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Reuters
Aug 05, 2025

One year after Hasina’s ouster, Yunus says elections in February

The announcement after thousands of exultant Bangladeshis gathered in Dhaka to mark the first anniversary on Tuesday of the mass protests that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as the interim government unveiled a symbolic roadmap promising democratic reform.

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AFP
Aug 04, 2025

Remember Sheikh Hasina’s ransacked palace? It’s now a museum of resistance

Just a year ago, jubilant crowds scaled the roof of the sprawling Ganabhaban complex as Sheikh Hasina fled by helicopter to India

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AFP
Jul 02, 2025

Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina sentenced to six months

Hasina, 77, fled to neighbouring India at the culmination of the student-led uprising in August 2024, and has defied orders to return to Dhaka.

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Reuters
Jun 13, 2025

Muhammad Yunus signals possible early Bangladesh elections

Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel peace laureate who has led an interim government since August, was responding to a suggestion from Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who urged the vote be held before Ramazan, which begins in mid-February 2026.

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AFP
May 25, 2025

Bangladesh court begins first trial of Hasina-era officials

A special court in the capital Dhaka accepts a formal charge against eight police officials in connection to the killing of six protesters on August 5 last year

Business

AFP
May 18, 2025

India restricts some Bangladesh imports through land ports

Relations between the two countries have deteriorated after former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina – a long-term New Delhi ally – was ousted last year, and fled to India where she is currently living in self-imposed exile.

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AFP
May 09, 2025

Thousands rally in Bangladesh seeking ban on former PM’s party

Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus, 84, has led an interim government since Hasina was overthrown by student-led mass protests in August 2024

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Reuters
Apr 04, 2025

India’s Modi urges Bangladesh PM to avoid rhetoric that mars ties

Relations between the South Asian neighbours, which were robust under Hasina, have deteriorated since she fled the country last August in the face of massive student-led protests and sought shelter in India.

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AFP
Mar 16, 2025

Bangladeshi women alarmed by emboldened religious hardliners

“After Sheikh Hasina’s fall, a series of violent incidents followed. The government […] claim the fallen dictator is behind every crime.”

Business

Reuters
Feb 25, 2025

Bangladesh and Pakistan resume direct trade after more than 50 years

The deal follows an improvement in diplomatic relations since an interim government in Bangladesh led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus taking over in the wake of the protests that drove then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina out of the country.