Overview
- Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal will pronounce its verdict on Nov. 17 in the in absentia trial of Sheikh Hasina on five counts linked to the 2024 uprising, which she denies.
- The banned Awami League called a nationwide lockdown that shut schools, curtailed transport and disrupted public life across major cities.
- Security forces including army units, Border Guard Bangladesh and police ringed the tribunal as crude bomb blasts and arson were reported in Dhaka and other areas, with at least one death in a bus fire cited by CNA.
- Dhaka summoned India’s deputy high commissioner to protest Hasina’s recent media interviews and requested New Delhi restrict her access to journalists, while Indian officials pointed to media independence.
- Former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun has pleaded guilty and turned state witness, while co-accused ex–home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and Hasina are being tried in absentia, with elections planned for February.