The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia have decided to suspend 19 teachers and 11 officials and expel 33 students following an investigation into their alleged involvement in activities against the July uprising that ousted the Awami League regime.
IN RECENT months, Bangladesh鈥檚 news media have been describing Sheikh Hasina in multiple ways: 鈥榝ormer prime minister,鈥� 鈥榦usted prime minister,鈥� or 鈥榯hen-prime minister.鈥� Technically, such phrasing isn鈥檛 wrong: even though the elections from 2014鈥�24 were widely condemned as fraudulent, in 1996 and 2008, she was in fact elected. But the core question is: is it...
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday Bangladesh sought extradition of Bangladesh鈥檚 former prime minister Sheikh Hasina following legal aspects and subsequent court鈥檚 order but did not get any reply from the Indian side...
Savar Model thana police submitted maiden charge-sheet in the Dhaka chief judicial magistrate court against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a murder case filed over a killing during the July-August mass uprising in 2024.
The Supreme Court Appellate Division on Thursday continued for the third day the hearing on a series of appeals and review petitions challenging its 2011 verdict that had annulled the election-time caretaker government system.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday concluded the trial of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun...
The state-appointed defence for deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, who turned approver in the case, was trying to save himself by shifting responsibility for the July 2024 atrocities onto the two accused...
The High Court on Wednesday acquitted all 46 accused, including former Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Habibibul Islam Habib in a case filed over the attack on the motorcade of then then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira district on August 30, 2002...
The state-appointed defence lawyer for absconding deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that the prosecution had failed to prove any superior command responsibilities under the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 against his clients and urged the tribunal to reject the prosecution鈥檚 plea for maximum punishment for the duo...
The state-appointed defence counsel for absconding deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that the July 2024 atrocities were isolated incidents, not widespread or systemic...
BANGLADESH stands at a political crossroads once again. Fourteen months after the August 2024 student uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 long-entrenched government, the nation鈥檚 political forces have signed what they are calling a historic social contract 鈥� the July National Charter 2025. The event was framed as the roadmap for a 鈥榥ew Bangladesh鈥�. It promises to...
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday concluded its five-day arguments in a crimes against humanity case in connection with the atrocities during the July uprising in 2024, seeking death sentences for absconding deposed prime minister...
Chief prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam on Wednesday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that bullets recovered from the bodies of several victims of the July uprising were fired from military rifles.
Chief prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam on Tuesday argued that disciplinary actions taken by different universities against pro-Awami League teachers and Chhatra League activists for attacking student protesters proved deposed prime minister...
A concert at a convention centre in Chattogram city was foiled on Saturday night following violence that reportedly erupted after slogans were chanted in favour of the ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday began hearing arguments in the crimes against humanity case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and detained former inspector general of police...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 16 others over alleged irregularities in the toll collection contract on the Meghna-Gomti Bridge.
The youth and sports and local government, rural development and cooperatives adviser, Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, on Thursday testified that Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 Detective Branch former chief Harun-ur-Rashid had threatened to...
The interim government led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is increasingly using the recently amended counterterrorism law to arrest alleged supporters of the deposed Awami League-led government, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday set October 12 to begin hearing the arguments in the crimes against humanity case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and detained former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun...
The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunals on Wednesday pressed charges of enforced disappearance against 28 individuals, including Bangladesh鈥檚 deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former defence adviser Major General (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique...
Explaining deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 presence in India and its impacts on bilateral relations, Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Monday said that it was a 鈥榡udicial legal process鈥� and required 鈥榚ngagement and consultations鈥� between the two governments...
The Bangladesh police in the past one year requested Interpol to issue red notices against 25 people, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina among them, in connection with crimes against humanity and corruption cases.
SHEIKH Hasina鈥檚 mafia-style autocracy ended on 5 August 2024. However, in a Hasina-free Bangladesh, we cannot simply put all the blame on one person and claim innocence from culpability for acts and circumstances that led to the rise of the autocracy. People who ran the country for decades and the opportunists who maintained strong links with the corridors...
An investigation officer in a case of crimes against humanity against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others on Tuesday testified that the law enforcement agencies and the then ruling party affiliates were involved in widespread, systematic and targeted killings in at least 41 districts across the country during the July uprising...
The investigation officer of the crimes against humanity case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Al Mamun testified on Monday that the police fired more than...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the trials of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her allies are a top priority of his government...
I LIVED in Britain from 2000 to 2007 for higher education. It was an eventful period marked by attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Western invasion of Afghanistan, the unilateral Anglo-American war on Iraq, 7/7 attacks on London鈥檚 public transport...
The interim government has so far seized foreign assets worth Tk聽10,451 crore linked to 10 influential business groups and the family of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, according to a Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit report.
A witness on Monday testified that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina ordered the use of helicopters and drones to attack protesters in Mohammadpur near the prime minister鈥檚 official residence.
