A Dhaka-based newspaper commented on social media that the date adds a personal dimension to an important judicial decision.

New Delhi: November 17 has become a day that will never be forgotten for Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The reason isn’t the death sentence, but her 58th wedding anniversary. On this day in 1967, she married renowned Bangladeshi physicist MA Wazed Miah. The sentencing by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sparked a heated debate on social media. Many users allege that this date was deliberately chosen to convict Hasina and sentence her to death, to harm her personal life.

Original verdict was scheduled for November 14

In fact, the original verdict was scheduled for November 14, after the hearing concluded on October 23. But on November 13,

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