Overview
- Awami League’s dawn-to-dusk ‘lockdown’ call brought widespread disruptions to classes and public transport across major cities.
- A rash of crude bombings and arson attacks was reported in Dhaka and other districts, including fires set to buses, a train coach and a Grameen Bank branch.
- Troops, Border Guard Bangladesh and police in riot gear were deployed nationwide, with tight security around the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka.
- Hasina is being tried in absentia from India on five crimes-against-humanity counts; prosecutors have sought the death penalty, and ex–police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun pleaded guilty and turned state witness.
- The Election Commission is preparing February 2026 parliamentary polls, and the Yunus government will pair them with a national referendum on the July Charter reforms.