THE legacy of filing cases against hundreds of unnamed people, as has been by successive governments, including the authoritarian Awami League government, regrettably persists. After the Awami League regime was toppled in an uprising, it was expected that the abuse of legal devices would end. But the legacy, unfortunately, continues apace. In the recent examples, the...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday ordered preparing a list of those killed in attacks by the Bangladesh Chhatra League and other affiliated bodies of Awami League, and also by state forces on the orders of the then government in the 15 years before the July mass uprising in 2024...
THE attacks on the National Citizen Party鈥檚 rally in Gopalganj by alleged Awami League activists are condemnable; equally troubling is the harassment of ordinary citizens. Since the attack on July 16, the government has imposed a curfew in the district, filed eight cases accusing about 8,400 unnamed individuals, and arrested at least 321 people. Among the arrested are...
Bangladesh Awami League鈥檚 four front organisations, including banned student front Bangladesh Chhatra League, youth front Bangladesh Awami Juba League, volunteer front Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League and worker front Jatiya Sramik League, on Sunday failed to impose its countrywide strike, protesting at what they said 鈥楪opalganj mass killing鈥�...
Several Bangladeshis who are under the Anti-Corruption Commission scrutiny in Bangladesh appear to have either sold, transferred or refinanced property in the United Kingdom since the past year鈥檚 mass uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led authoritarian Awami League regime...
The police have filed four cases with Gopalganj sadar police station against 5,400 unnamed people over the killings of four people, out of five, in the July 16 violence in Gopalganj town centering the National Citizen Party rally...
Four front organisations of the Awami League, including banned student body Bangladesh Chhatra League called countrywide dawn to dusk general strike for today protesting at 鈥楪opalganj mass killing鈥�, and demanding the cancellation of 鈥榠llegal tribunal鈥� and ouster of 鈥榝ascist Yunus government鈥�...
The government again extended the curfew in Gopalganj district from 8:00pm on Saturday to 6:00am on Sunday while the joint forces arrested 250 people in the three days till Saturday afternoon over the violence centering on the National Citizen Party rally in Gopalganj on Wednesday...
The Gopalganj authorities have relaxed the ongoing curfew for 14 hours on Saturday, allowing public movement from 6:00am to 8:00pm...
Former inspector general of police Ashraful Huda on Friday said that intelligence failures were responsible for some of Bangladesh鈥檚 most critical national crises, including the assassinations of former presidents Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman, as well as the deadly August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka.
At least three cases, including two with the Gopalganj sadar police station and the other with the Kashiani police station, were filed against 1,329 people between Thursday night and Friday over allegations of attacking police and vandalising...
Unidentified miscreants set fire to an archway erected by the Nationalist Citizen Party (NCP) in Narayanganj鈥檚 College Road early Friday, ahead of the party鈥檚 scheduled rally.
Bangladesh Army was compelled to use force at one point in self-defence in Gopalganj town on Wednesday as attackers hurled a huge number of crude bombs and brick chips towards them, said a press release of the Inter Services Public Relation Directorate issued on Thursday.
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam at a rally in Faridpur on Thrusday said that the party would bring out a long march to Gopalganj if Awami League hooligans, including those involved in Wednesday鈥檚 attack on their rally in the...
The government on Thursday extended the curfew in Gopalganj for an indefinite period and formed a three-member committee to investigate Wednesday鈥檚 violence and deaths over the National Citizen Party rally in the district town.
The family members of Bangladesh鈥檚 first prime minister and one of the leading Liberation War organisers, Tajuddin Ahmad, on Thursday met chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and invited him to attend the events marking Tajuddin鈥檚 birth centenary.
The Interim government has established a three-member committee to investigate Wednesday鈥檚 acts of violence and deaths that occurred in Gopalganj over the National Citizen Party鈥� rally in the district.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that conspiracies were under way to thwart the people鈥檚 aspiration for a democratic transition through elections in Bangladesh.
Police arrested 20 people following a series of clashes between members of law enforcement agencies and activists of Awami League in Gopalganj district town over National Citizen Party鈥檚 rally that killed four people and injured many more...
The curfew remains in force in Gopalganj district town amid an uneasy calm today (Thursday), following violent clashes on Wednesday between Awami League activists and law enforcers over an NCP rally.
At least four people were killed and scores were injured in a series of clashes between the members of the law enforcement agencies and the activists of the Awami League in Gopalganj district town on Wednesday.
The Election Commission removed Bangladesh Awami League鈥檚 electoral symbol 鈥榖oat鈥� from the commission鈥檚 web site on Wednesday, nine weeks after suspending the registration of the party.
Bangladesh interim government on Wednesday imposed curfew in Gopalganj till Thursday evening as violent clash erupted between law enforcers and Awami League activists centering on the National Citizen Party rally marking the first anniversary of the July uprising in the district.
Security forces evacuated leaders and activists of National Citizen Party out of Gopalganj city after activists of Awami League and banned Bangladesh Chhatra League went on a rampage, attacking and setting fire to the rally venue of the NCP at Gopalganj Municipality Park and clashed with law enforcement agencies on Wednesday.
Authorities imposed section 144 in Gopalganj on Wednesday after violent clashes erupted as activists of Awami League and banned Bangladesh Chhatra League attacked motorcade of National Citizen Party, vandalised the party鈥檚 rally venue at Gopalganj Municipality Park and clashed with security forces.
Several people, including police personnel, were injured in an attack in what the local administration claimed was carried out by activists of Awami League and banned Bangladesh Chhatra League to foil NCP鈥檚 scheduled programme in the district on Wednesday...
A group of Awami League activists torched and vandalised a police vehicle in Gopalganj Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning...
Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina had split the country using the freedom fighters versus Razakars divide and using 鈥楳ujibism鈥� for past 50 years the country was kept divided, while the July uprising was organised against such divisions in society and to build a new Bangladesh, said National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam...
The government on Tuesday decided to review all the agreements on the Independent Power Plants (IPP) signed during the Awami League regime as there were widespread allegations of inconsistencies in those agreements...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two separate cases against former Narayanganj-4 lawmaker Shamim Osman and his wife Salma Osman on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 9.38 crore...
