A verdict against the ex-leader, who is accused of crimes against humanity, will be given on Monday.Published On 14 Nov 202514 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareBangladesh has been hit by a wave of violence before a court verdict due against the toppled longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, with her party calling for a nationwide “lockdown” to protest the case.Schools in the capital Dhaka and other major cities went online on Thursday amid severe transport disruption, following a sharp rise in attacks.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAs tensions mounted, the country’s authorities recorded 32 crude bomb explosions on Wednesday, with dozens of buses set on fire across the country.No casualties were reported when two more crude bombs went off near Dhaka airport on Thursday night.The interim government of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has increased security measures, deploying 400 soldiers from the paramilitary Border Guard across the capital.Meanwhile, checkpoints have been strengthened and public gatherings heavily restricted.The recent violence has included a fire bomb being thrown at a government office in Gopalganj district, which is Hasina’s ancestral home. Local media also reported that an office of Grameen Bank, which Yunus founded, was torched in eastern Bangladesh on Wednesday.Police have arrested dozens of supporters of Hasina’s Awami League party over their alleged involvement in explosions and sabotage.Hasina, who fled to India last August during deadly antigovernment protests, is being tried in absentia for crimes against humanity. She denies any wrongdoing, claiming the trial is politically motivated.The 78-year-old is accused of being the “mastermind and principal architect” behind Bangladeshi security forces’ violent suppression of demonstrations last year, which were prompted by a controversial government job-quota system. Advertisement As many as 1,400 people may have been killed in the violence, according to the United Nations. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel stand guard outside the High Court in Dhaka on November 12, 2025 [AFP]The daughter of Bangladesh’s founding father, former President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina first came …
