The five main charges against Sheikh Hasina are --inciting violence through remarks at a press conference, killing and burning of bodies at Ashulia (a suburban area near Dhaka), killing of Abu Sayed in Rangpur, ordering murders at Chankharpul and ordering use of lethal weapons from a helicopter.

Security is tightened across Bangladesh with police in the national capital ordered to shoot violent protesters ahead of a special tribunal's verdict against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina over alleged crimes against humanity.

Dhaka’s police chief Sheikh Mohammad Sazzat Ali issued a “shoot-on-sight” order if anyone attempts to torch vehicles or hurl crude bombs. The directive came as nearly 50 arson attacks, mostly targeting vehicles, and dozens of explosions of crude bombs have been reported nationwide over the past week, ahead of an expected verdict against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who faces charges of crimes against humanity involving last year’s uprising that killed hundreds of people and ended her 15-year rule.

 Two people were killed in the arson attacks, local media reported.

Authorities at the Supreme Court, in a letter to army headquarters on Sunday, requested the deployment of soldiers around the tribunal premises ahead of the verdict.

Ahead of a Bangladesh court's verdict on the alleged crimes against humanity committed during her tenure, the country's former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said the allegations against her were false and that she did not care about such verdict

Sheikh Hasina recounts the chaos of her August 5 ouster, the destruction of her family's historic home, and what she describes as a state-sanctioned assault on minorities and democracy.

Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is facing charges of crimes against humanity involving last year’s uprising that killed hundreds of people and ended her 15-year rule. The prosecution in a special tribunal has sought the death penalty for Hasina, exiled in India, and a former home minister, who is absconding. It did not recommend any penalty for a third suspect — a former police chief who became a state witness and pleaded guilty. Verdicts for all three are expected on Monday.

Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan face charges of crimes against humanity for the killing of hundreds of people during a student-led uprising in July and August of 2024. The United Nations in a February report said up to 1,400 may have been killed in the violence, while the country’s health adviser under the interim government said more than 800 people were killed and about 14,000 were injured. Both of them are being tried in absentia.

The verdict is set to come as local media reported new explosions of crude bombs in Dhaka, including one in front of the house of an adviser, equivalent to a Cabinet minister, on Sunday.

Ahead of a Bangladesh court's verdict on the alleged crimes against humanity committed during her tenure, the country's former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said the allegations against her were false and that she did not care about such verdict

Bangladesh witnessed an unusually subdued Monday as heavy security deployment and deserted streets marked the tense hours ahead of the International Crimes Tribunal–Bangladesh (ICT-BD) verdict against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a case of alleged crimes against humanity.

Dhaka, typically gridlocked on weekday mornings, woke to near-empty roads, with only scattered cars and rickshaws moving through heavily policed intersections. The eerie calm followed a night of sporadic arson and crude bomb attacks.

Unidentified assailants set ablaze the vehicle-dumping corner of a police station complex and detonated two crude devices outside the residence of an advisory council member to the interim government, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus. Multiple explosions were also reported at key intersections across Dhaka.

Sheikh Hasina recounts the chaos of her August 5 ouster, the destruction of her family's historic home, and what she describes as a state-sanctioned assault on minorities and democracy.