Sheikh Hasina

An overview of conflict, from protests to military and militant violence, in the Asia-Pacific in February 2025.

The report will undermine the former prime minister’s international legitimacy further and likely complicate India’s relationship with the Awami League.

Six months ago, Asia’s Iron Lady, Sheikh Hasina, fell dramatically from power. What happened?

But are the allegations against the British MP politically motivated? Is the Yunus-led interim government settling scores with Hasina?

Sections in post-Hasina Bangladesh want to "rescue" the Awami League’s usurpation of the Liberation War’s history. Others question the Liberation War itself.

Following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh and Pakistan appear to be on the path toward rapprochement.

It has unleashed a barrage of misinformation, leveraging the sensitive issue of minority rights to undermine the legitimacy of Bangladesh’s interim government.

Vandalism of a Bangladeshi diplomatic mission in India has ignited smoldering tensions over the treatment of minorities.

While the former prime minister’s trial and conviction are legally possible, there are political, institutional and societal challenges.

The interim government should work with other governments to impose targeted sanctions against suspected money launderers and freeze their assets.

By dismantling the regime’s sacrosanct narratives – of both the Hasina family and the War of Independence – students directly challenged the foundation of her authoritarianism. 

India finds itself on a tightrope over a minefield, juggling legal commitments under its extradition treaty with Bangladesh as well as broader geopolitical and diplomatic considerations. 

The two journalists worked for a pro-Hasina television channel and were fired by authorities after her fall.

The high levels of violence and the subsequent disintegration of the Awami League took New Delhi completely by surprise. Now India must recalibrate its foreign and security policy in Bangladesh.

The capital, along with the entire nation, resonated with slogans – and then with violence – in the heady hours after the prime minister's ouster.

The only way to prevent BNP-Jamaat from coming to power is to ensure that Yunus remains in his role as chief adviser of the interim government for as long as necessary.

The interim government must focus on healing the wounds of direct and indirect victims of the ousted regime.

With public anger at a fever pitch and a leadership vacuum at the top, the AL’s future is in serious doubt.

A longtime opponent of Hasina, Yunus was accused of corruption by her government and tried on charges he said were motivated by vengeance.

The government's violent crackdown on protesters backfired spectacularly, as demonstrators adopted “one demand”: the end of Sheikh Hasina's rule.

The 76-year-old was elected for a fourth consecutive term in a January vote that was boycotted by her main opponents.

Whatever way the regime and its loyalists try to spin the statistics, the fact points to the diabolic nature of those who ordered and executed the killing spree.

Student protests against quotas in Bangladeshi government jobs have escalated into a nationwide anti-Hasina movement.

Bangladesh’s leaders are right that the protest has morphed into a broader challenge. What they fail to see is that their own actions are responsible for that development.