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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...

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Addl SP Ishtiaq, son of ex-ICT chair, arrested

The Detective Branch of the police on Tuesday arrested Rangamati additional superintendent of police Ishtiaq Ahmed in a case of crimes against humanity committed during the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024...

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New footage of Ashulia killings, burning found

The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday granted the chief prosecutor additional time until May 25 to submit the investigation report in a crimes against humanity case involving the killing of six people on the outskirts of Ashulia during the student-led uprising in July–August 2024.

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Rethinking equality after the July uprising

THE term ‘opposition to inequality’ has re-emerged with striking political significance in the wake of the August student-popular uprising led by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. But this resurgence raises a pressing question: Is opposition to inequality merely a slogan to mobilise mass sentiment, or does it hold practical significance in dismantling the...

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Govt to establish 2nd ICT tribunal

The chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal Muhammad Tajul Islam on Wednesday said the government has decided in principle to establish a second tribunal to hold hearings of cases filed over genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the July-August mass uprising.

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Establishment of welfare state demanded

Politicians, academics and professionals on Saturday at a discussion in Dhaka demanded formation of a welfare state after the student-led mass uprising on August 5 after fall of the fascist Awami League government...

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Shadow probe body formed to identify July Uprising attackers

A group of students has formed a 35-member shadow investigation committee to identify those directly and indirectly involved in the attacks on Dhaka University students during the July Uprising between July 15 and August 5, 2024.

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China always with new Bangladesh: ambassador

‘China is always with the people of Bangladesh, with the new Bangladesh,’ he at a drone show on Manik Mia Avenue in the capital Monday evening…

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Amu, Salman, 8 others shown arrested in fresh cases

A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed arrested 10 individuals, including former ministers Amir Hossain Amu, Dipu Moni and Rashed Khan Menon, in fresh cases lodged over crimes committed during the student-led July-August mass uprising.

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ICT allows interrogation of ex-AL MP in custody

The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday allowed the Investigation Agency to interrogate former Awami League lawmaker ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury in custody on April 16 in connection with the killing of six people during the July uprising in Chattogram...

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Ex-ICT prosecutor Tureen Afroz placed on 4-day remand

A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday placed former International Crimes Tribunal prosecutor Tureen Afroz on four-day remand in police custody on allegation of attempted  murder of one Abdul Jabbar during the student-led mass uprising...

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61 pro-AL lawyers sent to jail

A Dhaka court on Sunday sent to jail 61 pro-Awami League lawyers in a case lodged over assault, vandalising and attempt to murder allegedly committed during July-August mass uprising...

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SAD leader Umama rejects US award honouring women of July-August uprising

Umama Fatema, spokesperson of the Students Against Discrimination, has rejected the US State Department's 'Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award,' which was given in recognition of the courage and bravery of all Bangladeshi women involved in the July-August uprising in 2024...

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ICT probe into Chankharpool atrocities ends

The International Crimes Tribunal’s investigation agency has completed its probe into crimes against humanity committed during the July-August uprising at the Chankharpool area in the capital...

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Police in need of overhaul of oversight mechanism

THE detention of five personnel of a law enforcement agency on charges of holding two young people to ransom is alarming. This appears more so in post July–August uprising. The Detective Branch personnel in Rajshahi picked up the two young people in a microbus on allegations of gambling and held them to a ransom of Tk 12 lakh. The victims were eventually...

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Harvesting independence in ‘new’ Bangladesh

IN 2025, Bangladesh’s 54th anniversary of Independence Day cannot be observed by bypassing the July 2024 movement. Some people may not endorse the epithet ‘second independence’, the outcome of the student uprising that ended Hasina’s autocratic rule and created a ‘new’ Bangladesh. They may have a reason. It may be that they compare the second..

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JULY UPRISING KILLINGS: ICT orders arrest of 15 AL leaders

The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday issued arrest warrants against 15 Awami League leaders, including former ministers Hasan Mahmud and Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury, former Chattogram mayor Rezaul Karim, and party’s Chattogram city unit general secretary AJM Nasir Uddin...

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Chief of Bangladesh Army asks uprising victims not to lose morale

The Bangladesh Army on Sunday arranged an Iftar party followed by dinner in honour of the victims of July mass uprising at Senamalancha at the Cantonment in the capital Dhaka, according to a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relation Directorate.

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First formal charge in ICT after Eid

The Office of the Chief Prosecutor is set to file the first-ever formal charge with the International Crimes Tribunal after the Eid vacation in a case of crimes against humanity linked to the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024.

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