By Admin 
The situation in the country had worsened after the death sentence to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, but now the situation is better on Tuesday (November 18, 2025). However, Awami League has called for a complete nationwide strike. Security forces are monitoring major cities.
On Monday, the International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh had sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death. He has been accused of firing drones and helicopters at students protesting democratically during the coup in Bangladesh last year. In a 453-page verdict, a bench headed by Justice Ghulam Murtaza Mojumdar held Sheikh Hasina guilty of instigation, ordering murder and failure to prevent crimes.
There were no reports of violence after the decision, while traffic in Dhaka and other major cities remained thin and movement of people remained limited amid fears of possible unrest. A transport operator in Dhaka said, ‘The transport system is slow, people are preferring to stay at home.’
Attendance was also low in many offices and educational institutions. Heavily armed police, Rapid Action Battalion and paramilitary force personnel continued 24-hour patrolling around government buildings, party offices and major intersections. Security cordon was maintained in many parts of Dhaka, while surveillance continued at barricades and checkpoints.
The Awami League, in a statement released on social media on Monday, had called for a complete nationwide strike on Tuesday. The party has also announced nationwide demonstrations, protests and resistance from 19 to 21 November. The statement said, ‘Our systematic democratic movement will continue until the fall of the illegal, unconstitutional government of the murderous-fascist (Muhammad) Yunus and the restoration of democratic governance.’
Awami League has described the decision as politically motivated, malicious, vindictive and malicious. Reacting to the verdict, Sheikh Hasina described the charges as partisan and politically motivated and said the verdict was delivered by a rigged tribunal, run by an undemocratic government without a mandate.