Bangladesh will seek the extradition of Sheikh Hasina, who fled to neighbouring India after her government was overthrown by student-led street protests in August. The International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka on 17 October issued arrest warrants for the ...

DHAKA (Reuters) - About 1,500 people died in protests that brought down Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina this year, and as many as 3,500 may have been forcibly abducted during her 15-year rule, interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on Sunday.

Bangladesh's interim leader and Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus says his administration will seek the extradition of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India, where has been in exile since fleeing a mass uprising in August.

Dhaka: A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Monday told investigators they have one month to complete their work on ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her close aides who face charges of crimes against humanity after hundreds of people were killed in a mass uprising this summer.

Bangladesh seeks the extradition of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after being overthrown. Interim leader Muhammad Yunus has issued an arrest warrant and aims to hold accountable those responsible for the violence during the protests that led to Hasina's ouster.

Sheikh Hasina has been accused by Bangladesh's interim government of giving orders for the brutal suppression of the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement which resulted in more than 700 deaths during