Case filed against Hasina, Nanak, Zahid in Barishal
A fresh case was filed on Monday night against 900 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other Awami League leaders over shooting at the protesters during...
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Giving Hasina travel doc by India contrary to uprising spirit: Mancha
Leaders of the Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, said on Monday that issuing travel documents to deposed Bangladeshi former prime minister Sheikh Hasina by the Indian government was contrary to spirit of the students and people movement of Bangladesh...
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina still in India, gets travel document
Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India for shelter after the fall of her government on August 5, is still staying there although there are media reports that she has recently been granted a travel pass by Indian authorities, according to foreign ministry officials in Dhaka...
Jibon passes away after two months of battle
After battling with death for two long months, 24-year-old Atikul Islam Jibon, an active participant in the student-led mass uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to resign as prime minister and...
Mahmudur Rahman sues Hasina, 65聽others over attack on him in Kushtia
Acting editor of Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman on Thursday filed a case against 66 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and ex-IGP Mohammad Javed Patwary, over an attack him on a court premises in Kushtia around six years back.
PNP demands arrest of JP leaders, AL cohorts
Progressive Nationalist Party chairman Feroze Md Liton on Wednesday demanded the interim government for arresting Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader, general secretary Mujibul Haque Chunnu and senior co-chairman Anisul Islam Mahmud as they were cohorts of the fascist Sheikh Hasina government...
New disappearance case filed against Hasina, aides
Dismissed lieutenant colonel Hasinur Rahman on Wednesday filed a complaint of enforced disappearance against 11 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister...
Comprehensive strategy for police reforms
ON AUGUST 5, the world witnessed a significant political upheaval in Bangladesh, as the long-standing autocratic prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country amid a revolution led by students and citizens. Her 15-year rule had deeply corrupted and politicised various government institutions, including the...
Battle for soul of Bangladesh far from over
ON A pillar of the metro station in Shahbagh, within view just after the flight of stairs by the side of the Pubali Bank, is a graffiti. While the form has drastically exploded in popularity during and after the July uprising of Bangladesh, there remains a political distinction. This one, evidently hastily sprayed on well after the fall...
Of our hopes and fears
AS THE euphoria surrounding Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 ouster to India slowly died down, we have slowly begun to excavate the wreckages of her authoritarian rule in our surroundings as well as our collective memories. If we look critically, the immediate past 鈥� the period immediately preceding her departure 鈥� appeared to be...
Transition from autocracy
BANGLADESH experienced its first transition from autocratic rule after the fall of the regime of president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in August 1975. The second instance of transition from autocratic rule commenced with the fall of president Ershad in 1991. The third transition from autocracy to democracy has started with the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime on August 5 this year...
What motivations drive anti-India sentiment
INDIA鈥橲 sheltering of Sheikh Hasina following the mass uprising in Bangladesh will shape the future of India-Bangladesh relations. The collapse of Hasina鈥檚 government also signifies a decline in India鈥檚 dominance over Bangladesh. However, it is an oversimplification to view India鈥檚 relationship with Bangladesh in such...
Institutionalising emergency medical care
SHEIKH Hasina鈥檚 resignation and fleeing to India on August 15 marked the end of her 15-year autocratic rule and the beginning of a new era in politics. Over these years of authoritarian and oppressive rule, Bangladesh has experienced significant issues, including an extreme violation of rights and a systematic destruction of...
Dhaka not aware of whereabouts of ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina
The foreign affairs adviser to the interim government, Md Touhid Hossain, on Tuesday said that they were not aware of the present whereabouts of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina as...
Interim govt publishes preliminary list of people killed in July-Aug mass uprising
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government on Sunday published a preliminary list of people who died during the student-led mass uprising in July and August.
Hasina鈥檚 agents still active in administration: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday said that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 agents, who smuggled thousands of crores of taka were still active in the administration.
CU reopens after three months closure, students pay tribute to anti-discrimination martyrs
Chittagong University reopened on Sunday three months after it was shut amid the anti-discrimination student movement that toppled the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5...
Khurshed Alam resigns as maritime affairs secy, Khastagir鈥檚 appointment as envoy to Poland cancelled聽
Foreign ministry鈥檚 secretary for maritime affairs unit retired rear admiral Md Khurshed Alam, whose contractual appointment was extended on occasions, has resigned...
Justice for July massacre
THE July-August uprising, which courageously stood against the oppressive Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime, led to the fall of a government many considered authoritarian. However, this victory came at a tremendous cost, with thousands of lives lost, many of them young protesters who made the ultimate sacrifice...
An astute strategic prism
THE sweeping protests in July-August that ousted Bangladesh鈥檚 prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 authoritarian rule, won the country an innovative brand 鈥� the 鈥榥ew鈥� Bangladesh minus the earlier steamroller governance. In the wake of that upheaval, which still rings throughout the country, two hot-button disputes re-emerged from its not-so-hidden...
BNP files case against Hasina, 400 others
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday lodged a complaint with Gulshan police station in Dhaka against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 98 identified others for barring...
Ganosamhati Andolan seeks implementation of spirits of student, people movement
The Ganosamhati Andolan, a partner of Ganatantra Mancha, on Friday sought implementation of spirits of the recent students and people movement that ended fascist rule of the...
2 more genocide cases filed against Hasina, aides
Two fresh complaints were submitted on Thursday to the International Crimes Tribunal accusing 30 individuals, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, of committing genocide and...
A happy return home turns sad in minutes
Meherun Nesa went to Ganabhaban, the residence of the prime minister, in the afternoon of August 5 as countless others did to celebrate Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 fall.
Failure of interim govt would increase chances of Hasina鈥檚 return: Time
Political observers and analysts in Bangladesh and abroad said that dysfunction in Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government would considerably boost the chances of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚...
Mahmudur Rahman freed from jail on bail
The daily Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman was freed from jail on bail on Thursday after he was granted bail in a case filed on charges of attempting to abduct and kill former prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in 2015...
BFIU seeks details of bank accounts of Shakib Al Hasan, his wife
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on Wednesday asked banks to provide details of bank accounts under the name of cricketer Shakib Al Hasan and his wife, Umme Ahmed Shishir...
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina sued in another attempt to murder case
Another case was filed on Monday against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 78 others for allegedly attempting to murder transport worker Sohel in Khilgaon area in Dhaka...
Conviction warrant against Shafik Rehman withdrawn
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday withdrew its conviction warrant issued for sending journalist Shafik Rehman to jail to 7-year sentence on charge of conspiracy to abduct and kill deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 son Sajeeb Wazed Joy...
JnU to observe 19th anniv focusing on July Revolution
Jagannath University will celebrate its 19th anniversary on October 20 with a focus on the 鈥楯uly Revolution鈥� that toppled the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5...