This is Beirut, 16/10 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bangladeshi prosecution lawyers demanded on Thursday that fugitive ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina receive the death penalty in her trial for crimes against humanity. Hasina has defied court orders to return from India, where she fled last year, to face charges of ordering a deadly crackdown in a failed attempt to crush a student-led ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 08:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bangladesh School Military jet
Families and teachers gathered Tuesday at a Bangladeshi school where a training fighter jet crashed, killing 25 children and two others in the country's deadliest aviation accident in decades. Most of the victims were pupils who had just been let out of class when the Chinese-made F-7 BJI aircraft slammed into the Milestone School and College ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2024-08-08 18:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus Nobel
Following mass protests, Muhammad Yunus, a renowned economist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been appointed to lead an interim government in Bangladesh. The 84-year-old's appointment comes as a direct response to student leaders' calls for his leadership.
This Is Beirut, 2024-08-05 13:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Anti-Government Demonstration Bangladesh INDIA Sheikh Hasina
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule ended on Monday as she fled more than a month of deadly protests and the military announced it would form an interim government. Hasina had sought to quell nationwide protests against her government since early July but she fled the country after brutal unrest on Sunday in which nearly 100 ...