Chief prosecutor tells ICT-1 while describing Hasina’s role in July uprising

To begin with, the origins of the July uprising have been widely misunderstood, both by foreign observers and Dhaka’s own elite commentariat.

Having emerged from years of authoritarian rule, Bangladesh stands at a crossroads at present.

A Dhaka court today asked police to submit by December 9 the probe report of the case filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others over the death of a grocery shop owner, Abu Saeed, in police firing in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area during quota reform protests on July 19