BUMA, MACES host photography marketing competition
BRAC University Marketing Association has recently organised a photography marketing competition titled Frames of Freedom to showcase the essence of the student-led July-August mass uprising...
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Women鈥檚 role in realising July uprising spirit demanded
Politicians, academics, professionals and women leaders on Tuesday at a seminar demanded increasing participation of women in the implementation of sprits of recent student-people movement...
Mass uprising leaves 55pc children traumatised: study
Ever since the July-August student-led mass uprising, 55 per cent primary schoolchildren have been living in a state of fear struggling with serious mental health consequences, according to a study revealed on Monday in the capital...
JU distributes Tk 37 lakh in aid to uprising victims
Jahangirnagar University authorities have distributed financial aid amounting to Tk 36.96 lakh to individuals injured during the July-August mass uprising...
Ex-minister Faruk Khan, 3 others remanded
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed four people, including former civil aviation and tourism minister lieutenant colonel (retired) Muhammad Faruk Khan, on three-day remand each in a case lodged over the murder of schoolboy Shamim in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmandi area during the July-August mass uprising...
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, 188 others sued in another murder case
A case was filed on Sunday against 189 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over the killing of Ali Hussain during the July-August mass uprising...
Mass uprising renews call to combat corruption
The country will observe International Anti-Corruption Day today with a fresh call to combat the widespread corruption upholding the spirit of the student-people uprising...
Prof Yunus asks Meta to address disinformation campaign against Bangladesh
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday asked Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to address the disinformation campaign against Bangladesh run from certain countries to undermine the July-August mass uprising...
Ex-AL MP, OC among 469 sued in Rajshahi
A case was filed against 469 people including former Awami League lawmaker for Rajshahi-1 constituency Omar Faruk Chowdhury and Godagari Police Station鈥檚 former officer-in-charge Abdul Matin for...
Performance art pays tributes to July martyrs, injured
Performance art titled 1971/2024: Shono Mohajon Amra Hajarjon, directed by artist-critic Mustafa Zaman, pays tributes to July uprising martyrs and injured and heroes of the War of Independence.
Reclaiming Bangladesh鈥檚 promise
BANGLADESH stands at a pivotal moment in its history, having embarked on a bold and transformative journey following the July-August 2024 uprising. This historic uprising was not merely a...
A grieving father鈥檚 visits to hospitals to support injured
Md Mannan Gazi nowadays visits hospitals whenever he can, offering support to those injured during the July-August mass uprising. The father of two has developed the habit since his only son...
BUP pays tribute to July uprising martyrs
The Cultural Forum of Bangladesh University of Professionals organised a commemorative session and cultural event at the BUP Swadhinata Auditorium in Dhaka on Thursday...
BB starts printing new notes with graffiti of July uprising
Bangladesh Bank is printing new notes changing the existing design with the inclusion of features of July uprising...
Revisiting Shahbagh events and July-August uprising
THE Shahbagh movement of 2013 and the recent July-August uprising stand as defining chapters in the evolving narrative of Bangladesh鈥檚 socio-political history. The two protests, distinct in origins and goals though, explain interwoven paths of public mobilisation, collective memory and the exercise of state power. The Shahbagh movement emerged from a nation鈥檚 quest for justice, its rallying cry demanding the...
Governance crisis and sustainable solution
IN THE wake of the Monsoon Revolution, Bangladesh stands at a critical juncture, facing what could be its last chance to establish genuine democratic governance. In the past, while the nation鈥檚 leadership touted various reform initiatives and grand visions, the fundamental issues plaguing the country鈥檚 governance structure remained largely unaddressed. The current situation demands more than just...
AL turned Bangladesh into kleptocratic state: Debapriya聽聽聽聽聽聽
Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Monday said that a kleptocracy was established from crony capitalism in the past 15 years under the Awami League regime ousted by a student-people uprising on August 5.
ICT orders production of Amu, Qamrul
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday directed prison authorities to produce senior Awami League leaders Amir Hossain Amu and Qamrul Islam before the court on December 4...
Govt has arduous job to put economy back in shape
THE white paper on the state of the Bangladesh economy that a 12-member committee formed by the interim government has come up with presents a more appalling picture of the economy during the Awami League regime than was feared. The white paper, in short, has shed light on the dark side of the development narrative that the Awami League government, toppled by a student-mass uprising...
CPD plays big role in shaping mindset for uprising: Yunus
Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said that Centre for Policy Dialogue鈥檚 research and public awareness activities played a huge role in creating the mindset for the recent student uprising...
Uprising criminal cases should have sound legal footing
THE wholesale filing of cases in connection with murder of and attacks on protesters that took place in July鈥揂ugust and flaws in the filing of the cases stand to harm justice and allow perpetrators to escape unpunished. The police say that more than 2,500 cases have been filed until mid-November in connection with the murders and attacks during the uprising, noting that about 8,000 people have also...
Ex-AL MP Shafia arrested in murder case
A former Awami League lawmaker for reserved seat, Safia Khatun, was arrested Saturday evening at Balughat of Pallabi area in the capital in the case of killing Akram Khan Rabbi during the July-August mass uprising.
Illicit money flow, rampant corruption plagued Bangladesh economy under AL regime
The country lost $16 billion annually on an average between 2009 and 2023 because of the illicit fund flow amid systemic tax evasion, misuse of exemptions, and poorly managed public finances under...
RUB pays homage to martyrs in student-mass uprising
Rabindra University, Bangladesh organised a commemorative programme to pay homage to the martyrs and injured, and a cultural programme on the events of the recent July-August mass uprising at the university鈥檚 Academic Building 3 in Sirajganj on Wednesday said a press release on Friday...
Asif Nazrul urges unity to uphold uprising spirit
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Saturday called upon all the stakeholders of the mass uprising to maintain unity to sustain its achievements and materialise the aspirations of the martyrs...
Flawed, wholesale cases may hinder justice
The filing of flawed and wholesale cases over the murders of and attacks on protesters during the student-people uprising is likely to hinder justice and pave the way for perpetrators to escape punishment.
Full list of martyrs, injured people鈥檚 treatment demanded
People injured in the student-led July-August mass uprising, academics and other speakers on Saturday demanded a full list of those martyred in the movement. They also demanded timely treatment and rehabilitation for the injured...
Reimagining reform: civic engagement
THE July uprising of 2024 marked a pivotal turning point in our nation鈥檚 history, a moment when people collectively voiced their frustrations against systemic inequalities, unresponsive governance, and widespread corruption. The events of that revolutionary monsoon were not just an eruption of anger but a call for meaningful change and societal reform. At its core, the uprising highlighted the power...
Rally demands compensation for uprising victims
A protest rally on Friday demanded immediate compensation and full rehabilitation for the families of those killed and injured during the July-August uprising.
The only ray of hope lost forever
Kulsum sat quietly on the veranda of her relative鈥檚 house in Savar, waiting for her son, Abdul Kayum, to return for lunch on August 5. Kayum told her he would be back after attending the...