Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Shakib's Home Attacked After Hasina Vows Return to Bangladesh
Shakib Al Hasan is a very famous cricket player from Bangladesh.
One day, some people got angry and threw fire bombs at his old family house, and they broke the windows.
Nobody was home at the time, so no one got hurt.
This happened just a few hours after Shakib joined a video meeting.
In that meeting, the country's former leader, Sheikh Hasina, gave a speech.
Hasina had to leave Bangladesh, and she now lives in India.
She said she wants to come back to Bangladesh, even if she might go to jail.
A court has said she must be punished for what happened during big protests in 2024.
Some leaders in Bangladesh were angry that she gave a speech from another country.
The police are now looking into what happened to Shakib's house.
Shakib Al Hasan's ancestral home in Magura was attacked with petrol bombs and had windows smashed, causing a fire on the upper floor.
The attack came hours after Shakib joined a virtual media event where ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vowed to return to Bangladesh in December.
Hasina, sentenced to death in absentia over the 2024 student-led uprising crackdown, said she will return even if jailed or killed.
Bangladesh's foreign ministry called Hasina's appearance from India 'an affront to the sovereignty of Bangladesh.'
Shakib, an Awami League lawmaker, faces multiple investigations, including allegations of murder, embezzlement, fraud and money laundering.
- Who
- Former Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan and ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
- What
- Shakib's ancestral home in Magura was attacked with petrol bombs hours after he joined Hasina's virtual event where she vowed to return to Bangladesh
- When
- Wednesday, on the second anniversary of Hasina's ouster
- Where
- Magura town, about 170 km (105 miles) southwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Hasina spoke from New Delhi, India
- Why
- The attack followed Shakib's participation in Hasina's media appearance, in which she defied her death sentence and vowed to return
Sheikh Hasina and her supporters
Bangladesh interim government and tribunal
Hasina's media appearance from India
Sheikh Hasina and her supporters
Hasina has the right to address the media and reiterated she will return to her people in December.
Bangladesh interim government and tribunal
The foreign ministry called the appearance 'an affront to the sovereignty of Bangladesh' and warned it could harm bilateral relations.
Death sentence over the 2024 uprising
Sheikh Hasina and her supporters
Hasina dismissed the charges as politically motivated and said she will return even if jailed or killed.
Bangladesh interim government and tribunal
The war crimes tribunal sentenced Hasina to death in absentia over the deadly crackdown on the student-led uprising.
Ban on the Awami League
Sheikh Hasina and her supporters
Hasina said the ban on the party she led for over four decades should be lifted.
Bangladesh interim government and tribunal
The Awami League was barred from political activity following Hasina's ouster.
- Victim
- Shakib Al Hasan, former Bangladesh cricket captain and Awami League lawmaker
- Location of attack
- Magura town, Bangladesh, about 170 km (105 miles) southwest of Dhaka
- Damage
- Windows smashed, petrol bombs hurled, fire on upper floor
- Casualties
- None; property was unoccupied at the time
- Hasina's sentence
- Death in absentia over the 2024 student-led uprising crackdown
- Hasina's location
- New Delhi, India, since August 2024
- Event
- Virtual event by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia, on the second anniversary of Hasina's ouster
- Investigations against Shakib
- Murder, embezzlement, fraud and money laundering allegations
