Overview
- Authorities confirmed the International Crimes Tribunal will deliver its ruling on Sheikh Hasina’s crimes‑against‑humanity case on Monday, with the former prime minister being tried in absentia.
- The Awami League’s dawn‑to‑dusk lockdown call triggered nationwide disruptions as schools shifted online and transport thinned under heavy security deployments.
- Violence escalated with at least 32 crude bomb blasts reported on Wednesday, two more near Dhaka airport on Thursday night, and arson targeting buses, a train coach, a government office in Gopalganj and a Grameen Bank branch.
- Chief prosecutor Tajul Islam has sought the death penalty, while ex‑police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al‑Mamun pleaded guilty and turned state witness; former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan is a fugitive.
- Dhaka tightened checkpoints, restricted gatherings and deployed Border Guard Bangladesh units, as the foreign ministry summoned India’s deputy high commissioner over Hasina’s recent media interviews from exile.