Protesters vandalise Sheikh Mujib鈥檚 mural, AL office in Chuadanga
A group of students vandalised the murals of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib in Chuadanga on Wednesday night...
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Ex-lawmaker Shimul鈥檚 house vandalised, set on fire in Natore
A group of protesters vandalised the residence of former Natore-2 lawmaker and district Awami League vice-president Shafiqul Islam Shimul and set fire to it on early Thursday...
Protesters set fire to Hasina鈥檚 residence Sudha Sadan late Wednesday
The residence of Sheikh Hasina, Sudha Sadan, located on Road 5 in Dhanmondi, was set on fire by protesters on Wednesday night...
Attacks on police show public order failure
A SERIES of mob attacks on the police and their stations centring on attempts at snatching away the detained that have taken place recently, the latest having happened in Dhaka at night on February 4, are deplorable on a couple of counts. Such incidents taking place one after another harm law enforcement and the public perception about law enforcement. The...
Playing to gallery won鈥檛 protect rivers
THE River Buriganga is faced with a slow death. Various public agencies responsible for containing river pollution have not only failed to perform their duties but also contributed to the problem. The dying condition of the river is concerning given that the environment, forest and climate change adviser has repeatedly announced their commitment to protecting...
ENERGY SECTOR: Govt moves termed AL鈥檚 carbon copy
Some of the steps taken in the power and energy sector by the interim government are carbon copies of the actions of the immediate past fascist Awami League regime, aimed at perpetuating the reign of the syndicate of looters and corrupt, speakers said in a seminar on Wednesday...
MASS UPRISING: Ex-AL MP Abdul Aziz arrested, sent to jail
A court in Sirajganj on Tuesday sent former Awami League lawmaker for Sirajganj-3, Md Abdul Aziz, to jail in a case of attempted murder during the July-August mass uprising, a day after he was arrested at the capital鈥檚 Kalabagan area Monday night...
46 held for attacking protesters during uprising
Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested 46 leaders and activists of Awami League, Chattra League, and Juba League for attacking protesters during the student-led mass uprising in July and August...
Jail authorities deny AL leader Faruk Khan鈥檚 alleged FB post
The Department of Prisons on Monday dismissed a viral Facebook post claiming to be from detained Awami League leader and former minister Faruk Khan, calling it 鈥榝alse and misleading鈥�.
455 AL activists sued for attacking police in Gopalganj
The police on Monday filed a case against 455 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its front organisations with Tungipara Police Station in Gopalganj for Sunday鈥檚 attack on police personnel and their vehicle...
Attacks on the police suggest fragile law and order
ATTACKS on the police and police stations in different parts of the country in the past few weeks suggest a worrying law and order situation. The attacks were perpetrated by activists of different political parties, including the ousted Awami League. In a recent incident, activists of the Awami League attacked a police vehicle at Sujanagar in Pabna on February 2 and...
Sufferings of injured July uprising victims unfortunate
IT IS unfortunate that the people injured during the July mass uprising had to take to the streets repeatedly to press home their demand for quality treatment and rehabilitation. On February 2, a group of injured persons, including several undergoing treatment at hospitals, blocked different roads in Dhaka as the government so far has failed to provide...
AL leader snatched from police
The ousted Awami League activists on Sunday snatched a leader of the party from a vehicle of police in front of Mathurapur High School at Sujanagar in Pabna on Sunday.
ACC prosecutes ex-minister Shajahan Khan, family over Tk聽25.72cr illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed three separate cases against former shipping minister Shajahan Khan, also a presidium member of the Awami League, and his family members on charges of amassing illegal assets worth Tk 25.72 crore...
AL LEADER FARUK MURDER CASE: Ex-MP Amanur, brothers among 10 acquitted
A Tangail court on Sunday sentenced two persons to life term imprisonment and acquitted 10 others in a case over the murder of Awami League leader and freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed around 12 years ago...
