The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday set August 6 to decide whether charges will be framed against 30 accused, including former Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid, over the murder of student Abu Sayeed during the July 16, 2024 protests...
Gazipur Agricultural University hosted the closing and certificate-awarding ceremony of the 鈥榙igital skills for students training programme at the Begum Sufia Kamal Auditorium of the university on Saturday...
A blood donation programme was organised at the UCEP head office in Dhaka for the treatment of children who survived the Milestone tragedy...
Tolerant behaviour and understanding of elephant habits could significantly reduce human-elephant conflict in areas where wild elephants frequently roam, experts and local people said at a workshop held in Chattogram鈥檚 Lohagara upazila on Tuesday morning...
THE delay in disbursing grants and allowances to those wounded and to the families of those martyred during the July uprising is deeply disappointing. The interim government 鈥� formed after the student-led mass movement toppled the authoritarian Awami League government in August 2024 鈥� repeatedly pledged that support and rehabilitation for the victims would be...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday directed its Investigation Agency to submit the probe report by October 15 in the 2024 July鈥揂ugust crimes against humanity case against Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader and 44 others, mostly his party colleagues and political allies...
Sufferings and disappointment of the people wounded in the July uprising deepens on as many of them have yet to receive any or furhter financial help from the July Shaheed Smrity Foundation...
Civil society platform Susashoner Jonno Nagorik secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar, a petitioner against the constitution鈥檚 15th amendment, on Tuesday said that he would file an appeal challenging parts of a December High Court verdict that cancelled the amendment...
The police arrested 25 individuals, including two women, on charges of selling and consuming different sorts of drugs in Sylhet on Saturday evening...
YET another flash flood has left thousands stranded in coastal regions, worsening the already fragile disaster-prone areas. Reports show that large swathes of Feni, Cumilla, Shariatpur, Chattogram, Barishal, Khulna and Noakhali grapple with flash floods and widespread inundation. In many areas, residents live without access to safe drinking water. The flood has also...
RECENTLY I watched a K-drama series about a high school boy who loved studying and dreamed of college but unfortunately was stuck in a school ruled by bullies. The environment was so toxic that a gangster group 鈥� led by the biggest school bully 鈥� practically ran the school, manipulating not only the students but also the administration, thanks to his wealthy and...
Kushtia District Administration and Social Forestry Department jointly held a preparatory meeting to organise the National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair at the deputy commissioner conference room in Kushtia on Monday...
Bangladesh interim government home adviser Lieutanant General, retd, Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has warn all against any sort of mob violence in the country.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday concluded the hearing on charges against ousted prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and his two associates over their alleged involvement in committing crimes against humanity across Bangladesh during the July鈥揂ugust 2024 mass uprising...
A Cumilla court on Thursday granted a three-day remand for four individuals arrested in a case filed under the Pornography Control Act over the filming and circulating video footage of a rape victim at Muradnagar upazila in Cumilla...
Sylhet District Stone Traders and Workers Unity Council on Wednesday threatened to go for a indefinite transport strike from Saturday if their five-point demand, including opening stone quarries for extracting stones in manual process and withdrawal of the deputy commissioner, were not met by Friday...
INSENSITIVE and irresponsible reporting on sexual harassment and rape increasingly puts survivor鈥檚 privacy, safety and mental well-being at serious risk. While established media outlets generally try to follow basic ethical standards in reporting sexual violence such as respecting victims and safeguarding the identity, online platforms, social media-based pages and informal...
The woman, who was raped, tortured and videoed in a village under Muradnagar upazila in Cumilla, has left her father鈥檚 home due to 鈥榠nterview pressure鈥� and crowds flocking around her house every day...
Nine years have passed since the harrowing extremist attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka鈥檚 Gulshan on July 1, 2016, that left 22 people鈥�17 of them foreign nationals鈥攄ead, but no appeal has yet been filed, challenging the High Court verdict that commuted the death sentences of seven convicts to imprisonment until death...
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal聽1 on Sunday urged the tribunal to frame charges of crimes against humanity against former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman and seven other police personnel...
The Supreme Court has set Sunday for delivering order on the review petition filed against the much-discussed gazette of the service disciplinary rules for lower court judges...
Different rights bodies and the families of the victims of enforced disappearance on Wednesday demanded justice for the victims of disappearance and torture as the country march with the world in observing International Day in Support of Victims of Torture today...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday set July 1 for hearing charges against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her associates in a crimes against humanity case over the 2024 July鈥揂ugust mass uprising.
Academics, diplomats and journalists on Thursday at a seminar in Dhaka opined that the interim government should not get involved in any regional conflict over resolving the Rohingya issue...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday showed retired Rear Admiral Muhammad Sohail, former Rapid Action Battalion media wing director, arrested in a case over crimes against humanity...
A powerful American bunker-busting bomb is the only weapon capable of destroying Iran鈥檚 deeply buried nuclear facilities, making it president Donald Trump鈥檚 weapon of choice if he chooses to militarily back Israel...
The concerns among businesses in Bangladesh are growing due to the conflict between Iran and Israel, which broke out on Friday, after a surprise attack by Israel on Iran...
Oil prices rose and stock markets diverged Wednesday as investors tracked the Israel-Iran conflict and a looming US interest rate decision...
With no sign of de-escalation of the tensions in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz under Iran鈥檚 consideration, Bangladesh appears to face a wave of fresh economic crises due to a surge in energy prices and a potential supply shortage...
