THE forced resignation of heads of educational institutions 鈥� often unseemly and, therefore, ignoble 鈥� keeps happening in breach of government directives. Against the backdrop of such happenings that began after the downfall of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League on August 5 amidst student-mass uprising, the education adviser to the interim...
A case was filed against five Awami League鈥檚 student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on Sunday with the Gulshan police station for the allegations of collecting tolls using the name of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 youth wing Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal...
GOVERNMENT cultural institutions having remained closed for about a month and a half is unacceptable. Most of the cultural institutions under the ministry of cultural affairs and the ministry of women and children鈥檚 affairs in the capital have remained closed since mid-July, when the student movement turned violent after Awami League fronts and the...
The High Court on Monday issued a rule questioning the legality of a law that granted indemnity for actions taken by the overthrown Awami League government in the procurement of power and energy during its 15-year tenure...
Former Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim was arrested in the capital's Bangshal area on early Monday...
THE main grievance of student protesters against the Awami League that led to its downfall was direct and indirect recruitment and appointment in ranking positions in public services and educational institutions on partisan considerations, which became the norm. In majority of cases, especially in public universities, vice-chancellors and others in...
The remittance inflow to Bangladesh increased in August compared with that in the previous month, as expatriates sent more money through formal channels following the changes in the country鈥檚 political landscape on August 5...
The High Court on Sunday summarily rejected a writ petition seeking cancellation of registration of the Awami League as a political party...
The looted arms and ammunition of the police after the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government must be returned to police headquarters by September 3.
The Anti-Corruption Commission鈥檚 activities to bring corruption suspects under scrutiny are gathering pace following the August 5 fall of the Awami League government amid...
THE interim government, determined to recognise the contribution of all who took part in the student-mass uprising that resulted in the fall of the authoritarian Awami League regime, has talked about a foundation to archive the history, memorialise the contribution of the students and citizens who risked their life for a democratic transformation...
PUBLIC universities need to be put in order, with an immediate resumption of academic and administrative activities that have stalled for about two months, partially since July 1 when teachers began work abstention demanding their exclusion from a universal pension scheme that the government finally cancelled on August 3...
MA Momin Patwari, who served as the social welfare secretary of the Awami League, died to his injuries early Friday.
Miscreants shot and killed two Awami League supporters in the Kuiyash Burischar area of Hathazari police station in Chattogram.
Two women dominated Bangladeshi politics for decades. One was chased into exile. The other is newly free from custody and too sick to rule, but her heir looks set to take power...
STUDENT power, often seen as the untapped potential within educational institutions, has historically been a force of significant social change. This power, wielded by young minds full of idealism, energy and a desire to reshape the world, has played a crucial role in numerous political, social and cultural movements across the globe. We can also see how far...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday imposed an international travel ban on 14 former ministers and lawmakers of the ousted Awami League...
A murder case has been filed in the senior judicial magistrate court here against 32 persons, including former president of the district Awami League and former member of parliament Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and former superintendent of police Chowdhury Manjurul Kabir for killing a Jamaat activist Shahidul Islam in 2015...
Leaders and workers of Bangladesh Awami League and its students鈥� wing Bangladesh Chhatra League assaulted two students of Rajshahi University as they took part in the Anti-discrimination student movement...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday decided to conduct inquiries against the ousted Awami League government鈥檚 four former lawmakers, including former fisheries and livestock minister Abdur Rahman, over allegations of amassing illegal wealth...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday asked leaders and activists of the party not to file cases in a wholesale manner relating to the recent student-people uprising that ensured fall of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government...
Four more cases, three for murder and another for attempted murder, were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides on Wednesday...
Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul on Wednesday said the ousted Awami League government did not ban Jamaat-e-Islami from any policy decision but wanted to use it as a ploy to brutally crush the student-people revolution....
A mobile court seized relief goods from the Paikgacha residence of former Awami League lawmaker for Khulna-6 constituency (Paikgachha-Koyra) Rashiduzzaman Morol on Tuesday.
The government on Wednesday cancelled the gazette notification, which was issued to ban Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir, by the ousted Awami League government days before their fall amid unprecedented student-people uprising...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday initiated inquiries against three former lawmakers of the then Awami League government over allegations of amassing illegal wealth.
A LARGE fire that burnt Gazi Auto Tyres Factory at Rupganj in Naraynaganj appears to be yet another case of vandalism. Hundreds of people reportedly broke into the factory on August 25, hours after the Gazi Group chair, a former Awami League lawmaker, had been arrested. Fire fighters, who could bring the fire under control in 21 hours, could not...
THE rental and quick rental power plants that have reared the ugly head since 2009 riding an indemnity law that the now deposed Awami League enacted to plunder the power and energy sector have now run to a constraining pass, warranting an immediate government action. While the law 鈥� the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply Act 2010...
Six fresh cases 鈥� four for murders, one for abduction and one for arson attack 鈥� were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides between Monday night and...
Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman has requested the High Court to dismiss a petition seeking the ban of the Awami League as a political party....
