THE death of eight people at the hands of law enforcement agencies in January鈥揗arch, as the first quarterly update of 2025 on the rights situation that the rights group Odhikar made public on May 14 says, is gravely worrying. The Odhikar report lists 20 people in all having been killed extrajudicially from August 2024, when the interim government was installed after the...
Former minister for expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment of the ousted Awami League government Imran Ahmed was admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Wednesday morning after he fell sick at Sylhet Central Jail...
The police have arrested six Awami League leaders, including two public representatives, in connection with the murder of four students in the July uprising in the past year...
India on Tuesday expressed concerns over the ban imposed by the interim government on the activities of Bangladesh Awami League.
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday placed popular folk singer and former Awami League lawmaker for Manikganj-2 Momtaz Begum on four-day remand in police custody 聽over the allegations of killing Md Sagar in the capital鈥檚...
Police have detained Advocate Zeenat Sohana Chowdhury, Chattogram divisional leader of the Awami League-backed NGO Suchinta Foundation, from the Aturar Depot area of the port city on early Tuesday...
A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch arrested folk singer and former Awami League lawmaker for Manikganj-2 Momtaz Begum in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi area on Monday night.
A group of students and youths under the banners of the Private University National Association of Bangladesh and the July Revolutionary Alliance on Monday celebrated the ban on all activities of the Bangladesh Awami League by organising a programme at Shahbagh in the capital Dhaka...
The Election Commission on Monday suspended the registration of Bangladesh Awami League after the government issued a gazette notification banning all activities of the party and its affiliated, associate, and like-minded organisations.
Bangladesh interim government on Monday issued a gazette notification imposing ban on all activities of Bangladesh Awami League and its affiliated, associate and like-minded organisations until the completion of ongoing trial proceedings against the party鈥檚 leaders and activists at the International Crimes Tribunal.
The National Citizen Party on Monday asked the accused collaborators in the genocide during the War of Independence in 1971 to clarify their political position to the nation.
Gono Odhikar Parishad has submitted a written petition to chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, calling for the cancellation of the registration of the Awami League, Jatiya Party, and other members of the 14-party alliance...
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Monday said that the Election Commission would make a decision regarding the reported ban on the Awami League鈥檚 political activities only after receiving official documentation...
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Sunday said that the election commission would take appropriate steps once it received the official gazette or paper over the ban of all activities of the Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act...
Political parties have expressed mixed reactions to the government decision to ban all activities of the Bangladesh Awami League pending its trial, along with that of its leaders, by the International Crimes Tribunal.
THE issue of public service job reservation that initiated the July uprising has remained unattended since the uprising finally toppled the Awami League government. The students who took to the streets in July 2024, demanding a rational reform in the quota system, and the authorities have somewhat accepted the reform that the Awami League government announced days...
THE interim government on May 10 banned all activities of the Awami League keeping to the Anti-Terrorism Act 2009 until the completion of the trial of the party leaders in the International Crimes Tribunal. The ban meant 鈥榯o protect national security and sovereignty, ensure the safety of July movement activists and safeguard plaintiffs and witnesses engaged in the trial鈥�...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday welcomed the interim government鈥檚 decision to ban all activities of the Awami League and its affiliates, calling it a timely and essential step towards delivering justice for the...
Some injured victims of July uprising are continuing blockade at Shahbagh crossing demanding immediate ban on the Bangladesh Awami League, issuance of July charter and assurance of treatment and rehabilitation of the injured victims...
Protesters, including students, leaders and activists of different political groups, have taken the interim government鈥檚 decision of banning all activities of the Bangladesh Awami League positively...
The interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday Saturday night banned all activities of the Bangladesh Awami League, following days of mounting protests led by student groups and political activists demanding...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party held an emergency meeting of its standing committee Saturday night to discuss the ongoing political situation...
Several senior lawyers known for their affiliation with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have come under criticism on social media for representing a businessman linked to the ruling Awami League, who was recently barred from leaving the country...
The interim government on Saturday night banned all activities of the Bangladesh Awami League, following days of mounting protests led by student groups and political activists demanding action against the party鈥檚 alleged role in past atrocities.
The National Citizen Party, along with several other political parties and groups, have begun mass rally on Saturday afternoon demanding trial of the Awami League leaders and activists and ban on the party鈥檚 political activities...
The interim government on Saturday said that it had taken serious note of the recent demand from political parties, organisations, and the public to ban the Bangladesh Awami League due to its autocratic rule and involvement in terrorist activities leading to widespread human rights violations...
The National Citizen Party, along with several other political parties and groups, continued their blockade at the Shahbagh crossing in Dhaka for the second day on Saturday demanding trial of the Awami League, ban on the party鈥檚 political activities, and...
A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch arrested former Awami League reserve seat lawmaker Salina Islam in the capital鈥檚 Gulshan-2 area on early Saturday...
The National Citizen Party (NCP), along with several other political parties and groups, Friday night announced a series of blockade programmes and rallies to be held on Saturday at all 鈥楯uly Points鈥� in Dhaka and across Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday said that the issue of whether the Awami League should be banned from politics or disqualified from participating in elections is not a matter for BNP to decide.