Shahina Begum, the mother of Sazzad Hossain Sajal who was allegedly burnt alive in a police pickup van, testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday in a case of crimes against humanity against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun...
IN SIDNEY Lumet鈥檚 12 Angry Men, there鈥檚 a moment when Juror 8, played by Henry Fonda, stands alone against a mounting verdict. 鈥業t鈥檚 not easy to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it first,鈥� he says. He adds very little to the prevailing noise in the room, yet his voice carries a weight far beyond its volume, grounded in moral authenticity...
Country鈥檚 leading electric motorcycle brand REVOO Bangladesh has launched its latest campaign, 鈥楻EVOO A12-S Win Bangkok鈥� campaign featuring an enticing four-day trip to Bangkok for customers purchasing its top-tier model, the REVOO A12-S...
Former table tennis star Zobera Rahman Linu and veteran sports organiser Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed Chapol have been named as the brand ambassadors of the Velociti 15K Run 2025 event, to be held at the Hatirjheel Circle in the city on September 13...
The Bangladesh Under-19 team recently won the tri-nation series in Zimbabwe before winning a bilateral series against South Africa. In an exclusive interview with 抖阴精品鈥檚 Saifullah Bin Anowar, head coach Naveed Nawaz talked about the team鈥檚 recent performance, the process of finding the core squad, and the importance of gaining success. Here are the excerpts:..
Following their Under-20 team鈥檚 triumph at home in July, Bangladesh will be looking to retain another age-level regional title when they take part in the SAFF Under-17 Women鈥檚 Championship to be held at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan, from August 20 to 31...
The JFA Under-14 Women鈥檚 Youth Football competition is scheduled to begin on Saturday at six zonal venues across the country with the participation of 42 district teams...
Two of the three prosecution witnesses told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday that police personnel in printed uniforms, present in the capital鈥檚 Chankharpool area on August 5, 2024, were speaking in Hindi during the killing of six protesters during the July uprising...
Local administration has imposed section 144 in Rajapur upazila headquarters and surrounding areas of Jhalakathi district as local units of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Juba Dal called rally at the same time and venue.
Two prosecution witnesses in the case of crimes against humanity committed in the capital鈥檚 Chankharpool area during the 2024 July uprising on Tuesday testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 and demanded justice for the killings and injuries of protesters during the...
SINCE independence in 1971, Bangladesh has gone through several political transitions, many of which involved interim or caretaker governments. During these times, significant institutional reforms have often been introduced that tend to last beyond their immediate terms. The current government, now responsible for leading the country through a critical...
Thirty-two citizens in a statement on Thursday said that Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami must admit that it played a role against the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971...
Bangladesh were drawn in Group A of the AFC Under-17 Men鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers alongside hosts China, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka on Thursday.
Frank Mill, a World Cup winner with West Germany in 1990, has died aged 67, his former clubs Fortuna Duesseldorf and Rot-Weiss Essen confirmed on Tuesday.
The United States smashed their own world record in winning the women's 4x100m medley relay world title in Singapore on Sunday.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday began the first trial of Bangladesh鈥檚 deposed聽 prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her associates 鈥� former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun -- for their alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July mass uprising in 2024...
An unidentified viral fever is sweeping Dhaka and other districts in an alarming manner, infecting entire families and overwhelming hospitals, while the country has already been battling the outbreak of Covid-19, dengue, chikungunya, and typhoid.
Politicians and former diplomats at a dialogue on foreign policy in the city on Thursday said that Bangladesh could not present a strong foreign policy due to lack of consensus since its independence in 1971...
An additional chief metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Wednesday allowed the police to take former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in custody for seven days for interrogation in a case filed over manipulating the Supreme Court verdict on the caretaker government system...
ROAD safety has continuously been put at bay as the number of fatal accidents has only increased for seven years since the road safety movement in 2018 after a bus killed two college students in Dhaka on July 29 that year. The government made the Road Transport Act 2018 in September that year. Police data show that 2,635 died in road accidents...
Bangladesh Bank has purchased another US $10 million from commercial banks through an auction to boost dollar exchange rate against taka...
Academics, professionals and journalists on Wednesday at a discussion meeting held in Dhaka said the late politician Tajuddin Ahmad, founding prime minister of Bangladesh, who was one of the organisers聽 of the 1971 War of Independence, wanted to establish a democratic country upholding the rights of the common聽people...
Bangladesh bought the FT-7 BGI aircraft that crashed in Uttara, Dhaka, on Monday, claiming the lives of at least 20 people, including the pilot Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam, and injuring 171 others, from China in 2013...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday directed its Investigation Agency to submit the probe report by October 15 in the 2024 July鈥揂ugust crimes against humanity case against Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader and 44 others, mostly his party colleagues and political allies...
Bangladesh have been placed in Group A with hosts Sri Lanka and Nepal, as the draw of the seven-team SAFF Under-17 Championship 2025 was held at a city hotel on Sunday.
The Appellate Division on Tuesday set July 17 to begin hearings on the state鈥檚 appeals against a High Court verdict that acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and 48 others in two cases related to the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka.
Civil society platform Susashoner Jonno Nagorik secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar, a petitioner against the constitution鈥檚 15th amendment, on Tuesday said that he would file an appeal challenging parts of a December High Court verdict that cancelled the amendment...
The Greater Chattogram Public and Goods Transport Owners Federation has announced a 24-hour suspension of all services in Chattogram and five surrounding districts for July 20, pressing for amendment to the Road Transport Act 2018, among other demands...
The Directorate General of Health Services confirmed one death in the country over a 24-hour period from 8:00am Saturday to 8:00am Sunday...
The Bangladesh women鈥檚 hockey team clinched the bronze medal in their maiden appearance at the AHF Women鈥檚 Under-18 Asia Cup with a 6-2 win over Kazakhstan in the third place decider at the Dazhou National Hockey Training Centre in Dazhou, China, on Sunday.