Bangladesh

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In Dhaka, waves of raw emotion swept across the capital and beyond as families of victims of last year’s deadly crackdown reacted to the historic judgment delivered by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal. The court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her trusted ally, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, to death for crimes against...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online When news broke in Dhaka that former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had been sentenced to death, crowds of protesters erupted in cheers. For many of the young activists who had led the months-long movement that forced her from power last year, the verdict delivered a sense of long-awaited justice. Among them was twenty-four-year-old University of...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Bangladesh’s former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity following her role in a violent crackdown on student-led protests that ultimately led to her ousting from power. The verdict, delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka, marks a pivotal moment in the nation’s history, highlighting both the scale of...

Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, citing her government’s violent crackdown on student-led protests last year. The 78-year-old fugitive politician was tried in absentia and found guilty of orchestrating what the tribunal described as “systematic and deliberate attacks” on civilians during the 2024 uprising, which left...

Published: 17 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. English Chronicle Online In a historic and highly charged legal proceeding, prosecutors in Bangladesh have demanded the death penalty for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, accusing her of ordering a brutal military and police crackdown on student-led protests that left up to 1,400 people dead last year and ultimately brought an end to her 15-year rule. Hasina, who fled to neighbouring India...

Published: 1st August 2025 | The English Chronicle Desk.The English Chronicle Online A tragic accident at Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Thursday has claimed the life of a young technician and left another critically injured, sending shockwaves through the aviation community and raising serious concerns about safety protocols during maintenance operations. The incident occurred around midday when a routine wheel replacement operation on one of the airport’s boarding bridges turned...

Published: 22nd July '2025 The English Chronicle Desk Only an intact school bag of a child and a melted national identity card were recovered from the ashes of the burning fire. The boy's school uniform was burnt, but the half-written homework notebook still remained in that bag. From tomorrow, Junayet will no longer have to go to school, he will not do any more homework. Maybe he will never play...

Published: 22th July '2025. the English Chronicle Desk .the English Chronicle Online. At least 27 people have been killed after a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) training aircraft crashed at Milestone School and College in the capital's Uttara area. 25 of the victims were children - the whole country was shocked by this heart-breaking accident. The nation witnessed a tragic morning, July 22. National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery Saidur...

Published: 21th July '2025. the English Chronicle Desk . the English Chronicle Online. A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school in Uttara, the capital, today in a tragic accident. So far, 11 people have been confirmed dead in the incident, and over a hundred children and students have been injured, many of whom are in critical condition after being burned in the fire. The injured have been...

Published: 11th June 2025 The English Chronicle Online In a momentous legal development that has sent shockwaves through both Bangladesh and the international community, a special court has formally indicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity. The charges, which also implicate two of her former aides — Asaduzzaman Khan, the former home minister, and Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, the former police chief — stem from their roles in...