THE Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances, which the interim government instituted on August 27, in an early report submitted on December 14 says that it has found prima facie involvement of Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister deposed on August 5 when the Awami League government was toppled in a mass uprising, and ranking officials of...
BANGLADESH practically emerged independent this day, 53 years ago, after a nine-month war of national liberation against the occupation forces of Pakistan. The Bangladesh war, politically presided over by the Awami League with the help of neighbouring India, was won when the Pakistan forces surrendered to the joint forces of Bangladesh and India in...
A group of retired government officials who were reportedly deprived of promotion and service benefits during the Awami League government staged a sit-in at the secretariat on Sunday demanding a committee鈥檚 recommendations for their promotion...
Collusive behavior, capacity deficit and coordination failure have been identified as the main reason for lack of credible data on key socio-economic indicators during the Awami League regime...
Police arrested five leaders and activists of Awami League and its wing organisation from Mirpur in Dhaka Friday night in connection with the attack on the anti-discrimination student movement in the city鈥檚 Pallabi area...
BANGLADESH is at a pivotal moment in its history. The recent student-led uprising that toppled the Awami League government on August 5 and the installation of an interim government have reignited the auspicious moment. Bangladeshis expect and hope for necessary reforms to lead the nation towards a brighter and just future for all. However, for...
GIRLS and women stood up in resistance on their own the way the boys and men did against the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League in the July鈥揂ugust uprising. The incident began in July as protests by students seeking reforms in the civil service job reservations but grew to be an uprising towards the end of that month...
The authorities of the Rajshahi City Corporation have decided to shut activities of its at least 11 sections, citing them 鈥榰nnecessary鈥�...
Marking the International Human Rights Day on Tuesday, oppression victims, their families, political and student leaders renewed the call for ensuring punishment for Sheikh Hasina and her accomplices for gross human rights violations during Awami League鈥檚 misrule of over 15 years...
The number of bank accounts holding deposits exceeding Tk 1 crore dropped by 1,657 as of September, equivalent Tk 27,000 cr due to withdrawal pressure particularly from Awami League connected individuals...
An Awami League leader died in jail custody early Tuesday in Sirajganj reportedly due to cardiac and respiratory complications, jail authorities said....
Speakers from 鈥楯ustice for Comrades,鈥� a platform of retired army officers, have called for the arrest and exemplary punishment of those responsible for various killings, including the killing of 57 army officers during the BDR mutiny, as well as cases of enforced disappearances that occurred under the previous Awami League government.
The committee, formed to review applications of the government officers deprived of promotion during the regime of ousted Awami League, recommended promoting 764 retired officials to different ranks...
Law adviser Professor Asif Nazrul on Monday said that Sheikh Hasina turned the Anti-Corruption Commission and the judiciary into her slaves during the Awami League rule in the country...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court order halting the recruitment of 6,531 assistant primary school teachers in Dhaka and Chattogram divisions under the previous Awami League government, based on a June 14, 2023, notification...
One of the Awami League cronies, who made it to the recently published White Paper on economy for raking in abnormal profit, continues to do so with its business monopoly as a commercial independent power producer, while paying less for years for the gas it uses in its plants.
The constant flow of purposefully crafted, misleading, or totally fabricated information that mimics the form of mainstream news has been a growing global concern, and it became particularly disconcerting for Bangladesh following the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5, when a section of communally oriented media outlets and many...
The megaprojects implemented mostly with foreign loans by the now ousted Awami League regime have left the nation with concerns over the debt trap amid the questionable expected returns...
The government offering entrepreneurs land and interconnection to the national grid for a rapid expansion of solar energy is welcome. The Power Development Board is also scheduled to, as the energy adviser announced on December 7, begin open calls for 40 renewable energy projects, mostly for solar power. The Awami League government...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday accused India of trying to mislead the world by spreading lies about Bangladesh in its attempt to support the ousted Awami League government.
A former female union parishad member and a male running UP member were killed and at least 10 injured in a fierce clash between two rival groups of Awami League in Raipura upazila...
A FEW days after the fall of Ershad, Ahmed Sofa, a thinker, novelist and cultural activist, at an informal gathering quipped: 鈥榃hen Awami League rises, only the leaders and their cronies derive all the benefits. But...
Police recovered the body of a ward unit Awami League leader from a drain at a guava orchard under Nachol upazila in Chapainawabganj on Friday.
Regulatory mood swings and corruption during the Awami League regime created disorderly conditions in the foreign exchange market, which led the foreign exchange reserves declining to levels too low for comfort, according to the White Paper on the State of Bangladesh economy submitted to chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Sunday...
ABOUT 700 prisoners who escaped jails during the time of turmoil around the fall of the Awami League government, toppled on August 5 in a mass uprising that resulted from student protests spanning July, still being at large is worrying. The prisons directorate at a press conference in Dhaka on December 4, highlighting the directorate鈥檚 activities...
The High Court is scheduled for today to fix a date for its verdict on two writ petitions challenging the constitutionality of the 15th amendment to the constitution that scrapped the election-time caretaker government system in 2011 during the Awami League rule...
A case has been filed against veteran Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed and 85 others over allegations of foiling a Bangladesh Nationalist Party rally, opening fire and vandalising district the party office in the Bhola town in 2019...
SINCE the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising, there has been a noticeable shift in India-Bangladesh relations. Historically regarded as each other鈥檚 closest allies, the two countries share significant geographic and cultural ties. However, tensions have occasionally surfaced, with a considerable portion of the Bangladeshi population perceiving India as the more advantaged...
Former ministers Amir Hossain Amu and advocate Qamrul Islam have been produced before the International Crimes Tribunal in connection with a genocide case...
Ministry of law, justice and parliamentary affairs has called for submitting list of politically motivated harassment cases, filed during the former Awami League regime from January 6, 2009 to August 5, 2024.