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No reforms yet in civil service job reservations unfortunate

REFORMS in the civil service job reservations that students sought, which sparked off protests on July 1, 2024, flared into a mass uprising later that month and toppled the Awami League government on August 5 that year, have worryingly remained unresolved 11 months inside the installation of the interim government. This is unfortunate of the interim government, which...

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ICT hears charges against Hasina

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday began the charge hearing against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two co-accused in a case of crimes against humanity committed across the country during the July–August 2024 mass uprising...

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Recovery of laundered money demanded

Politicians, academics and professionals on Monday called on the interim government to take immediate steps to recover the huge amount of money siphoned off abroad during 15 years of the authoritarian Awami League regime which was ousted in a mass uprising on August 5, 2024...

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Charges filed against former BRUR VC, 29 others

The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunals on Monday submitted formal charges against 30 individuals over the killing of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayeed in Rangpur during the July 2024 mass uprising...

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Formal charges pressed against ex-BRU VC, several others in Abu Sayeed murder case

The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday submitted formal charges against 30 individuals, including former Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid, eight police personnel, and several ruling party student leaders, over the killing of university student Abu Sayeed during the July 2024 mass uprising in Rangpur.

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ICT begins charge hearing in Chankharpool killings

The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal 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...

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Govt not to observe ‘New Bangladesh Day’ on Aug 8

The interim government has decided not to observe ‘New Bangladesh Day’ on August 8, one of the three days it had previously announced to commemorate the July uprising that toppled the Awami League government on August 5, 2024...

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Jamaat unveils events to mark uprising anniv

The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday unveiled a series of nationwide events to commemorate the first anniversary of the 2024 July–August mass uprising that forced the ouster of the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5 in the year...

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JUCSU elections deferred again

The authorities have deferred Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union elections for the third time, citing incomplete disciplinary proceedings over attacks on students during the student-led mass uprising in July-August.

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Madrassah student sues Hasina, 166 others

A madrassah student who lost his vision in one eye during the July-August mass uprising in 2024 has filed a case against 167 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and several former ministers, accusing them of orchestrating the attack that left him severely injured.

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Govt must consult stakeholders before passage of budget

THE budget for the 2026 financial year that the finance adviser to the interim government has proposed appears rhetorical, with largely no direction on how to achieve the goals that the budget puts forth. The interim government, which assumed office in August 2024 against the backdrop of a student led mass uprising that had sprung from protests against...

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First charges pressed against Hasina in ICT

The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday pressed charges against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun for their alleged involvement in...

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Charges to be pressed against Hasina today

The International Crimes Tribunal prosecutors are set to press formal charges on Sunday against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others over alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July-August student-led mass uprising.

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Bangladesh still trapped in authoritarian habit

WITH the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s long-standing authoritarian regime in July 2024 — toppled through a mass uprising after around hundreds of citizens were killed by state forces and Awami party workers — many in Bangladesh hoped for a democratic rebirth, one grounded in pluralism, justice, non-discrimination and civic respect. Yet, in the months that...

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PUNAB organises discussion on July Declaration

Private University National Association of Bangladesh organised a discussion on July Declaration at Abdus Salam Hall of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on Monday, says a press release.

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Body of July martyr brought home

The body of Mohammad Hasan who died in Thailand after a long struggle to recover from a gunshot wound to the head sustained during the July-August mass uprising in Chattogram, was brought to the country on Saturday evening...

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Mime show depicts July mass killing

Renowned mime artist Nithor Mahbub depicted July mass killing during the student-led mass uprising and contemporary issues in a solo mime show at the experimental theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday...

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Divisions among youth slated

Speakers, including politicians, a researcher, and a lawyer, on Saturday urged the interim government to work for building a society based on equality, human dignity, and mass people’s sovereignty, echoing the spirit of the July mass uprising in 2024...

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Actor Siddique sent to jail in attempt to murder case

A court in Dhaka on Wednesday ordered to send actor Siddiqur Rahman alias Siddique to jail in a case filed for an attempt to kill a rickshaw-van driver Abdul Jabbar Howlader during last year’s student-led July-August mass uprising.

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Suborna, Apu Biswas, Nipun among 17 artistes sued

At least 17 artistes, including actress and former Awami League lawmaker for reserved seat Suborna Mustafa, and actresses Apu Biswas and Nipun Akter, have been named in a case of attempted murder committed during the July-August mass uprising in 2024...