Collapse of pathological loyalty to Sheikh Hasina
AFTER years of crushing and persecuting its political opposition and controlling the narrative, the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami Legue regime came to a crushing end in August, and...
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JU students demand resignation of Bangladesh president
Students of Jahangirnagar University brought out a torch procession on the campus on Monday night demanding the resignation of Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin.
Bangladesh president urges people to avoid controversy over Hasina鈥檚 resignation
Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin has urged the people to refrain from creating any further controversy surrounding the resignation of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh president made self-contradictory statement over resignation letter of Hasina: Asif Nazrul
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday said the country's president Mohammed Shahabuddin has made a self-contradictory statement while saying he does not have the resignation letter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.聽
Next election in Bangladesh realistically possible by 2025: Asif Nazrul
Adviser for law, justice and parliamentary affairs Asif Nazrul said that the next national elections could be arranged by the next year after completing the pre-election preparations, including...
Bangladesh鈥檚 ousted PM Sheikh Hasina continues to stay in India
The Ministry of External Affairs of India on Thursday confirmed that the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, was still living in India.
Interim govt to take steps to bring back Hasina to Bangladesh
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday said Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government would take necessary measures to bring back deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and others as International Crimes Tribunal issued arrest warrant for them.
ICT withheld names of other accused to protect probe integrity, says chief prosecutor
The International Crimes Tribunal has issued arrest warrants for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, including Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, as part of the ongoing trial proceedings related to killings of students and people during the student-led mass uprising in July and August.
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, aides face arrest warrant over July-Aug massacre
The reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday ordered arrest of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former ministers Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan and...
Hasina syndicates still control market: Mancha
Leaders of the Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Wednesday at a press conference called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to take...
Students block entire SC demanding resignation of HC judges
Several thousand students under the banner of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on Wednesday blocked the Supreme Court Annex Bhaban demanding the resignation of High Court judges loyal to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
Case filed against Hasina, Nanak, Zahid in Barishal
A fresh case was filed on Monday night against 900 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other Awami League leaders over shooting at the protesters during...
Giving Hasina travel doc by India contrary to uprising spirit: Mancha
Leaders of the Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, said on Monday that issuing travel documents to deposed Bangladeshi former prime minister Sheikh Hasina by the Indian government was contrary to spirit of the students and people movement of Bangladesh...
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina still in India, gets travel document
Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India for shelter after the fall of her government on August 5, is still staying there although there are media reports that she has recently been granted a travel pass by Indian authorities, according to foreign ministry officials in Dhaka...
Jibon passes away after two months of battle
After battling with death for two long months, 24-year-old Atikul Islam Jibon, an active participant in the student-led mass uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to resign as prime minister and...
Mahmudur Rahman sues Hasina, 65聽others over attack on him in Kushtia
Acting editor of Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman on Thursday filed a case against 66 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and ex-IGP Mohammad Javed Patwary, over an attack him on a court premises in Kushtia around six years back.
PNP demands arrest of JP leaders, AL cohorts
Progressive Nationalist Party chairman Feroze Md Liton on Wednesday demanded the interim government for arresting Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader, general secretary Mujibul Haque Chunnu and senior co-chairman Anisul Islam Mahmud as they were cohorts of the fascist Sheikh Hasina government...
New disappearance case filed against Hasina, aides
Dismissed lieutenant colonel Hasinur Rahman on Wednesday filed a complaint of enforced disappearance against 11 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister...
Comprehensive strategy for police reforms
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 a revolution led by students and citizens. Her 15-year rule had deeply corrupted and politicised various government institutions, including the...
Battle for soul of Bangladesh far from over
ON A pillar of the metro station in Shahbagh, within view just after the flight of stairs by the side of the Pubali Bank, is a graffiti. While the form has drastically exploded in popularity during and after the July uprising of Bangladesh, there remains a political distinction. This one, evidently hastily sprayed on well after the fall...
Of our hopes and fears
AS THE euphoria surrounding Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 ouster to India slowly died down, we have slowly begun to excavate the wreckages of her authoritarian rule in our surroundings as well as our collective memories. If we look critically, the immediate past 鈥� the period immediately preceding her departure 鈥� appeared to be...
Transition from autocracy
BANGLADESH experienced its first transition from autocratic rule after the fall of the regime of president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in August 1975. The second instance of transition from autocratic rule commenced with the fall of president Ershad in 1991. The third transition from autocracy to democracy has started with the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime on August 5 this year...
What motivations drive anti-India sentiment
INDIA鈥橲 sheltering of Sheikh Hasina following the mass uprising in Bangladesh will shape the future of India-Bangladesh relations. The collapse of Hasina鈥檚 government also signifies a decline in India鈥檚 dominance over Bangladesh. However, it is an oversimplification to view India鈥檚 relationship with Bangladesh in such...
Institutionalising emergency medical care
SHEIKH Hasina鈥檚 resignation and fleeing to India on August 15 marked the end of her 15-year autocratic rule and the beginning of a new era in politics. Over these years of authoritarian and oppressive rule, Bangladesh has experienced significant issues, including an extreme violation of rights and a systematic destruction of...
Dhaka not aware of whereabouts of ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina
The foreign affairs adviser to the interim government, Md Touhid Hossain, on Tuesday said that they were not aware of the present whereabouts of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina as...
Interim govt publishes preliminary list of people killed in July-Aug mass uprising
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government on Sunday published a preliminary list of people who died during the student-led mass uprising in July and August.
Hasina鈥檚 agents still active in administration: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday said that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 agents, who smuggled thousands of crores of taka were still active in the administration.
CU reopens after three months closure, students pay tribute to anti-discrimination martyrs
Chittagong University reopened on Sunday three months after it was shut amid the anti-discrimination student movement that toppled the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5...
Khurshed Alam resigns as maritime affairs secy, Khastagir鈥檚 appointment as envoy to Poland cancelled聽
Foreign ministry鈥檚 secretary for maritime affairs unit retired rear admiral Md Khurshed Alam, whose contractual appointment was extended on occasions, has resigned...
Justice for July massacre
THE July-August uprising, which courageously stood against the oppressive Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime, led to the fall of a government many considered authoritarian. However, this victory came at a tremendous cost, with thousands of lives lost, many of them young protesters who made the ultimate sacrifice...