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Aug 5, 2024 · Yesterday’s historic events saw Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign from power and flee the country.
- Who Is Mohammad Hasan?
- The Rise of The Ahmed Brothers
- An Important Bond
- The Making of Mohammad Hasan
- An Undercover Source
- Displays of Power and Acts of Defiance
Mohammad Hasan is two people, one of whom has a very important family name. His first identity is that of a small-time businessman from Bangladesh who journeyed thousands of miles to build a new life in Europe. The money exchange, called Bay of Bengal, is one of several ventures Hasan has run in Budapest since arriving in May 2015. The money exchan...
In the 1980s, the Ahmed clan had established their grip on the sprawling Mohammadpur district of Dhaka, which brought them wealth and prominence. It was a bustling area, full of small businesses and food stalls where the four brothers extorted shop owners to pay for their protection. Bangladesh in the 1980s was a good place for the Ahmed brothers t...
To escape justice in Bangladesh is one thing, but to stay beyond the reach of the law requires money, contacts and a powerful network. Here the Ahmed gang had a highly placed asset – thanks to the meteoric rise of their brother, Aziz Ahmed, who by 2012 had been promoted to head the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB), the country’s oldest uniformed forc...
Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has obtained secret audio recordings of phone calls made by General Aziz that reveal the strength of that bond. In one call he recounts how Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina praised his brothers to senior party members: “Look, you don’t know better than me who his brothers are. Where were you all when grenades were thrown...
Sami had helped “Mohammad Hasan” in Hungary but there was growing pressure from an increasingly frustrated General Aziz who started sending a stream of emails and texts to Budapest. He was worried that “Hasan” was not making his new life and would eventually have to return to Bangladesh. The tone became threatening and dark. By the summer of 2016 S...
But what of the wider Ahmed clan? After months of tracking Haris Ahmed, we were tipped off that General Aziz could be meeting the other brothers for a get-together in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. The tannoy system at Kuala Lumpur International airport echoed around the arrivals hall as passengers peered anxiously, looking for friends or rel...
Nov 2, 2021 · Boris Johnsom met with Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina today at the COP26 Summit in Glasgow. From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. Published. 2 November 2021. This was...
Aug 8, 2024 · As tensions rose, Sheikh Hasina stepped up her anti-protest rhetoric, referring to demonstrators as "terrorists" and threatening to "suppress them with a firm hand". She imposed nationwide curfews and repeatedly cut internet connection in parts of the country to stop protesters organising.
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Sheikh Hasina[a] (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. [b] She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh.
Jan 7, 2024 · Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured her fourth straight term in a controversial election. Ms Hasina will serve another five years in office after her party the Awami League...
Aug 5, 2024 · Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister in Bangladesh’s history, has resigned and fled the country, bringing a tumultuous end to her 15-year rule as an extraordinary wave of protest succeeded in toppling her government.
