Bangladesh formally charges former PM with extortion
Bangladeshi authorities formally charged former premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed and two relatives on Tuesday with extorting 435,000 dollars from a businessman as part of a corruption crackdown, an official said. Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League party, was accused with her sister and cousin in a charge sheet submitted to the court, said deputy police commissioner Shahidul Haque Bhuiyan. Full Story