Students launch 鈥榬esistance week鈥� for speedy trial
The Student Movement Against Discrimination launched a 鈥楻esistance Week鈥� program on Tuesday to press home four demands, including the formation of a special tribunal to...
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Miscreants attack cultural instts, orgs after Hasina鈥檚 resignation
A handful of cultural organisations in the country were attacked by miscreants after the resignation of the Awami League president Sheikh Hasina as prime minister on August 5 and fled to India amid a mass uprising spearheaded by students...
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina urges supporters to make public show of strength
Ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked supporters to make a public show of strength later this week, hours after a court ruled that a murder probe...
Digital platform protriodh.net launched to tackle crimes
Crime has increased across Bangladesh following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime amid mass uprising on August 5; many communities therefore are forced to be at the forefront of safeguarding their neighborhoods in the absence of law enforcers...
An open letter to the US lawmakers
BANGLADESH鈥橲 youths have succeeded in toppling the Sheikh Hasina regime that was autocratic and utterly corrupt. The August 5 event has thus been appositely called the second liberation of Bangladesh. This revolution to topple a fascist regime could not have succeeded without the support enjoyed from all sectors within the broader Bangladeshi...
Is he Dhaka鈥檚 Manmohan Singh?
WE MAY find a useful clue on August 15 to the direction the turbulence-stricken Bangladesh is heading in. August 15 marks India鈥檚 Independence Day, but it also became the day in 1975 when the founding father of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, was assassinated in a military coup. The Awami League government of Sheikh Hasina Wajed subsequently...
BNP announces sit-in for Wednesday, Thursday demanding trial of Hasina
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday announced a three-day programme demanding the trial of ousted long-time ruler Sheikh Hasina and her aides for the July massacre.
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, aides, top police officers sued for murder聽
The deposed prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, along with six others, were sued on Tuesday on charges of killing a grocery shop owner in the...
White House trashes any US role in ouster of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
The White House on Monday uled out any involvement of the United States behind the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led government, stressing that it is false...
Joy condemns protests against home affairs adviser
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Bangladesh鈥檚 ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday claimed the 鈥榮ame mob鈥� is threatening the home affairs adviser of the interim government to suffer the same fate as his mother...
Police resume partial duties a week after Hasina fall
Police on Monday resumed their operations partially outside their stations in Dhaka and other places across the country six days after long-time ruler Sheikh Hasina resigned as...
What interim govt says must not carry undertone of arbitrariness
A COUPLE of advisers to the interim government, which has yet to clearly define its tenure, reforms agenda and the terms of reference of the government installed after the downfall of the authoritarian rule of Sheikh Hasina, have聽 already given a reaction that is reflective of an apparent resent when they have been asked about the issues...
Bangladesh鈥檚 inflation in July hits 12-yr high
The overall inflation jumped to 11.66 per cent amid the food price spiral in July, which saw massive student-led demonstrations leading to the ouster of prime minister...
Students seek Hasina鈥檚 trial on genocide charges
The Student Movement Against Discrimination on Monday demanded trial of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned and fled to India on August 5, on genocide charges for...
Sajeeb urges people to pay homage to Sheikh Mujib on August 15
The ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, urged the people to pay their tributes peacefully to the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members on August 15 at Dhanmondi 32...
India blocks Bangladeshis fleeing chaotic regime change
India has arrested nearly a dozen Bangladeshis attempting to cross the border to escape violence and political tumult following deadly protests that led to the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, border officials said Monday...
Home adviser asks AL not to organise 鈥榗ounter-revolution鈥�
Home affairs adviser to the interim government retired Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hossain on Monday warned the Awami League for not attempting any 鈥榗ounter revolution鈥� as it would cost hundreds of lives...
Foreign ministry to write to India for Hasina return if law ministry seeks: adviser
Foreign affairs adviser to the interim government, Md Touhid Hossain, on Sunday said that his ministry would act as regards to a move for bringing back deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina from...
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina contacts party people after fleeing to India
Ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India last week after submitting her resignation amid a student-led mass uprising, started communicating with Awami leaders back at...
HC to resume proceedings on limited scale today聽
The High Court will resume its proceedings on limited scale from Monday, one week after the fall of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 government, while High Court Judge Syed Refaat Ahmed was...
It鈥檚 mob rule, not reform: Joy
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, said that there was no rule of law in Bangladesh where even the Supreme Court was not safe...
UK minister Tulip facing question over living in 拢2m house
Tulip Siddiq, a senior Labour minister of the United Kingdom and niece of Bangladesh鈥檚 deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was facing urgent questions Saturday night after it emerged that she is living in a 拢2 million house owned by a close political ally of her aunt, London-based the Daily Mail reported on Sunday...
Initial attacks contained and no space for playing Hindu card
WHILST some attacks on the Hindus, many actively involved with the Awami League, and their establishments have, indeed, taken place in some areas soon after the downfall of the authoritarian rule of Sheikh Hasina, they have now been contained. The Muslims along with the Hindus immediately started guarding the Hindus and their establishments...
NU, JnU VCs resign among others
The vice-chancellors of National University and Jagannath University resigned on Sunday...
Hasina hints US鈥� hand in her ouster, says resigned to avoid further violence
The former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, hinted that the US had a hand in her ouster and said that she had resigned to avoid further violence and human casualties, reported Hindustan Times on Sunday referring to The Economic Times.
Hasina鈥檚 son Joy terms Bangladesh鈥檚 current situation as 鈥榤ob rule鈥�
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Bangladesh鈥檚 ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has alleged that there is no rule of law in Bangladesh where even the Supreme Court is not safe...
10, including five army personnel, injured during AL protest in Gopalganj
At least 10 people, including five army personnel and journalists, were injured as Awami League leaders and activists allegedly attacked army members and other people while protesting at Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 鈥榝orced resignation鈥� from the post of the prime minister of Bangladesh and demanding her return to the country...
Joy demands election within 90 days
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, demanded the interim government to hold parliament election within 90 days since the parliament was dissolved...
Army attacked, vehicles set on fire in demanding Hasina鈥檚 return
At least 10 people, including army personnel and journalists, were injured as the ruling Awami League leaders and activists allegedly attacked army members and other people while protesting at the prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 forced resignation and demanding her return to the country...
Police fail to start operations outside stations for 5th day
The police could not start operations outside the police stations for the fifth consecutive day on Saturday after prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 fall amid the student-led mass uprising...