{"id":2170,"date":"2026-08-06T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2026-08-06T08:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:00:12","slug":"ex-bangladesh-cricket-captain-shakibs-home-petrol-bombed-in-hasina-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=2170","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib\u2019s home petrol-bombed in Hasina fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__divider\">\n<div class=\"listen-to-article\"><button class=\"listen-to-article__button\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><title>Listen<\/title>Listen (2 mins)<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__update-reading-list-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"update-reading-list\">\n<p class=\"update-reading-list__button-text\">Save<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click here to share on social media<\/div>\n<p><title>share-nodes<\/title><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<div class=\"rich-share__links rich-share__links--row\" data-testid=\"share-links\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__social rich-share__social--row\"><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2F0hnp2k\"><title>facebook<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Ex-Bangladesh%20cricket%20captain%20Shakib%E2%80%99s%20home%20petrol-bombed%20in%20Hasina%20fallout&amp;source=sharethiscom&amp;related=sharethis&amp;via=AJEnglish&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2F0hnp2k\"><title>x<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row u-hidden--desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Whatsapp\" href=\"\/\/send?text=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2F0hnp2k\"><title>whatsapp-stroke<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row copylink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Copy link\" href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/0hnp2k\"><title>copylink<\/title><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"google-preferred-source\"><button class=\"google-preferred-source__button\" aria-label=\"Add Al Jazeera on Google\" data-testid=\"google-preferred-source-button\"><title>google<\/title><span class=\"google-preferred-source__text\">Add Al Jazeera on Google<\/span><\/button><button aria-label=\"See more of Al Jazeera\u2019s trusted journalism by adding us as a preferred source on Google.\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><title>info<\/title><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-featured__media\">\n<figure class=\"article-featured-image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-05T143105Z_868960534_RC2ESMAZR4J7_RTRMADP_3_BANGLADESH-POLITICS-HASINA-1786000306.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"People burn an effigy of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.\"><\/div><figcaption>People burn an effigy of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her address to The Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club of South Asia in Delhi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 5 [Mohammad Ponir Hossain\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-info m--t-20 m--desktop-b-30 m--b-mobile-20\">\n<div class=\"byline byline--no-avatars\">\n<div class=\"byline-content\">\n<div class=\"contributors-list contributors-list--byline\"><span class=\"contributors-list__by-prefix\">By <\/span>Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<div class=\"date-simple\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 6 Aug 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">6 Aug 2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>Windows were smashed and petrol bombs hurled at former Bangladesh cricket captain \u2060Shakib Al Hasan\u2019s residence after he joined ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\u2019s first public media interaction since her 2024 removal from power, in which she pledged to return in December.<\/p>\n<p>Police said \u2060a group of people attacked Shakib\u2019s ancestral home in Magura town, about 170km (105 miles) southwest of the capital Dhaka, on Wednesday, causing a fire on the upper floor of the residence. The property was unoccupied at the time, and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/sports\/2026\/8\/5\/fifa-pledges-to-defend-infantino-after-world-cup-rights-plan-collapses\">FIFA pledges to defend Infantino after World Cup rights plan collapses<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/sports\/2026\/8\/4\/uefas-threatened-legal-action-against-infantino-and-fifa-what-we-know\">UEFA\u2019s threatened legal action against Infantino and FIFA: What we know<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/sports\/2026\/8\/4\/ex-arsenal-boss-wenger-was-not-aware-of-infantinos-fifa-plan\">Ex-Arsenal boss Wenger was \u2018not aware\u2019 of Infantino\u2019s FIFA plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 4 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/sports\/2026\/8\/4\/uefa-confirm-legal-letter-served-to-fifa-after-infantino-world-cup-plan\">UEFA confirms legal letter served to FIFA after Infantino\u2019s World Cup plan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The Reuters news agency was unable to reach Shakib \u200cfor comment on the attack. The attack came hours after Shakib, a former Awami League lawmaker, joined a virtual event organised by the Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club of South Asia in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>During the audio address, <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/5\/ex-pm-sheikh-hasina-announces-her-plan-to-return-to-bangladesh\">Hasina reiterated that she would return to Bangladesh<\/a>, where she has been sentenced to death.<\/p>\n<p>Shakib, who was elected to parliament as an Awami League candidate in January 2024, has remained outside Bangladesh since the student-led uprising that toppled Hasina\u2019s \u2060government. He faces multiple investigations, including over allegations of murder, embezzlement, fraud \u2060and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will return to my people,\u201d Hasina said. \u201cI know that they may put me in jail or they may kill me, but still I have to go back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event, held on the second anniversary of \u2060her ouster, was Hasina\u2019s first public interaction with the media since she fled Bangladesh in 2024. Hasina also said the ban on the Awami \u2060League, the party she led for more than four decades, \u2060should be lifted after it was barred from political activity following her ouster.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bangladesh\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Hasina\u2019s media appearance, describing it as \u201can affront to the sovereignty of Bangladesh\u201d and warning that allowing her to address the media from India could \u200charm bilateral relations. Hasina, 78, has been living in New Delhi since August 2024. Bangladesh has sought her extradition from India, which says the request is being examined under its legal \u200cprocedures.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200cNovember 2025, Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes tribunal sentenced Hasina to death in absentia over the deadly crackdown on the 2024 student-led uprising, charges she has dismissed as politically motivated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo People burn an effigy of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her address to The Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club of South Asia in Delhi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 5 [Mohammad Ponir Hossain\/Reuters] By Reuters Published [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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