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The Advertiser
02-06-2025
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Bangladesh opens trial of deposed ex-PM Sheikh Hasina
A tribunal established to try Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has begun proceedings by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed. The Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal directed investigators to produce Hasina, a former home minister and a former police chief before the court on June 16. Hasina has been in exile in India since August 5, 2024, while former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan is missing and possibly also in India. Former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has been arrested. Bangladesh sent a formal request to India to extradite Hasina in December. State-run Bangladesh Television broadcast the court proceedings live on Sunday. Hasina and her Awami League party had earlier criticised the tribunal and its prosecution team for their connection with political parties, especially with the Jamaat-e-Islami party. The tribunal's investigators have brought five allegations of crimes against humanity against Hasina and the two others during the mass uprising in July-August. According to the charges, Hasina was directly responsible for ordering all state forces, her Awami League party and its associates to carry out actions that led to mass killings, injuries, targeted violence against women and children, the incineration of bodies and denial of medical treatment to the wounded. The charges describe Hasina as the "mastermind, conductor, and superior commander" of the atrocities. Three days after Hasina's ouster, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus took over as the nation's interim leader. In February, the UN human rights office estimated up to 1400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks in the crackdown on the student-led protests against Hasina, who ruled the country for 15 years. The tribunal was established by Hasina in 2009 to investigate and try crimes involving Bangladesh's independence war in 1971. The tribunal under Hasina tried politicians, mostly from the Jamaat-e-Islami party, for their actions during the nine-month war against Pakistan. Aided by India, Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina's father and the country's first leader. A tribunal established to try Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has begun proceedings by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed. The Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal directed investigators to produce Hasina, a former home minister and a former police chief before the court on June 16. Hasina has been in exile in India since August 5, 2024, while former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan is missing and possibly also in India. Former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has been arrested. Bangladesh sent a formal request to India to extradite Hasina in December. State-run Bangladesh Television broadcast the court proceedings live on Sunday. Hasina and her Awami League party had earlier criticised the tribunal and its prosecution team for their connection with political parties, especially with the Jamaat-e-Islami party. The tribunal's investigators have brought five allegations of crimes against humanity against Hasina and the two others during the mass uprising in July-August. According to the charges, Hasina was directly responsible for ordering all state forces, her Awami League party and its associates to carry out actions that led to mass killings, injuries, targeted violence against women and children, the incineration of bodies and denial of medical treatment to the wounded. The charges describe Hasina as the "mastermind, conductor, and superior commander" of the atrocities. Three days after Hasina's ouster, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus took over as the nation's interim leader. In February, the UN human rights office estimated up to 1400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks in the crackdown on the student-led protests against Hasina, who ruled the country for 15 years. The tribunal was established by Hasina in 2009 to investigate and try crimes involving Bangladesh's independence war in 1971. The tribunal under Hasina tried politicians, mostly from the Jamaat-e-Islami party, for their actions during the nine-month war against Pakistan. Aided by India, Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina's father and the country's first leader. A tribunal established to try Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has begun proceedings by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed. The Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal directed investigators to produce Hasina, a former home minister and a former police chief before the court on June 16. Hasina has been in exile in India since August 5, 2024, while former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan is missing and possibly also in India. Former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has been arrested. Bangladesh sent a formal request to India to extradite Hasina in December. State-run Bangladesh Television broadcast the court proceedings live on Sunday. Hasina and her Awami League party had earlier criticised the tribunal and its prosecution team for their connection with political parties, especially with the Jamaat-e-Islami party. The tribunal's investigators have brought five allegations of crimes against humanity against Hasina and the two others during the mass uprising in July-August. According to the charges, Hasina was directly responsible for ordering all state forces, her Awami League party and its associates to carry out actions that led to mass killings, injuries, targeted violence against women and children, the incineration of bodies and denial of medical treatment to the wounded. The charges describe Hasina as the "mastermind, conductor, and superior commander" of the atrocities. Three days after Hasina's ouster, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus took over as the nation's interim leader. In February, the UN human rights office estimated up to 1400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks in the crackdown