Jatiya Party co-chairman Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa said on Saturday that individuals with a clean image and no record of violence or legal cases,聽 even if they previously supported the Awami League, would be considered for party nominations if they join the JP ahead of the national election likely to be held in February next year...
Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Awami League, activities of which are now banned, on Friday brought out flash processions in the Dhaka city鈥檚 Tejgaon and Dhanmondi areas, demanding resignation of the interim government.
Leaders of the Democratic Rights Committee on Thursday alleged that the interim government was acting like the fascist Awami League government which was ousted on August 5, 2024, in a mass uprising...
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested Sajibul Islam Hridoy, 23, who allegedly planned a recent Awami League鈥檚 flash procession at Dhanmondi in the capital, along with seven other leaders and activists of the party, activities of which are now banned, and its affiliated organisations...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court鈥檚 acquittal of BNP acting chair Tarique Rahman and 48 others in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack cases, effectively nullifying the lower court鈥檚 conviction of all 49 accused.
Activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of Bangladesh Awami League, brought out a flash procession in Dhaka city鈥檚 Banani area on Tuesday.
The families of the victims of enforced disappearances during the Awami League regime are still crying for justice, as many of them are still missing, many returned from secret detention, and many were found dead after their disappearance.
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Friday sent 16 people, including former minister Abdul Latif Siddique and Dhaka University Professor Sheikh Hafizur Rahman, to jail in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Police detained former minister Abdul Latif Siddique and several others after chaos during an event organised by a newly formed freedom fighters鈥� platform, Mancha 71.
A government physician on Tuesday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that leaders of the pro-Awami League doctors鈥� platform, Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad (SWACHIP), had barred the other doctors from treating victims of the July uprising past year, labelling the protesters 鈥榯errorists鈥�...
IN A bilateral meeting between Bangladesh and Pakistan on August 24, both countries agreed to boost trade and commerce and collaborate in regional and global forums but differed on the unresolved issues of 1971. The visiting Pakistani deputy prime minister expressed keen interest in enhancing ties with Bangladesh, which is visibly more pronounced since the ouster of...
Around 30 people chanting pro-Awami League slogans and holding the party鈥檚 flags launched an attack on the office premises of the Consulate General of Bangladesh in New York, USA, as information adviser Mahful Alam was entering the...
Freedom fighter and senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Fazlur Rahman on Monday expressed fear for his and his family鈥檚 safety after a group of youths had gathered in front of his Segunbagicha home in Dhaka and chanted slogans against him.
A former coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination, a platform which spearheaded the July uprising ousting the Awami League regime, urged Rajshahi University authorities to allow students whose enrolment expired before August 5 to participate in the coming central students鈥� union elections...
THE Indian authorities allegedly allowing activities of the Awami League, fallen in Bangladesh in the July uprising, on Indian soil poses a serious threat to the already strained bilateral relations. Reports published by Bangladeshi and Indian media outlets suggest that leaders and activists of the Awami League are carrying out anti-Bangladesh political activities from India...
The Appellate Division on Thursday set September 4 to deliver its verdict on the government鈥檚 appeal against a High Court judgement that acquitted all 49 convicts in two cases filed over August 21, 2004 grenade attack on a rally of the...
Survivors and families of the victims of the August 21, 2004 grenade attacks look to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking justice 21 years after the attack on a rally of the then opposition Awami League in Dhaka...
THE Bangladesh Expatriates鈥� Rights Council鈥檚 demand for the recognition of the contribution of the expatriates to the 2024 July uprising, which toppled the authoritarian regime of the Awami League for a decade and a half on August 5, 2024, and their political inclusion in the July national charter 2025 merits justification. The council, a platform of expatriate Bangladeshis...
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia have issued show-cause notices to 19 teachers following an investigation into their alleged involvement in activities against the July鈥揂ugust student-led mass uprising which ousted the authoritarian Awami League regime on August 5 past year...
Detectives have arrested former Awami League lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Opu (Jhenaidah-2) at a house in Dhaka...
The High Court on Sunday deferred until October 29 the hearing of a petition filed by former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque to quash the proceedings related to him in a murder case linked to the July 2024 uprising...
Leaders and activists of the Awami League and its front bodies did not pay tributes to the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 50th death anniversary...
Awami League and its front bodies鈥� leaders and activists did not pay any tribute to the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking his 50th death anniversary.
Former Awami League minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain and actress Shomi Kaiser were released from jail on Thursday after securing bail in separate cases linked to the 2024 July uprising.
AN ALLEGEDLY unequal application of the rule for the disbursement of state benefits to the families of the martyrs of the July uprising, which toppled the Awami League regime on August 5, 2024, is worrying as the proposition has sparked off disputes, created resentment and intensified insecurity in the families. Whilst some widows have received the full one-time grant...
Sumaiya Tahmid Zafrin, wife of Major Sadikul Haque (currently under military custody), has given confessional statement in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act over a secret meeting allegedly organised by activists of banned outfit Bangladesh Chhatra League in Dhaka.
A two-day mobile exhibition of the 2024 July mass uprising photographs began in the capital Dhaka on Monday with the exhibition travelling the city areas where the autocratic Awami League regime had faced significant resistance during the uprising...
The High Court on Monday deferred the hearing on former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque鈥檚 bail petition and plea to quash a murder case against him to August 17, following chaos in the courtroom between pro-Awami League lawyers and government law officers.
IN A dazzling twist that no playwright could鈥檝e scripted better, the once-mighty Awami League 鈥� yes, the very party that lorded over Bangladesh for 15 and a half uninterrupted years 鈥� has now declared its own fall as the result of a grand, globe-spanning conspiracy. Naturally. Because when authoritarianism topples under the weight of its own hubris, what else could...
Chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said that the government had kept the Awami League鈥檚 activities under monitoring as the interim government had banned the party鈥檚 activities.
