A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat and home ministry Md Jahangir Alam on five-day remand in connection with a case filed over the killing of a teenager Abdul Motalib during student-led mass uprising on August 4.
Ashikur Islam Ashik and his younger brother Atikul Islam Atik, who lost their mother in their childhood, were raised by their father Md Chan Mia, a farmer, and grandmother, Ichimon.
Two more youth who sustained bullet injuries during the student-led mass uprising died while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Monday...
Justice seekers across the country are facing prolonged delays due to the persistent absence of public prosecutors and government pleaders, appointed under the overthrown Awami League regime, from lower courts since the fall of the AL government amid a student-mass uprising on August 5...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus saw the trajectory of his life change after student-led mass uprising this summer resulted in his installation as the interim leader of Bangladesh.
THE apparent indifference of the interim government to engage or coordinate with political parties to address the pressing issues that the country faces and the reforms that the country needs is concerning on a couple of counts. The distance between the government and the political parties also suggests a distance between the government and the...
A four-member fact-finding committee was formed on Sunday evening by the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, Niaz Ahmed, to identify those involved in the violent incidents that took place on Dhaka University campus during student-led mass uprising between July 15 and August 5, 2024.
The chairman of Southeast Bank has been replaced after 20 years.
THE dramatic fall of the authoritarian Awami League regime, driven by the unyielding energy and vision of Gen Z, marks a watershed moment in Bangladesh鈥檚 history. Like many, I have been both a witness to and an active supporter of this transformative movement, marvelling at how young students, popularly referred to as Generation Z, have ignited the...
Maruf Hossain, who once dreamed to live the life of a successful cricketer, eventually embraced martyrdom to bring better days for his country and people.
Rights activists, lawyers and politicians on Saturday urged the interim government to form separate commissions to investigate the BDR Mutiny carnage in 2009, Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh rally in 2013 and students-led mass uprising in July-August this year...
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...
Naima Sultana, 15 years old, was different from others her age. While many remain glued to their mobile screen, she loved to study and would draw when she was free.
IN THE wake of the July-August uprising, there has been fresh discussion on reforms to the education sector. It is clear that an education-friendly environment is essential to eradicating...
Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim AA Khan called on chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at the...
A group of female students staged a protest rally, demanding justice for those directly and indirectly involved in the attacks on female students during the recent Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, at the...
Ipti, the only son of Md Younus Sardar, a car driver, and Minara Begum, a household services worker, dreamt of a day when he could help his parents to keep them off the daily drudgery.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus said ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina should be extradited and brought to justice.
Md Sujan, a truck driver鈥檚 assistant, was caught in a clash between students demanding reforms in civil service job reservations and the law enforcers, aided by Awami League people, on his way back home at Mohammadpur on July 20...
Mehedi Hasan and Farhana Islam Popy got married in 2018 after three years of courtship. They raised a family in about three years.
The High Court on Tuesday sought an explanation from the interim government as to why those killed during the student-led mass uprising between July 16 and August 5 should not be recognised as 鈥榥ational heroes,鈥� and why those injured or detained should not be accorded the legal status of 鈥榝reedom fighters.鈥�...
The Directorate General of Health Services on Tuesday for the first time published a list of 708 deaths in the student-led mass uprising in July-August that forced deposed prime minister...
The chief metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday sent Rafat Majumder Ringku, a dramatist and Dhaka city (north) Chhatra League vice-president, to jail in connection with a murder case...
Alamgir Sheikh, 36, of Kushtia, came to Dhaka 20 years back and started driving car to maintain his family...
The family鈥檚 hope for arranging the wedding of Md Shakil Hossen after his bachelor鈥檚 degree in 2025 fell through.
The members of the Chinese National Emergency Medical Team on Monday visited the patients who suffered severe injuries during the student-led mass uprising and assured them...
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...
Different courts in Dhaka, Sunamganj and Rajshahi on Monday sent former planning minister MA Mannan, journalist Shyamal Dutta and former Awami League lawmaker Enamul Haque to jails in cases over incidents during the student-led mass uprising that ousted the AL regime on August 5...
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.
Baby, a single mother, reared her only child, Emon Hossain Akash, after her husband had abandoned her when the child was one year old.