on the student-led protests against Hasina, who ruled the country for 15 years. The tribunal was established by Hasina in 2009 to investigate and try crimes involving Bangladesh's independence war in 1971. The tribunal under Hasina tried politicians, mostly from the Jamaat-e-Islami party, for their actions during the nine-month war against Pakistan. Aided by India, Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina's father and the country's first leader. A tribunal established to try Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has begun proceedings by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed. The Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal directed investigators to produce Hasina, a former home minister and a former police chief before the court on June 16. Hasina has been in exile in India since August 5, 2024, while former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan is missing and possibly also in India. Former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has been arrested. Bangladesh sent a formal request to India to extradite Hasina in December. State-run Bangladesh Television broadcast the court proceedings live on Sunday. Hasina and her Awami League party had earlier criticised the tribunal and its prosecution team for their connection with political parties, especially with the Jamaat-e-Islami party. The tribunal's investigators have brought five allegations of crimes against humanity against Hasina and the two others during the mass uprising in July-August. According to the charges, Hasina was directly responsible for ordering all state forces, her Awami League party and its associates to carry out actions that led to mass killings, injuries, targeted violence against women and children, the incineration of bodies and denial of medical treatment to the wounded. The charges describe Hasina as the "mastermind, conductor, and superior commander" of the atrocities. Three days after Hasina's ouster, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus took over as the nation's interim leader. In February, the UN human rights office estimated up to 1400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks in the crackdown on the student-led protests against Hasina, who ruled the country for 15 years. The tribunal was established by Hasina in 2009 to investigate and try crimes involving Bangladesh's independence war in 1971. The tribunal under Hasina tried politicians, mostly from the Jamaat-e-Islami party, for their actions during the nine-month war against Pakistan. Aided by India, Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina's father and the country's first leader.
Hindustan Times
18-05-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Bangladesh cannot assume India's northeast is a captive market
New Delhi: Bangladesh cannot assume India's northeastern states are a captive market for its exports while denying the region market access, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday after New Delhi imposed restrictions on imports of ready-made garments and other goods from the neighbouring country. India on Saturday restricted imports of ready-made garments (RMG) from Bangladesh only to Kolkata and Nhava Sheva ports and barred imports of a range of consumer goods through 13 land border posts in the northeast and West Bengal in response to restrictions adopted by Dhaka. The move on RMG is expected to have a significant impact on Bangladesh as its annual exports of these items to India are worth about $700 million. 'Bangladesh needs to realise that it cannot cherry pick terms of bilateral trade solely for its benefit, or assume the northeastern states are a captive market for its exports, while denying the region market access and transit,' one of the people cited above said on condition of anonymity. The land port restrictions imposed by India on select exports from Bangladesh to the northeast through a notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade on Saturday is expected to restore equality in the relationship, the people said. While India had so far allowed all exports from Bangladesh without restrictions, transit and market access to the northeastern states had been restricted by the Bangladeshi side, they said. The latest measure by India 'restores equal market access for both countries', especially since Bangladesh has been seeking equality in engagement with India, the person said. RMG imports from Bangladesh were restricted to the two sea ports of Kolkata and Nhava Sheva, Mumbai, as a response to Bangladesh imposing similar trade restrictions on Indian yarn and rice, and selectively enhancing inspection of all Indian exports, the people said. The trade relationship with Bangladesh will be on reciprocal terms, they added. In the context of Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus playing up the landlocked status of the northeastern states during a visit to China last month, the people noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had emphasised that these seven states are integral to the Bimstec grouping. The equal market space now available in the resource-rich northeastern states is expected to give a fillip to manufacturing and entrepreneurship in the region under 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' schemes and policies, they said. Meanwhile, Bangladesh's de facto commerce minister Sheikh Bashir Uddin told reporters in Dhaka on Sunday that trade with India will continue in the interest of consumers and businesses of both countries. 'We have not yet received any official communication from the Indian side. Once we do, we will take appropriate steps. If any issues arise, both sides will work to resolve them through discussions,' he said, referring to India's restrictions on imports from Bangladesh. Bashir Uddin said the Bangladeshi side had only learnt about the matter from social media and media reports. 'Not everything we export is affected. A large portion of our exports comes from the garment sector. Our main focus remains on achieving competitiveness. Trade is beneficial to both countries. India has a strong textile industry, yet they import our products based on our capabilities,' he said. He expressed optimism that trade with India will continue as it is in the interest of consumers and producers on both sides.
