minister Asaduzzaman Khan to appear on June 24, facing trial for alleged “crimes against humanity.” They are accused of orchestrating the murder and torture of activists during the previous year’s mass uprising. Source:: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/bangladesh-crimes-tribunal-summons-sheikh-hasina-to-face-trial/articleshow/121898527.cms
Bangladesh’s war crimes court ordered fugitive ex-leader Sheikh Hasina on Monday to return to face trial on charges amounting to crimes against humanity. Source:: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bangladesh-directs-fugitive-leader-sheikh-hasina-to-return-to-face-trial-8681725#publisher=newsstand
The interim government in Dhaka has downplayed the vandalism at Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home in Sirajganj, Bangladesh. According to the Bangladesh cultural affairs ministry, the incident on June 8 was not communal or political. Instead, it resulted from a personal dispute between an employee of ‘Rabindra Kachharibari’ and a visitor named Shahnewaz, escalating from a […]