Man testifies killing of son during uprising
Shahriar Khan Polash still remembers the letter his son left behind on August 5, 2024 morning, hours before the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime amid a student-led mass uprising.
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Govt accused of failure to implement uprising spirit
Politicians, lawyers, youth leaders and professionals on Monday at a discussion criticised the interim government that it failed to properly implement the July uprising spirit in the past one year...
Mobile exhibition of uprising photographs begins
A two-day mobile exhibition of the 2024 July mass uprising photographs began in the capital Dhaka on Monday with the exhibition travelling the city areas where the autocratic Awami League regime had faced significant resistance during the uprising...
Gap between expectations and reality
AUGUST 8 marked the first anniversary of the interim government鈥檚 rise to power in the wake of the historic July uprising. The Yunus-led administration came into office buoyed by unprecedented public goodwill, both at home and abroad, and charged with the responsibility of healing a fractured nation. One year may not be long enough to fulfil every expectation...
HC grants Shomi Kaiser bail in another July uprising case
The High Court on Monday granted interim bail to actress and former e-Commerce Association president Shomi Kaiser in the last case she faces over the violence perpetrated during the July uprising...
Police reform, accountability still deplorably elusive
THIS is concerning and a disservice to the spirit of the July uprising that a section of police personnel is still involved in criminal and corrupt activities. The involvement of police personnel in crimes such as extortion, bribery, intimidation and framing innocent people in false cases has continued to make the headlines every other day. The agency is also reported to have taken...
BDPF demands establishment of education reform commission
In commemoration of the 2024 July uprising anniversary, the Bangladesh Doctors鈥� Platform in Finland has recently held an online discussion titled Democracy and Education Reform are Woven from the Same Thread.
Interim govt performances under fire
Speakers, including academics, cultural activists, and researchers on Saturday said that the interim government failed to meet people鈥檚 expectations after the July mass uprising...
Mixed trends mark weekly decline at stocks
Investors at the Dhaka and Chattogram bourses ended the week on a sour note, snapping a streak of consecutive weekly gains as key indices fell notably in the four-day trading week...
707 cases filed, 5,079 held in Dhaka over uprising
Over 700 cases have been filed with 50 police stations across Dhaka till August 5, 2025, in connection with the killing and attempted killing incidents during the July-August mass uprising that toppled the Awami League government.
Bangladesh Maritime University observes July Uprising Day
Bangladesh Maritime University observed the July Mass Uprising Day 2025 at the auditorium of temporary campus of the university in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Foreign policy on mutual respect far cry
The interim government has neither carried out any reform in the foreign policy of the country nor has it been able to establish its external ties in keeping with the aspirations of the mass uprising in July 2024.
We refuse to give up on our hope
For now, exactly a year after the formation of the interim government, it is disappointing to see the government that was installed through a bloody mass uprising has failed its people and is behaving more following the impulse of the Facebook response than acting on its political vision and commitment to principles of equality and justice. The way the interim...
Road home, back to office
I MOSTLY head home from the office and back to the office from home, which has been a routine for long but for a few erratic days when I have ventured out in other directions, mostly before and after work hours. But it gradually became challenging, risky too, to shuttle between the office and home, let alone darting out here and there even when the need was pressing as violence broke out with student protests...
NCP leaders respond to show-cause notice
Five central leaders of the National Citizen Party on Thursday responded to the show-cause notices served on them for their recent Cox鈥檚 Bazar trip.
Authorities hand over six unclaimed bodies of July martyrs to Anjuman
The bodies of six individuals killed during the past year鈥檚 July uprising, were handed over to Anjuman Mufidul Islam, a charity organisation, on Thursday for burial as unclaimed bodies.
List of July prisoners, jail code reform demanded
July uprising protesters who were imprisoned during the uprising last year have demanded a list from the government of those who were incarcerated and also pressed for reforms in the Jail Code...
NSU hosts dialogue on democratic transition
In light of Bangladesh鈥檚 recent political landscape and the anniversary of the July uprising, the Centre for Peace Studies at North South University and Germany鈥檚 Arnold Bergstrasser Institute jointly organised a special dialogue and a three-day photo exhibition at the NSU in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Artists urged to play active role in protecting environment
Artists can play a vital role in protecting the environment while public art can ensure coexistence of ideas in a democratic society following the student-led mass uprising, said speakers at an event on Wednesday...
Charge sheets submitted in 19 cases: PHQ
Police Headquarters in a release on Wednesday said that the police submitted charge sheets in 19 cases, including eight murder cases so far, filed over the incidents of July Uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 authoritarian regime...
Media still under stress: dialogue
One year after the July uprising, the country鈥檚 news media still continued to experience political and corporate pressure and a lack of financial and legal protection, discussants expressed their concerns on Wednesday...
Bridges Division observes July uprising anniv
The Bridges division and Bangladesh Bridge Authority jointly held a discussion and a prayer session to mark the July uprising anniversary at the Setu Bhaban Mosque in Dhaka on Tuesday...
AIB holds rally on July Uprising Day
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC on Tuesday organised a rally as part of its celebration of 鈥楾arunner Utsab 2025鈥� commemorating July Uprising Day, said a press release...
Sonali, Agrani, Janata, Rupali banks plant trees
Sonali Bank PLC, Agrani Bank PLC, Janata Bank PLC and Rupali Bank PLC on Wednesday organised tree plantation programmes as part of their 鈥楯uly Revival and Youth Festival-2025鈥� celebrations, commemorating July Uprising Day, said the four banks鈥� press releases...
Facing newsroom constraints
IT WAS quite challenging to have covered the uprising events, each bloody day especially after July 16, when six of the protesters were left dead, with a handful of reporters. It was a small group, composed of, alphabetically ordered, Ahammad Foyez who on December 5, 2024 was appointed to the press wing of the chief adviser to the interim government as...
Govt should now concentrate on holding good elections
THIS is welcome that the chief adviser to the interim government has announced the date of the 13th national elections. The chief adviser, in his address to the nation marking the first anniversary of July Mass Uprising Day on August 5, unambiguously said that he would write to the chief election commissioner to make all preparations for holding the next national...
NCP issues show-cause notice to five central leaders over Cox鈥檚 Bazar trip
The National Citizen Party on Wednesday served show-cause notices on its five central leaders as they went to Cox鈥檚 Bazar on a personal trip on Tuesday, the day when the nation was celebrating the first anniversary of the July mass uprising, without informing the party鈥檚 鈥榩olitical council鈥�...
GAU observes July uprising day
Gazipur Agricultural University commemorated the July uprising day with various programmes at the GAU in Gazipur on Tuesday.
Families of 5 martyred journalists cry for justice
Families of the five journalists, killed during the past year鈥檚 July mass uprising, said that justice for the martyrs seemed elusive as there had been no progress in the process even after a year since the uprising...
10 hurt in gas balloon blast during July anniv celebration聽
At least 10 people, including a boy and an adolescent, were injured on Tuesday in Dhaka city when a fire broke out from the explosion of a gas balloon during the celebration of the first anniversary of the July uprising on Manik Mia Avenue...