Bangladesh Burns: Arson, Blasts In Dhaka Ahead Of Verdict In Sheikh Hasina’s Trial Today.

This special report covers the widespread unrest in Bangladesh, with arson and vandalism rocking Dhaka ahead of the International Crimes Tribunal’s verdict on ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is being tried in absentia from her exile in India. In an audio message to her supporters, the now-banned Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina said, ‘There is nothing to be afraid of. I am alive. I will live. I will support the people of the country’. The report details the tense security situation, with a shoot-at-sight order in effect as her supporters protest what they call a fabricated and illegal trial by the interim government of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.