Fiscal policies were made to benefit only rich: Bashir
The commerce adviser Sheikh聽Bashir聽Uddin on Sunday said that the fiscal policies in the past in our country were made to benefit only the wealthy class, rather than thinking about all classes of people...
Govt needs to ensure autonomy, accountability of central bank
THE sorry state of the banking sector, which is crippled by alarmingly high non-performing loans and lingering governance crises, falls largely, if not squarely, on the Bangladesh Bank, which significantly lost its autonomy and suffered debilitating political interference during the authoritarian Awami League regime. A recent report prepared by an 11-member...
Sacked police members during AL regime hold demo in front of HC
Several hundred of sacked police members, who were dismissed from their jobs during the Awami League regime, ousted in August 2024, staged a demonstration in front of the High Court on Sunday demanding the reinstatement of their jobs...
AL distributes leaflets at places
The Awami League and its front wings on Saturday distributed leaflets in Dhaka city and some other places across the country on a limited scale as part of the party鈥檚 month-long programme demanding the resignation chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus...
Chhatra League brings out flash procession in Chattogram
A group of activists from the banned Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami League, allegedly brought out a flash procession in the Pathantuli area of Chattogram鈥檚 Double Mooring police station on Saturday morning, the police said...
AL REGIME ENERGY PRICING: Local coal far costlier than imported one
Bangladesh鈥檚 own coal, extracted from its lone coal mine in Dinajpur, is costlier than the imported one, up to 77 per cent in some cases, due to arbitrary energy pricing by the past Awami League regime, which was...
Govt should review policies to up manufacturing sector growth
THE growth of the number of economic units in the services sector by 56 per cent, to 10.83 million units in 2024 from about 6.91 million units in 2013, as the preliminary findings of the Economic Census 2024 that the Bureau of Statistics made public on January 29 show, is encouraging. But what remains worrisome is that the growth in the number of...
Take revenge on AL by implementing 31-point, says Tarique
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman has urged the party leaders and workers to take revenge on the Awami League, which has repressed them in many ways over the past 16 years, by implementing the party鈥檚 31-point reform outline, rather than through any other form of retaliation...
Sacked police members block road
Hundreds of sacked police members, who were dismissed from their jobs during the Awami League regime ousted in August 2024, and their families held a sit-in in front of the Police Headquarters in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday, demanding the reinstatement of their jobs...
Justice in Sagar-Runi, other unresolved cases must
THE unresolved murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi is one of the many cases that contributed to public perception that the legal system was working to protect partisan interests of the deposed Awami League government. The couple was found dead in their flat in Dhaka on February 11, 2012. As the investigation agency failed to...
Credit info database should return to rightful keepers
TWO decisions on the Credit Information Bureau database of the central bank during the Awami League government, toppled in a mass uprising on August 5, 2024, keep menacing the database management more than five months and a half after the interim government鈥檚 installation on August 8 that year. The Bangladesh Bank imposed restrictions before the...
AL won鈥檛 be allowed to hold protests unless it apologises: Shafiqul
Awami League will no way be allowed to hold protests unless it apologises for massacres, corruption and separates itself from its current leadership and its fascist ideology, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam has said...
AL announces month long programme in Feb for Yunus鈥� resignation
The Awami League has announced a month-long demonstration, including leaflet distribution, protest rallies and processions, blockades, and general strike throughout February demanding the resignation of interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus...
Depreciation of taka
THE persistent depreciation of the taka against the US dollar has become a focal point. This decline, gradual thouhg, has intensified over the past decade, triggering questions about its causes, implications and solutions. While the weakening of the taka has multiple contributing factors, such as non-performing loans from multilateral development banks...
JULY CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY:聽ICT orders arrest of 2 AL leaders, 6 police officers
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday issued warrants for the arrest of two influential Awami League leaders and six police officers for their alleged involvement in committing crimes against humanity during the...