Midnight procession in support of Sheikh Hasina, 2 arrested
A sudden procession in support of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina was brought out late Sunday night at Prabartak intersection in the Panchlaish area of Chattogram city...
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Govt to seek extradition of Hasina: Yunus
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said his interim government would seek extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina who fled to India after the fall of the Awami League regime in the face of a student-led mass uprising on August 5.
Post-Hasina Bangladesh: realigning parties?
CONFIGURATIONS of political parties in Bangladesh now carry multiple drifts 鈥� they are still inchoate after a long hiatus under an authoritarian stretch of 15 plus years. But the parties got a new lease of life since a populist revolt ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 repressive regime. Now, they are optimistic, alive and thrusting. The expected...
No scope for govt indifference to exrajudicial killing
RIGHTS organisation Odhikar in its quarterly July鈥揝eptember report has enlisted at least eight people having been extrajudicially killed in August 9鈥揝eptember 30. The interim government was installed on August 8 after a student-mass uprising that spanned the month of July had finally toppled the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League...
Judiciary facilitates Hasina in establishing authoritarianism: TIB ED
Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman has said that the judiciary had played a facilitating role in establishing Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 authoritarian rule...
Hasina鈥檚 aides obstructing justice for disappeared: speakers
Human rights defenders and interim government advisers on Friday said that ensuring trial of the perpetrators of enforced disappearance faced many challenges, particularly created by ousted former...
Student injured in uprising dies in CMH
One more student hit by bullets during the student-led mass uprising died on Thursday while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka...
Dhaka urges Delhi to prevent Bangladesh鈥檚 ousted PM Hasina from making political statements
Dhaka has conveyed to New Delhi that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina after fleeing to India was making political statements frequently allegedly by using cellphone and internet facilities from there and Bangladesh was not taking it well...
Professor Yunus tells AFP that elections will follow reforms
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on Wednesday that reforms are needed before his country can elect a government following the ouster of autocratic former ruler Sheikh Hasina...
July uprising victims join rehab day celebrations at BSMMU
International Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Day was observed on Wednesday with student-led mass uprising victims, who were injured during the uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to flee to India...
Anatomy of AL鈥檚 complaint to ICC
THE name 鈥楤angladesh鈥� is not stranger to the International Criminal Court. It was one of the earliest signatories to the ICC Rome Statute and ratified the same on March 23, 2010. Publicly available information shows that the ICC received at least four communications containing complaints (institutionally known as Article 15 Communications or...
Bangladesh Army arrests 2,500 people, recovers 6,000 guns
Bangladesh鈥檚 army said Wednesday it had arrested 2,500 people and recovered 6,000 guns as it seeks to bolster security since the student-led mass uprising that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August...
ICT chief prosecutor writes to IGP over Interpol red notice for Hasina, others
The International Crimes Tribunal has asked the inspector general of police to request Interpol to issue 鈥榬ed notices鈥� to arrest deposed prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and...
Govt to seek Interpol help to arrest Hasina, other genocide case fugitives
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Sunday said that the government would request INTERPOL to issue red notices to arrest and bring back fugitives, including...
DMP arrests 10 people with US president Trump鈥檚 posters
Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 10 people along with the United States鈥� newly elected president Donald Trump鈥檚 posters, banners and placards conducting drives in different areas in the capital on Saturday...
Potential backlash of delaying Hasina鈥檚 extradition
FOLLOWING months of speculation, the government of Bangladesh finally announced on October 30, 2024, its intention to initiate the extradition process for Sheikh Hasina, contingent...
India considers Hasina as Bangladesh鈥檚 former PM
Indian external affairs ministry鈥檚 spokesperson said that India considered Sheikh Hasina as a former prime minister of Bangladesh.
Hasina congratulates Donald Trump on his 鈥榬esounding victory鈥�
Deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has since been accused in over 200 cases of murder in Bangladeshi courts, has congratulated United States president-elect Donald Trump on his victory over Democrat rival Kamala Harris in Tuesday鈥檚 election...
Hasina still conspiring against interim govt: Tarique
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said that fallen prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina was still scheming against the interim government.
Sheikh Hasina regime: trials and tribulations
AS THE world looked on in utter horror, the brutality of the Sheikh Hasina regime unfolded with unbridled extremes, reaching its peak intensity in the second half of July 2024. By the end of...
Over 1,600 complaints filed, 200 still missing
The Commission for Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances said on Tuesday that it had received complaints regarding enforced disappearance of over 1,600 victims, the incidents of...
Jharkhand CM questions Indian central govt sheltering Bangladesh鈥檚 ousted PM Hasina
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Sunday questioned Indian central government鈥檚 decision to provide political asylum to ousted Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina who fled...
Investigate Tk 3,859cr loan to Bashundhara 4 days before fall of Hasina govt: HC
The High Court on Sunday directed the authorities to investigate alleged irregularities in sanctioning a Tk 3,859 crore loan to Bashundhara Group four days before the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising.
Constitution reform must prevent return of fascism: discussion
Speakers, including lawyers, at a discussion on Saturday urged the people not to scrap the existing constitution on a whim...
Complaint filed with ICC against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina for crimes against humanity
A complaint has been filed with the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands against ousted Bangladesh prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina allegedly for committing...
Revolution or uprising?
THE term 鈥榬evolution鈥� has gained significant traction in Bangladesh over the past few months. I have observed that various stakeholders, including media outlets, political activists, student bodies and even academics, have started to characterise the events surrounding the fall of Sheikh Hasina on August 5 as a revolution. Some have referred to this...
鈥業n the short run, Awami League doesn鈥檛 have a place in Bangladesh鈥�: Yunus tells FT
The chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the Awami League exhibited 鈥榓ll the characteristics of fascism鈥� and it has 鈥榥o place鈥� in the country鈥檚 politics for now...
A robust case selection policy
The appointment of judges, investigators and prosecutors for the International Crimes Tribunals-Bangladesh along with the issuance of warrants for the arrest of Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, indicate that the tribunal is initiating its proceedings, likely from the first week of November. In the prosecution of international crimes, whether in national or...
Govt should bust nexus of tycoons close to Hasina
POWERFUL business tycoons, who had been close to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, have swindled $17 billion off the banking sector, as the Bangladesh Bank government has said in an interview with the Financial Times, during the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League. The central banker is reported to have said that the tycoons...
President can鈥檛 be removed based on emotion: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday said that the decision regarding聽 president Muhammed Shahabuddin鈥檚 removal should not be driven by emotion...