Sheikh Hasina’s plan for return to Bangladesh fuels fears of renewed unrest
- Newsrooms
- 9
- Last 3 hours
- 1 report
- Momentum
- Steady
0 in the 3 before
Cooling
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Against the past week
More newsrooms than 96% of the past week’s 3719 stories, and number 62 of 1585 in News.Part of a bigger story
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Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s plan to return from exile in India could fuel renewed unrest and test Dhaka’s ability to maintain stability and pursue national reconciliation, analysts have warned. The prospect of her return has raised questions about how Prime Minister Tarique Rah
In South China Morning Post’s words.2
Background: Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who twice served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 until her resignation in 2024. She is Bangladesh's longest-serving prime minister and the longest-serving female head of government in history. A daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh, she has also served as president of the Awami League since 1981.3
The bigger story: Sheikh Hasina
4 developments since Sun 8 Nov. 3 more since this one.
Sheikh Hasina’s plan for return to Bangladesh fuels fears of renewed unrest
You’re here9 newsrooms
- UK parliamentarians appeal to Foreign Secretary for Sheikh Hasina death penalty safeguards
2 newsrooms. Linked by Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh, prosecutor
- Bangladesh prosecutor warns Hasina faces execution if she returns
2 newsrooms. Linked by Hasina, Bangladesh, prosecutor, execute
- HT Evening News Brief November 10: Sheikh Hasina faces death sentence on return, one year of Red Fort blast and more
1 newsroom. Linked by Sheikh Hasina, death, sentence
The story so far
9 newsroomsCooling- Reports
- 15
- Newsrooms and sources
- 9
- Last 3 hours
- 1
Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (1 in the last three hours, 0 in the three before).
First with it: The Times of India, 23 min before anyone else.
Reported by 9 newsrooms.
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Reports a day, last 7 days
| Day | Stories |
|---|---|
| Thu | 0 |
| Fri | 0 |
| Sat | 0 |
| Sun | 2 |
| Mon | 10 |
| Tue | 2 |
| Today | 1 |
Where the coverage is from
How it spread
Newsrooms reporting it, each counted at its first report.
- Newsrooms
- 9
- Over
- 1.1 days
- To three newsrooms
- 18.6 hr
| Time | Newsroom | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm AEDT | The Times of India | 1 |
| 8:23pm AEDT | The Hindu | 2 |
| 2:37pm AEDT | Hindustan Times | 3 |
| 4:07pm AEDT | South China Morning Post | 4 |
| 5:04pm AEDT | The Japan Times | 5 |
| 6:12pm AEDT | Al Jazeera | 6 |
| 7:24pm AEDT | Dawn | 7 |
| 8:30pm AEDT | Bloomberg | 8 |
| 10:52pm AEDT | CNA | 9 |



