NEW DELHI, Aug 14: A murder case has been filed against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and six others for their alleged involvement in the death of grocery shop owner Abu Sayeed, who was killed in a police shooting on July 19, Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star reported.

DHAKA, Aug 12: Adored by her classmates and defiant even after police seized her, student Nusrat Tabassum is one of the many women who helped spearhead the movement that toppled autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina.

WASHINGTON, Aug 13: The United States "had no involvement" in ousting Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, the White House said Monday, describing the claim as "simply false."

DHAKA, Aug 5: Protests in Bangladesh that began as student-led demonstrations against government hiring rules in July culminated Monday in the prime minister fleeing and the military announcing it would form an interim government.

DHAKA, Aug 5: - Sheikh Hasina once helped rescue Bangladesh from military rule but her long rule came to a sudden end on Monday as protesters stormed her palace in Dhaka.

The 12th General election in Bangladesh was held on January 7, despite protests and boycotts from opposition parties, specifically the principal opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Sheikh Hasina, the incumbent prime minister and her party the Bangladesh Awami League secured a landslide victory in the election and formed the government for the fourth consecutive term with more than a two-thirds majority.

KATHMANDU, July 25: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina have held talks on matters of bilateral interest and concern.

KATHMANDU, Oct 25: Ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh, Ghanshyam Bhandari called on Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, at the latter’s residence at Ganabhaban, Dhaka, earlier today.

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has congratulated his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on the victory of her party with overwhelming majority in the general elections.

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DHAKA, Dec 30 : Bangladesh went to the polls on Sunday after violence-plagued campaigning, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking a third straight term in a face-off against an opposition whose leader is in jail on what she says are trumped up charges.

BANGLADESH, Dec 29: Bangladesh tightened security on Saturday for an election which expects to see Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina win a record fourth term but is dominated by opposition claims that they have been shackled by a government clampdown.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25: Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday made three recommendations for solving the Rohingya crisis at its root, including abolition of discriminatory laws, policies and practices of Myanmar against the minority group.