Sheikh Hasina

Purbachal plots: ACC to probe Hasina, family

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started investigation into the allegations of abuse of power to obtain plots of land against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her close family members.

ACC seeks transactions documents of Hasina, Joy, Rehana, Tulip

The investigation team also requested their personal documents from the EC, and Immigration and Passport Office

Dhaka asks Delhi to send back Hasina

The foreign ministry has sent a diplomatic note to the Indian government, saying that Dhaka wants ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina sent back.

ACC to probe Hasina, Joy over laundering of $300m to US

The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to launch an investigation against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on allegations of laundering $300 million to the United States.

Enforced disappearances: ‘Hasina herself was involved’

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her defence adviser Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, and senior police officers Monirul Islam and Md Harun-Or-Rashid were all involved in enforced disappearances.

BFIU asks banks to provide account details of Hasina, Rehana

The anti-money laundering agency also seeks banks details of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust 

Hasina is a ‘pathological killer’: Sarjis

Sarjis Alam, general secretary of the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation, yesterday accused former prime minister Sheikh Hasina of being a ‘pathological killer’.

Will defend Sheikh Hasina if opportunity arises: ZI Khan Panna

Supreme Court lawyer ZI Khan Panna has expressed his willingness to defend ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the International Crimes Tribunal over genocide charges linked to the mass uprising.

Who has been meeting Hasina in India?

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November 21, 2022
November 21, 2022

Armed Forces Day: PM pays tribute at Shikha Anirban

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid tribute to the martyred members of Bangladesh Armed Forces on the occasion of Armed Forces Day-2022..The prime minister paid homage by placing a wreath at the Shikha Anirban (flame eternal) in Dhaka Cantonment this morning..After laying the wre

November 8, 2022
November 8, 2022

How will Awami League tackle the run-up to the election?

The ruling party is trying to fend off a persistent BNP campaign that, for the first time in many years, has managed to gain some public sympathy.

November 8, 2022
November 8, 2022

It’s time to follow through on the Glasgow Climate Pact

At no other point in human history has a cause proved more urgent than tackling climate change.

October 6, 2022
October 6, 2022

Digital security is the country's priority, claims PM Hasina

On Thursday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina emphasised the importance of finding the best ways to guarantee the nation's digital security and raising people's awareness of it as the world grows more complex with the introduction of newer technologies at her official Ganabhaban residence, speaking to the National Digital Security Council.

October 6, 2022
October 6, 2022

“People have every right to vote only during our tenure”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said people have every right to cast their vote only during the regime of Awami League government.

October 4, 2022
October 4, 2022

PM Hasina leads a “complex, roiling nation”: Washington Post

The Washington Post, the leading US daily newspaper, has highly lauded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's strong leadership on the world stage alongside Bangladesh's tremendous progress of women, and achievements in education and poverty reduction.

September 28, 2022
September 28, 2022

Media in Bangladesh free to criticise my government: PM Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh's media has the freedom to say whatever they wish and added that the number of media houses have grown during her tenure.

September 24, 2022
September 24, 2022

"Rich nations can talk on climate but they don't act"

A country of fertile, densely populated deltas, low-lying Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate change.

July 3, 2022
July 3, 2022

PM to visit Tungipara home tomorrow via Padma Bridge

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit her ancestral house at Tungipara of Gopalganj with her family members tomorrow by road crossing the Padma bridge.

June 24, 2022
June 24, 2022

PM greets countrymen on eve of Padma Bridge opening

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted all who were involved in the implementation of the Padma Bridge project as the bridge will be inaugurated tomorrow.