The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 124 bank accounts and assets of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana,

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered to seize assets of Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and her others family members in connection with graft

A Dhaka court today (11 March) ordered the seizure of lands, houses and flats belonging to Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul, Sheikh Hasina's sister Sheikh Rehana, her son Radwan Mujib Siddique and daughter Tulip Rizwana Siddique.

Tk59,000cr Rooppur corruption: Hasina, Joy, Rehana, Putul, Tulip among 7 banned from leaving Bangladesh! A Dhaka court today (11 March) ordered a travel ban on Sheikh Hasina and her family members centring allegations of embezzlement in the name of construction of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP).

A commission instituted by Bangladesh's interim government led by Muhammad Yunus on Saturday asked deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 14 others to submit their testimony as part of a re-investigation into the 2009 mutiny in the then Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) frontier force.

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Sheikh Hasina was elected prime minister in 2009 and ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist. Members of her Awami League government ruthlessly cracked down on dissent. There were widespread allegations of human rights violations and the murder and jailing of political rivals while she was prime minister.

Yunus also said that he has received no formal response from India over Sheikh Hasina's extradition request. Last year, India confirmed receiving the 'note verbale' regarding the same request.

Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh in August last year, and is wanted back in the country to face criminal charges over the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that toppled her.

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Months after the ouster of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, the interim govt in charge of the country has made her extradition from India a top priority. But her return isn't the only concern; Dhaka is also looking to recover what it says is billions of dollars that the ousted leader's associates siphoned out of the country during the time she was in