Bangladesh opens fugitive ex-PM’s trial over protest killings
DHAKA: Fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina orchestrated a “systemic attack” to try to crush the uprising against her government, Bangladeshi prosecutors said at the opening of her trial on Sunday. Up to 1,400 people were killed between July and August 2024 when Hasina’s government launched its crackdown, according to the United Nations. Hasina, 77, … Read more