鈥楪hosts鈥� of Hasina conspiring in industrial sectors: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday said that the 鈥榞hosts鈥� of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina were conspiring in different parts of the country and the biggest conspiracy was...
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Students, people throw shoes at Hasina鈥檚 portrait
Students and people on Saturday threw their shoes at ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 portrait near the Anti-Terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture on the Dhaka University campus...
Uprising reflected at Ganabhaban
TRANSFORMING Ganabhaban, the official residence of the prime minister, into a museum reflecting the student-mass uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 government represents a profound symbol of the nation鈥檚 journey toward justice, democracy and liberation. Much like the Presidential Historical Museums in Philadelphia, this transformation aims to...
Four more cases filed against Hasina, aides
Four more cases 鈥� three cases on murder charges and one for attempt to murder 鈥� were filed against ousted prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, raising the...
11 new cases filed against Hasina, associates聽
Families of 12 victims of enforced disappearances from 2011 to 2020 on Wednesday filed 11 separate cases with the International Crimes Tribunal against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, members of law enforcement agencies, and other associates. Ten of the victims still remain missing...
Delhi in denial over Bangladesh
FOR a couple of months, Bangladesh has been making the media headlines. What is happening in this geographically small but strategically important country of 175 million people has created widespread interest...
First case of聽enforced disappearance filed against Hasina, aides with ICT
The maiden case of enforced disappearance was filed with the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka Metropolitan Police...
Balancing inclusivity and stability in democracy
THE democratic aspirations that Bangladeshis have nurtured, despite the former Sheikh Hasina-led government鈥檚 decade-long stringent suppression of dissent, have paved the way for a fresh political discourse through the July uprising. Riding the wave of renewed hope, the demand for a new political landscape has become stronger than ever...
Bangladesh ousted PM Hasina, sister sued over killing of garment worker
Bangladesh ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her younger sister Sheikh Rehana and 69 others were accused in a murder over the killing of garment worker Md Fazlu.
Reforming the police: Lessons from developed nations
ON AUGUST 5, the world witnessed a significant political upheaval in Bangladesh, as the long-standing autocratic prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country amid an uprising led by students and citizens. Her 15-year rule had deeply corrupted and politicised various government institutions, including the police force, which had become a tool..
Blanket murder cases continue worryingly
DESPITE concern raised by various quarters, including political parties, and assurances from the authorities, blanket murder cases against Awami League leaders, activists, aides and, even, professionals close to them have continued. Such cases and detention in connection with the cases after the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5 amid the student-mass uprising...
Bangladesh politicians Inu, Menon, Ex-IGP Mamun shown arrested in 2 cases
Bangladesh politicians Hasanul Haq Inu, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president and former information minister, Rashed Khan Menon, Workers Party of Bangladesh president and former tourism minister, and former IGP Abdullah Al Mamun were shown arrested in two murder cases on Sunday.
Hasina, 35 others sued in murder case in N鈥檊anj
A murder case was filed against 36 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former minister Obaidul Quader, former MP AKM Shamim Osman, for killing a person named Badiuzzaman during the anti-discrimination student movement in Chashara area of Narayanganj...
Revitalising centrism post Hasina
WITH the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime, Bangladesh stands at a crossroads. The political landscape, long dominated by polarising forces, now risks descending into yet...
3 new ICT cases filed against Hasina, 151 associates
Three new charges of genocide and crimes against humanity have been filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 151 of her associates, including high-ranking party officials and police officers...
Bangladesh govt to seek extradition of ousted PM Hasina from India: Asif Nazrul
Interim government鈥檚 law adviser Asif Nazrul on Thursday said that Bangladesh will formally ask India to hand over ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to stand trial.
Tarique Siddique sued for plotting to abduct, kill
A case was filed on Thursday against 10 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 security affairs adviser major general (retired) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, allegedly for abducting, plotting to forcibly disappear and ultimately killing colonel (retired) Md Tauhidul Islam Chowdhury...
Hasina鈥檚 autocracy and The Duchess of Malfi
SINCE the fall of Sheikh Hasina and the end of her fifteen-and-half year rule on August 5, a great number of writers, intellectuals and opinion leaders have rightly described her and her government as autocratic. But this was not the case when the Hasina regime was well-entrenched in power and people were writhing under the oppressive rule. While...
Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina seen with daughter, strolling around Delhi park
Ousted prime minister of Bangladesh and president of Awami League Sheikh Hasina was seen spending time with her daughter and taking walks at a park in Delhi, India.
Ex-Nazrul univ VC, Hasina鈥檚 ex-APS under ACC net
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday decided to launch inquiries against three people, including Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University former vice-chancellor professor Soumitra Sekhar Dey and former assistant personal secretary of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Gazi Hafizur Rahman Liku over allegations of corruption...
Govt seeks UK assistance to investigate overseas assets of Hasina, allies
The interim government of Bangladesh has sought assistance from the United Kingdom to investigate the overseas wealth of allies of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as the new administration intensifies its crackdown on members of her ousted regime, according to a report by The Financial Times on Wednesday...
Sedition case filed against Hasina, 3 ex-CECs
A sedition case has been filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and three former chief election commissioners in Chattogram for conducting illegal and fraudulent elections during the Awami League government鈥檚 tenure...
Justifications for a new constitution
FOLLOWING the avid days of a successful student-mass uprising, gross injustice will be done to the blood spilled on the walls and streets of Bangladesh in the months of July and August of 2024 if significant reforms are not made to the system. The immense plight of Bangladeshis in the time following up to the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚...
ECNEC approves 4 projects worth Tk 1,222.14cr
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Wednesday approved a total of four development projects involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 1,222.14 crore.
3 more ICT cases filed against Hasina, aides
Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her associates, including high-ranking party members and police officials, face three new cases of genocide and crimes against...
Former railways minister Sujan arrested
The police arrested former railway minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Monday in connection with a case filed with Jatrabari police station over the killing of student Imran Hossain in the capital during the student-led mass uprising.
UN team calls for info on rights abuses during July-August protests in Bangladesh
A United Nations Human Rights Office fact-finding team, which is conducting an independent and impartial investigation into alleged human rights violations that took place in Bangladesh between July 1 and August 15 this year arising from the recent protests, has sought first-hand information from all concerned.
Report against Hasina, six others on Oct 15
A court on Sunday set October 15 to submit a probe report in a case filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others over the murder of grocer Abu Saiyed on July 19 in...
7 more cases filed against Hasina, aides
Seven new cases, including five on the charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, were filed on Sunday against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her...
Why did Abu Sayeed, fellows, sacrifice lives?
THAT the Awami League had a master plan to capture power forever is discerned from some deplorable incidents that happened just after it assumed office in 2009. The party president, Sheikh Hasina, along with her leaders, did not hesitate even a little to kill our 57 patriotic army officers. Almost all the party leaders knew about what happened in the...
