A case was filed on Monday against former Bangladesh skipper and former Awami League lawmaker Mashrafe Bin Mortaza allegedly for 'forcibly taking over shares' of Bangladesh Premier League team Sylhet Strikers...
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday placed former lawmaker Sultan Mohammad Monsur Ahmed on a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of a Juba Dal leader, Shamim Mia, in the capital鈥檚 Paltan area...
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...
IT IS promising that the government has reconstituted an inter-agency task force meant to bring back money that has been illegally taken abroad. In January 2023, the taskforce was formed by the deposed Awami League government but remained ineffective in repatriating stolen funds. In what follows, the reconstitution of the taskforce is a right step forward...
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...
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...
THE involvement of Bangladesh Nationalist Party people in undemocratic and often illegal activities, a corrupt practice that they were fiercely critical of during the tenure of the toppled Awami League, is disconcerting. The son of a former BNP general secretary, along with a leader of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal, has claimed the position of the...
A case has been filed against 36 people, including Patuakhali district unit of Awami League president Kazi Alamgir, in connection with the murder of former Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker for Patuakhali-3, Shahjahan Khan, in November 2022...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged the interim government to hold a fair election after necessary reforms at the...
Four more cases 鈥� three cases on murder charges and one for attempt to murder 鈥� were filed against ousted prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, raising the...
Former Awami League lawmaker for Rajshahi-4 constituency Enamul Haque took primary treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital after he was reportedly beaten by fellow prisoners in Rajshahi Central Jail on Wednesday...
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...
Bangladesh police on Wednesday afternoon arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Laxmipur-1 constituency MA Awal in a fraud case from Kalabagan in Dhaka.
AFTER months of protests, Bangladesh is still struggling, but it is finally getting back to somewhat normalcy. The country had been cowering in the shadow of escalating state-sponsored terrorism unleashed by the former ruling party, the Awami League...
THE rule of law, accountability, transparency, equality, social justice, etc are key elements of good governance. Previously, even democratically elected governments became unpopular due to a lack of accountability and transparency. However, the common people want the overall success of the interim government, which assumed office after the fall...
THIS is alarming that the tendency to muzzle any voice critical of the government is repeated by the political groups that have been vocal against legal harassment of dissenting voice and political opposition during the tenure of the toppled Awami League regime. A case was filed on September 24 under repressive clauses of the Cyber Security Act against a man...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday decided to initiate an inquiry against former Awami League lawmaker and the chairman of the Premier Bank, HBM Iqbal, over allegations of amassing illegal wealth through corruption...
The Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge court on Monday issued an international travel ban on former Awami league lawmaker Solaiman Hoque Jorader and his wife Aktari Joarder on charge of amassing illegal wealth...
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...
DESPITE concern raised by various quarters, including political parties, and assurances from the authorities, blanket murder cases against Awami League leaders, activists, aides and, even, professionals close to them have continued. Such cases and detention in connection with the cases after the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5 amid the student-mass uprising...
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Saturday placed former Awami League lawmaker from Kushtia-4 constituency, Selim Altaf George, and two police personnel on fresh remand in two cases filed for incidents during the student-led mass uprising...
UNPRECEDENTED inflation rate in a few years has eroded people鈥檚 purchasing power, leading to a decrease in food and health spending. After the fall of the authoritarian Awami League regime, inflation eased in August but remained at over 10 per cent, as prices of goods and services continued to skyrocket. In an effort to contain prices, the interim government...
THE Bureau of Statistics has come to be criticised and its calculation of nationally, and internationally, important figures questioned for years during the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League, overthrown on August 5 through a student-mass uprising, for the manipulation of data that has been nothing short of deceit...
A case was filed against 20 people, including a former Awami League lawmaker and three members of Detective Branch on charge of abduction and disappearance of a...
The police arrested Awami League presidium member Kazi Zafarullah at a location in the capital鈥檚 Gulshan area Wednesday night in a murder case filed with Paltan police station in Dhaka...
A case was filed against 29 Awami League leaders and activists of Tungipara upazila allegedly for vandalising furniture of Swechchhasebak Dal鈥檚 president SM Jilani鈥檚 Patgati village house...
IN VARIOUS public and private universities in Bangladesh, as a University Grants Commission report said, there are about 4.69 million students in 2020. The number speaks to the demand for higher education and the growth of public and private universities in Bangladesh. The growing trend created a need for academics who can play the leadership role as...
THE reluctance of successive governments at fully implementing the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace accord has remained a distressing issue for ethnic minorities living in the hill districts. It has been almost 27 years since the peace treaty Accord was signed. A large number of ethnic minority people once again demanded the full implementation of the accord, signed...
A former leader of Jahangirnagar University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of Awami League, was beaten to death by students of the university on the campus on Wednesday night...
Awami League has instructed its leaders and activists to file complaints with the army against criminals who are torturing them...