1 hour ago
Live now
Last Updated:November 17, 2025, 14:18 IST
Sheikh Hasina Verdict News Live: The ICT will deliver its verdict on Sheikh Hasina, Asaduzzaman Khan, and Chowdhury Abdullah for alleged crimes during the July 2024 uprising.
The former prime minister was also clear in the support she sought from India as a “steadfast friend”. (AFP)
Shiekh Haisna Verdict News Today LIVE: The Crimes Tribunal will deliver its verdict today in the case accusing ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two senior aides of committing crimes against humanity during the July 2024 uprising.
The son and adviser of ousted Bangladesh PM Sajeeb Wazed claimed that the ruling could see Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal sentenced to death.
The tribunal, originally set up under Hasina’s own government, will deliver its judgment in the high-profile case that also lists former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun as a co-accused.
Hasina, 78, has ignored court orders to return from India to face charges relating to the deadly 2024 crackdown.
Meanwhile, Sheikh Hasina addressed her supporters virtually, denouncing the proceedings against her as “entirely illegal”. She alleged that Interim PM Muhammad Yunus and those aligned with him had orchestrated a plan to “punish” her through a process that she claimed violated all legal norms.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Court Convicts Sheikh Hasina on Three Counts, Life Imprisonment For Charge One
Sheikh Hasina has been found guilty on three counts: incitement, issuing unlawful orders, and authorising killings. Under Charge One, she faces life imprisonment, marking a landmark verdict in the case against the former Prime Minister.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Court Notices Hasina, Home Minister; Absence Signals Alleged Guilt
The court issued notices to Sheikh Hasina and the Home Minister to appear and contest the case. Their failure to appear is seen as indicative of guilt.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Court Finds Sheikh Hasina, Police Officials Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity
The court found that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina committed crimes against humanity by ordering the use of drones, helicopters, and lethal weapons against protesting students.
Under Charge One, the court noted she failed in her responsibility to manage the situation and prevent violence. Evidence suggested that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) may also be culpable.
Daily meetings at the Home Minister’s residence reportedly directed the suppression of the student movement. Hasina allegedly issued instructions to a core committee to target protesters, while Awami League supporters actively harassed demonstrators. The court examined the IGP, who admitted involvement in the alleged acts.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Court Says Ex-B'Desh PM Ordered Lethal Force Against Protesting Students
The court revealed that Sheikh Hasina instructed law enforcement to deploy drones to monitor protesting students and authorised the use of lethal force against them.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Court Says Hasina–VP Audio Genuine, Not AI-Generated
The court confirmed that Sheikh Hasina’s conversation with the Vice President was genuine, not AI-generated. Forensic analysis verified the audio’s authenticity, ruling out any manipulation.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Bangladesh Ex-Minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak Slams Verdict As ‘Kangaroo Court Judgement’
Jahangir Kabir Nanak, former minister in Sheikh Hasina’s government, told CNN-News18 that the recent verdict was nothing more than a “judgement in a kangaroo court” and a “pre-determined” outcome.
Dismissing the ruling as “ridiculous” and “false,” he said Sheikh Hasina “does not care about such judgement.” Nanak added that the people of Bangladesh would reject what he called a “farcical, fabricated and deceitful” decision and “throw it into the Bay of Bengal.”
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Hasina Still Making Provocative Social Media Remarks, Notes Tribunal
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Hasina’s Lawyers Deny Drone Use, Assert Innocence Ahead Of Final Verdict
The defence argued that no drones or helicopters were used during the protests and insisted Sheikh Hasina is innocent, as the court read summaries of both sides’ arguments before the final verdict.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Tribunal Presents Full List Of Five Charges Against Accused Hasina
The charges brought before the tribunal span five counts detailing grave allegations against the accused.
Count 1 accuses them of murder, attempted murder, torture, and other inhumane acts, asserting that they abetted, incited, facilitated, and were complicit in crimes carried out against civilians by law enforcement personnel and Awami League–affiliated armed groups, while also failing to prevent these offences.
Count 2 alleges that they ordered the use of lethal weapons, helicopters, and drones to suppress student protesters, thereby bearing superior command responsibility and engaging in conspiracy and facilitation.
Count 3 concerns the killing of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed on 16 July, which prosecutors say was carried out under their orders and encouragement.
