Looted arms, ammunition must be returned by Tuesday: Police HQ
The looted arms and ammunition of the police after the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government must be returned to police headquarters by September 3.
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26 people at risk聽of losing complete vision after deadly protests in Bangladesh
At least 26 patients are at risk of losing their complete vision in both eyes from injuries they sustained in violence during the movement spearheaded by the Student Movement Against Discrimination...
A call for a depoliticised police
IN THE tumultuous arena of the current political landscape, the police force has been thrust into the spotlight, often for all the wrong reasons. Once seen as a bulwark of public order, today it stands accused of abandoning its foundational role in favour of a dark purpose. Mass shooting, an unauthorised use of lethal force and the dereliction of duty...
Ex-chief whip ASM Feroz placed on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Saturday placed former chief whip and six-time Awami League lawmaker ASM Feroz on a three-day fresh remand in a murder case filed with the...
Four more cases filed against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, aides
At least four more cases, including three for murders, were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides on Thursday and Friday.
With Hasina鈥檚 fall in Bangladesh, a rival family tastes power
Two women dominated Bangladeshi politics for decades. One was chased into exile. The other is newly free from custody and too sick to rule, but her heir looks set to take power...
Murder case filed against Hasina in Munshiganj
A case has been filed on Friday with Munshiganj Sadar police station against 313 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over the killing of Dipjol Sardar during the student protests.
Five more cases filed against Hasina, aides
At least five more cases, including one on genocide charge and four on murder charges, were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides on Wednesday night and Thursday.
Govt committed to follow legal process in cases against Prof Yunus: AG
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman said on Thursday that the government intended to clear Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government, of the financial irregularities charges levelled against him during the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina regime, following due process...
Salman, Anisul placed on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's private industry affairs adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman and former law minister Anisul Haque on five-day fresh remand in a murder case filed with Badda Police Station on 21 August.
Bank accounts of Salman, Selim frozen
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on Wednesday froze bank accounts of Salman F Rahman, former private industry and investment adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, a former lawmaker and paternal cousin of Sheikh Hasina...
BNP asks people not to file wholesale cases
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday asked leaders and activists of the party not to file cases in a wholesale manner relating to the recent student-people uprising that ensured fall of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government...
4 more cases filed against Hasina, aides
Four more cases, three for murder and another for attempted murder, were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides on Wednesday...
Flood forecast system absent in many areas, no rescue boats
The flash flood that recently ripped through eastern, south-eastern and north-eastern Bangladesh busted a myth crafted by the immediate past autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina that Bangladesh is a world champion in disaster management...
Legal challenges to extradite Sheikh Hasina from India
THE deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has taken shelter in India since August 5, when she was compelled to resign in the face of a student-led mass uprising. Subsequently, the media reported, and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy also confirmed that she was not willing to leave the country, whereas her family members forced Hasina to flee to India as they...
Theoretical reflections and historical parallels
ON JULY 22, Sheikh Hasina made a bold proclamation: 鈥楽heikh Hasina does not flee.鈥� Yet, within just ten days, the immense pressure of a nationwide uprising forced her to flee Bangladesh for India. This pivotal moment in the country鈥檚 history echoes a familiar pattern seen in the downfall of authoritarian regimes worldwide...
6 new murder cases against Hasina, aides
Six fresh cases 鈥� four for murders, one for abduction and one for arson attack 鈥� were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides between Monday night and...
Another case filed against Hasina, aides
Another case was filed against Bangladesh ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides on Monday night in Rajshahi, taking the number of cases filed against her to 68 after the fall of her government on August 5 amid a mass uprising led by students...
JP chief Quader calls for Hasina鈥檚 extradition, trial
Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Muhammed Quader asserted that Sheikh Hasina should be extradited from India and tried in a Bangladeshi court for all the crimes committed by
2 more murder cases against Hasina, aides
Two more murder cases were filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides on Sunday night in Dhaka and Gazipur, taking the number of cases filed against her to...
Joy criticises ban on public gatherings near Secretariat, CA鈥檚 residence
Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 son Sajeeb Wazed Joy criticised the interim government as the Dhaka Metropolitan Police imposed a ban on all kinds of meeting, rally...
Another murder case filed against Hasina, 12 others
A case was filed against 13 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, on Sunday night with the Mohammadpur police station for killing Mahmudur Rahaman Saikat on July 19...
Govt revokes diplomatic passports of Hasina,聽ex-ministers,聽 ex-MPs
The Department of Immigration and Passports has revoked the diplomatic passports of the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former cabinet colleagues and former...
Awami League鈥檚 fall: shaping future
FOLLOWING an unprecedented student-led movement that precipitated the dramatic collapse of the Sheikh Hasina administration, Bangladesh finds itself navigating uncharted waters in an effort to forge a future unlike anything experienced since its independence in 1971. This mass insurrection and its immediate triumph will be remembered as one of...
Make public list of people sheltered in cantonments, says BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday demanded that the list of 487 persons who had taken shelter in cantonments following the fall of Sheikh Hasina on...
8 more murder cases filed against Hasina, aides
At least ten more murder cases were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides on Sunday, taking the number of cases filed against her to 66 after the...
Legal experts question wholesale murder cases
Legal experts questioned the filing of wholesale murder cases against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides and took them to custody for interrogation on allegations of...
US Senate majority whip Dick Durbin to visit Bangladesh
US Senate majority whip Dick Durbin is likely to visit Bangladesh next week.
AL leaders blame 鈥榞ang of four鈥� for Hasina聽 fall: Indian Express
Quoting some unnamed leaders of the Awami League, Indian newspaper The Indian Express reported on Thursday that four people, including son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, were responsible for the...
People hold demos for job assurance, admission, madrassah nationalisation
People in different groups on Thursday gathered in front of the Bangladesh Secretariat to press home their demands including assurance of employment, continuation of the migration system in cluster admission tests and nationalisation of ibtedayi madrassahs...