Overview
- Judges at the International Crimes Tribunal are set to deliver the ruling on Monday, with approved portions to air on state TV and the court’s Facebook page.
- Hasina, 78, is being tried largely in absentia on five counts linked to the 2024 unrest; ex–police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al‑Mamun pleaded guilty and turned state witness, while ex–home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal is a fugitive.
- Dhaka has deployed police, Rapid Action Battalion units, and more than 400 Border Guards, with the city police chief authorising officers to open fire on arsonists using crude bombs.
- Days of crude-bomb blasts, arson against buses and government-linked sites, and arrests of Awami League activists have preceded the verdict, with a driver reported killed in a bus fire.
- Sajeeb Wazed warned supporters would block the February election unless the Awami League ban is lifted; Hasina remains in India, Bangladesh’s extradition request is unanswered, and any appeal would require her surrender or arrest within 30 days.