Bangladesh police arrest Hasina-era former parliament speaker
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“Bangladeshi police arrested the former Parliament speaker on Tuesday (April 7, 2026) on attempted murder charges”
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— Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় সংসদ সচিবালয়) is a Bangladesh government department responsible for managing and supporting the parliament and the legislative branch. It i…
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— The Jatiya Sangsad, constitutionally the House of the Nation and commonly the Sangsad, is the unicameral legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, includ…
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— The president of Bangladesh (POB), officially the president of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, is the head of state of Bangladesh and the commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The Pr…
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“marking the first detention of a prominent figure from Sheikh Hasina's toppled government under the newly elected one”
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— The Fifth Hasina Ministry, the 23rd cabinet of Bangladesh, was led by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. It was established following the 2024 general election held on 7 January 2024. The ele…
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— On 5 August 2024, at around 2:25 p.m., Sheikh Hasina resigned from her position as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and fled the country on a helicopter with her sister, Sheikh Rehana, to India, arriv…
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— Sheikh Hasina Wazed (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024. A daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, …
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“Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, the South Asian nation's first female speaker, who also served as Minister in Hasina's administration”
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Wikipedia directly confirms Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is the first female speaker of Bangladesh and a former minister in Sheikh Hasina's administration.
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— General election was held in Bangladesh on 12 February 2026 to elect members of the Jatiya Sangsad, as well as the proposed Senate. It was the first general election since the July Uprising of 2024 th…
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— Mohammed Shahabuddin (born 10 December 1949) is a Bangladeshi jurist, civil servant and Bangladesh Awami League politician who has served as the president of Bangladesh since 2023. He was elected unop…
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— Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (born 6 October 1966) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the first female speaker of the Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad since April 2013 until September 2024. At 46, she bec…
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“was arrested at a relative's residence and held in custody”
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“the court had rejected their petition for bail”
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“Ms. Chaudhury had not been seen in public since a deadly mass uprising in 2024”
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“She joins scores of members of Ms. Hasina's now-banned Awami League to be arrested since her downfall in cases relating to the failed crackdown on the uprising”
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“Investigators told the court on Tuesday (April 7) that Ms. Chaudhury was a key figure in decision-making, alleging she was involved in planning and ordering attacks on unarmed civilians”
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“Police Inspector Mohsin Uddin told the court that on July 18, 2024, police alongside Awami League activists opened fire on unarmed students and other protesters”
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“Tarique Rahman, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, won a landslide election victory in February, taking over from the interim administration that had led the country of 170 million people since the uprising”
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“Ms. Hasina, a convicted fugitive in hiding in India, was also named in the same case. Her case has strained relations between Dhaka and New Delhi”
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