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Time bombs found in Aynaghar torture cells: Tajul

International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam on Sunday alleged that investigators uncovered three secret Aynaghar torture cells hidden within Joint Force Investigation Cell, where underground chambers had been sealed off behind walls.

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61 pro-AL lawyers sent to jail

A Dhaka court on Sunday sent to jail 61 pro-Awami League lawyers in a case lodged over assault, vandalising and attempt to murder allegedly committed during July-August mass uprising...

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Protest as Myanmar junta chief joins Bangkok summit

Protesters displayed a banner calling Myanmar’s junta chief a ‘murderer’ as he joined a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after a huge earthquake killed thousands and left desperate survivors pleading for food and shelter.

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15 hurt as BNP, Juba Dal clash in Sylhet

At least 15 people were injured early Wednesday as the supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its youth front Juba Dal locked in a clash in Sylhet over establishing supremacy in the area...

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Justice SM Murshed’s death anniversary today

The 46th death anniversary of former chief justice Syed Mahbub Murshed, an eminent jurist and one of the greatest constitutional lawyers of the sub-continent, will be observed on Thursday...

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1 killed, scores injured in clashes since Eid day

At least one person was killed and over 100 people were injured in clashes over firecrackers explosion, land dispute and previous enmity in Jashore, Netrokona, Pabna and Habiganj between Eid-ul-Fitr day (March 31) and April 2...

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SAD leader Umama rejects US award honouring women of July-August uprising

Umama Fatema, spokesperson of the Students Against Discrimination, has rejected the US State Department's 'Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award,' which was given in recognition of the courage and bravery of all Bangladeshi women involved in the July-August uprising in 2024...

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FROM REPRESSION TO REFORM: Reviving due process of law

WITHOUT due process of law, justice becomes arbitrary, the rule of law collapses, and authoritarianism takes hold. The staggering scale of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings under Sheikh Hasina’s 16-year despotic rule stands as undeniable proof...

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Myanmar junta accused of air strike even after earthquake

Myanmar’s junta has pressed ahead with its campaign of air strikes despite the country’s devastating earthquake, with a rebel group telling AFP Sunday seven of its fighters were killed in an aerial attack soon after the tremors hit...

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ICT probe into Chankharpool atrocities ends

The International Crimes Tribunal’s investigation agency has completed its probe into crimes against humanity committed during the July-August uprising at the Chankharpool area in the capital...

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Juba League activist Kawsar arrested in Faridpur

Police have arrested former RUCSU vice-president and ex-vice president of Faridpur district Chhatra League Kawsar Akand, also a Juba League activist, in connection with a case related to July Movement...

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Police in need of overhaul of oversight mechanism

THE detention of five personnel of a law enforcement agency on charges of holding two young people to ransom is alarming. This appears more so in post July–August uprising. The Detective Branch personnel in Rajshahi picked up the two young people in a microbus on allegations of gambling and held them to a ransom of Tk 12 lakh. The victims were eventually...

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Juventus roll the dice after costly Motta flop

Juventus gambled on their short-term future after dumping Thiago Motta in the hope of securing a spot in next season's Champions League and attracting a big name replacement who can put right some costly mistakes.

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Chief of Bangladesh Army asks uprising victims not to lose morale

The Bangladesh Army on Sunday arranged an Iftar party followed by dinner in honour of the victims of July mass uprising at Senamalancha at the Cantonment in the capital Dhaka, according to a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relation Directorate.

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Seizure of assets of ex-minister Chumki ordered

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Sunday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze five bank accounts of former state minister for women and children affairs Meher Afroz Chumki and confiscate a flat owned by her in the capital Dhaka in connection with a graft case...