As Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal announced a death penalty for Sheikh Hasina, the courtroom erupted into loud applause.

While many people were seen clapping, smiling, and cheering inside the court, others were seen making a praying gesture.

A few people were also seen crying.

The applause lasted for a few seconds before the judges requested those present inside to maintain court decorum.

Sheikh Hasina slammed Bangladesh's interim leader Mohammad Yunus for the violence against Hindus in the country. She said that public services have "fallen apart under his aegis".

"Police have retreated from the country's crime-ridden streets, and judicial fairness has been subverted, with attacks on Awami League adherents going unpunished. Hindus and other religious minorities are assaulted, and women's rights are suppressed," she said.

Sheikh Hasina said that millions of Bangladeshis, who are "toiling under the chaotic, violent and socially regressive administration" of Mohammad Yunus, will "not be fooled".

"They can see that the trials conducted by the so-called International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) were never intended to achieve justice or provide any genuine insight into the events of July and August 2025. Rather, their purpose was to scapegoat the Awami League and to distract the world's attention from the failings of Dr Yunus and his ministers," she said.

In her first comment against the death penalty verdict against her, Sheikh Hasina said the order was made by a "rigged" tribunal established and presided over by an "unelected government with no democratic mandate".

"They are biased and politically motivated. In their distasteful call for the death penalty, they reveal the brazen and murderous intent of extremist figures within the interim government to remove Bangladesh's last elected prime minister, and to nullify the Awami League as a political force," she said in a statement.

Around 1,400 people were killed on orders of Sheikh Hasina between July 15 and August 15 in Bangladesh, according to a February 2025 UN rights report.

Mohammad Ali Arafat, the former Information Minister in Sheikh Hasina's cabinet, has said the trial was "scripted and sham".

"The country has gone to the hands of the jihadists, Yunus is heading them. We have to defeat the entire group with the help of people, politically," he told NDTV.

"They are creating narrative and drama to show to the world," he said.

"They are trying to turn Bangladesh into East Pakistan," he added.

He said Hasina's party, the Awami League, has more than 20 million active members, which is the "biggest party" in Bangladesh.

"Awami League is the reason why Bangladesh came into being. If you want to suppress this group, there will be a natural ramification," he said.

"There will be a backlash. It did not work out in 1971; it will not work out now," he said.

Many lawyers inside the court erupted in joy as Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death for students crackdown.

Hasina, 78, is currently living in exile in India, after defying the tribunal's orders to face trial for ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising on August 5, 2024.

A Bangladesh court on Monday found ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity, a verdict which she could face the death sentence for.

The court said Hasina was found guilty on three counts. 

"All the... elements constituting crimes against humanity have been fulfilled," judge Golam  Mortuza Mozumder read to the packed court in Dhaka, which was also broadcast live on national television.

Sheikh Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her in August 2024.

“Accused prime minister Sheikh Hasina committed crimes against humanity by her incitement order and also failure to take preventive and punitive measures under charge 1,” Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal said.

“Accused Sheikh Hasina committed one count of crimes against humanity by her order to use drones, helicopters and lethal weapons under charge number 2,” it added.

The Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has denied that the trial against former premier Sheikh Hasina was politically motivated, saying the court “functioned transparently, allowing observers and publishing regular documentation," according to an Al Jazeera report. 

Bangladesh Police fired stun grenades to disperse protesters who had marched on a property associated with Sheikh Hasina's family, according to a report by BBC News. 

Soldiers have reportedly been deployed on the streets in Dhaka as a court delivers a verdict against the ousted Awami League leader over the student crackdown last year.

A large crowd had gathered at Dhanmondi 32, the home of the ousted prime minister's father and a focal point for protests in recent months.

Sheikh Hasina said India and Bangladesh's relationship is rooted in "deep respect" for sovereignty and shared regional interests.

At least 21 leaders and activists of the Awami League were arrested by Bangladesh police across Narayanganj district over the past 36 hours, as of Monday morning, local media reported.

Confirming the development, Additional Superintendent of Police Tarek Al Mehedi said that security has been tightened across the district to maintain law and order.

He said nine checkpoints have been installed at key entry points to Dhaka, along major roads and highways, while twenty-six mobile teams are patrolling the district, Bangladesh's leading newspaper, The Daily Star, reported.

These latest developments come amid the ongoing crackdown on Awami League leaders, along with the party's supporters, under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government ahead of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) verdict against Hasina. (IANS)

Bangladesh's former inspector general of police, Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, was the only accused in the student crackdown case who was present in court while the verdict was being delivered. 

Chowdhury had pleaded guilty in July for his involvement in the uprising last year and has given testimony as the state's witness.

Bangladesh's ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and another co-accused, ex-interior minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, are both living in hiding.

A Bangladesh court convicted ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year, news agency Reuters reported.

Former PM Sheikh Hasina deserves maximum punishment for crimes against humanity, said Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal while delivering a verdict against the ousted Awami League leader over alleged crimes against humanity.

The brother of a student who was killed in student protests in Bangladesh last year has called for "maximum penalty" for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. 

Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdh, whose brother Mir Mugdho was killed last year told Al Jazeera, "The people gave their verdict on August 5 [2024], we now await the court’s."

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) has begun delivering its verdict in the case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is being tried in absentia over alleged crimes against humanity committed during last year’s student-led agitation that led to the fall of her Awami League government.
Visuals from outside the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) ahead of the announcement of the verdict in the case accusing ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun of committing crimes against humanity during the July-August unrest that followed the anti-discrimination student movement.

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) on Monday began delivering its verdict in the case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is being tried in absentia over alleged crimes against humanity committed during last year’s student-led agitation that led to the fall of her Awami League government. The three-member tribunal will also pronounce its judgement against Hasina's two aides, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, over the same charges. Mamun was produced before the tribunal.

Prosecutors have sought the death penalty for the accused. Hasina, 78, faces multiple charges arising from the mass uprising that forced her out of office in August 2024. A UN rights office report estimates that up to 1,400 people were killed between July 15 and August 15 during the “July Uprising” as her government ordered a sweeping security crackdown.

Sajeeb Wazed's remarks came a day before a Dhaka court was due to deliver a televised verdict that is expected to convict Sheikh Hasina, 78, in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity for a deadly crackdown on student-led protests in 2024.

Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina believes legacy lies not in places or physical objects, but in the values.

The verdict against Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina is being delivered on Monday in the case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the July mass uprising.

This is the first case related to killings and other crimes against humanity during the mass uprising whose verdict is being delivered.

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.