Count 4 charges them with orchestrating the murder of six unarmed protesters in Chankharpul on 5 August.
Count 5 accuses the trio of shooting dead five protesters, injuring another, and burning bodies, implicating them through instigation, facilitation, and complicity.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Chief Prosecutor Calls Awami League ‘Fascist’, Alleges Torture And Abductions
The Chief Prosecutor called the Awami League a “fascist party,” accusing it of widespread torture and abduction of ordinary citizens during its rule.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: ‘Skulls Missing’, Police And Awami League Blocked Treatment For Protesters
The court noted harrowing testimonies stating many injured protesters who were hospitalised were “without skulls,” alleging police and Awami League members blocked proper medical treatment. The ICT prosecutor said that bullet were fired from helicopter.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Hasina ‘Mastermind’ Of Crackdown, Says Bangladesh Prosecutor At ICT
The Chief Prosecutor, Mohammad Tajul Islam, told Bangladesh’s Crimes Tribunal (ICT) that Sheikh Hasina was the “mastermind and principal architect” behind the alleged atrocities committed during last year’s nationwide protests.
The tribunal completed hearings on 23 October after 28 working days, during which 54 witnesses detailed the state’s heavy-handed response to the student-led movement that ultimately toppled Hasina’s government on 5 August 2024.
Hasina fled Bangladesh the same day and has since been living in India, where former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal is also believed to be staying.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Court Cites Videos, Torture, Intimidation As It Holds Hasina Responsible For Violence
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Who All Faces ICT Judgement? Hasina, Ex-Home Minister And Ex-Police Chief Named
Bangladesh’s ICT is delivering its verdict against Sheikh Hasina, ex–home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on charges of crimes against humanity. Hasina and Kamal were tried in absentia, while Mamun turned approver.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Demonstrators With Bulldozers Gather Outside Hasina’s Residence
Massive protests erupted outside Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi residence, where crowds arrived with bulldozers as the Crimes Tribunal began delivering its verdict against the former Prime Minister and two others. Tension remains high in Dhaka.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Court Says Sheikh Hasina Committed Crimes Against Humanity
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: What are the charges against Sheikh Hasina?
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Protesters seek death penalty
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Tribunal begins delivering verdict
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Bangladesh Enforces Curfew With 'Shoot On Sight' Order Ahead Of ICT Verdict
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 comes amid nearly 50 arson attacks and multiple crude bomb explosions reported nationwide in the past week, ahead of the expected verdict against ousted PM Sheikh Hasina in a crimes-against-humanity case linked to last year’s deadly uprising that ended her 15-year rule.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Four-Tier Security Enforced Around ICT Ahead Of Hasina Verdict
Security has been tightened in and around the Crimes Tribunal (ICT) as the court prepares to deliver its verdict today in the case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her senior aides over alleged crimes against humanity during the July Uprising.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: Five Charges Brought Against Sheikh Hasina, Two Others
The five charges are: Delivering inciting statements, ordering the elimination of protestors using lethal weapons, shooting and killing Abu Saeed, a student of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur.
Shooting and killing six protestors in the capital’s Chankharpul area and burning six people to death in Ashulia.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: ‘Violence Cannot Silence Me’, Hasina Urges Supporters To Hit The Streets
Sheikh Hasina urged her supporters to take to the streets and ensure a nationwide lockdown, saying that violence and intimidation “cannot silence” her. She accused Interim Prime Minister Muhammad Yunus’s supporters of killing civilians and burning people alive after last year’s unrest, describing the situation as an unprecedented assault on ordinary Bangladeshis.
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: ‘Criminals Have Become Heroes’, Says Hasina Ahead Of ICT Verdict
With the Crimes Tribunal (ICT) poised to deliver its verdict, Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed her supporters virtually, condemning the proceedings against her as “entirely illegal.” Click Here To Read More
Sheikh Hasina Verdict Live Updates: 'Will Probably Sentence Her To Death', Says Sheikh Hasina's Son
“We know exactly what the verdict is going to be. They’re televising it. They’re going to convict her, and they’ll probably sentence her to death,” the son and adviser of ousted Bangladesh PM Sajeeb Wazed said, who lives in Washington, DC.
