Tarique says AL oppression was like that of Yazid forces
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that the oppression of Awami League leaders was like that of the 鈥榊azid forces鈥�.
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National election after trial, reforms: NCP
The National Citizen Party on Saturday said that the national election must be held after the trial of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and the leaders and activists of the fascist Awami League for committing massacre during the July-August uprising and...
ICT convicts won't be allowed to participate in elections: attorney general
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday said that those convicted by the International Crimes Tribunal for crimes against humanity during the July mass uprising will not compete in the elections...
Ex-MP Durjoy placed on 4-day remand
A Manikganj court on Thursday placed former Manikganj-1 Awami League lawmaker Naimur Rahman Durjoy on four-day remand in a case filed under the explosive substances act...
Univ Teachers鈥� Network announces anniversary progs
The University Teachers鈥� Network on Wednesday announced month-long programmes to mark the first anniversary of the student-mass uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5, 2024...
No autocrat remains in power forever, says Nahid
Referring to the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime in a student-led mass uprising, National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Wednesday said that no autocrat remained in power forever...
July uprising: Sheikh Hasina, Quader sued in Gazipur
Two murder cases were filed against deposed prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and former ministers Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and AKM Mozammel Haque and 800 unnamed people in Gazipur Tuesday night...
No reforms yet in civil service job reservations unfortunate
REFORMS in the civil service job reservations that students sought, which sparked off protests on July 1, 2024, flared into a mass uprising later that month and toppled the Awami League government on August 5 that year, have worryingly remained unresolved 11 months inside the installation of the interim government. This is unfortunate of the interim government, which...
Recovery of laundered money demanded
Politicians, academics and professionals on Monday called on the interim government to take immediate steps to recover the huge amount of money siphoned off abroad during 15 years of the authoritarian Awami League regime which was ousted in a mass uprising on August 5, 2024...
Movement for Justice-BMU memorandum demands fascist free campus
Movement for Justice-BMU, an organisation of Bangladesh Medical University, submitted a memorandum on Sunday to its vice-chancellor Professor Md Shahinul Alam, demanding a campus free from fascism and discrimination.
ACC sues AL leader, wife, son over illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against Rajshahi city Awami League organising secretary Azizul Alam Bentu, his wife, and their son on charges of amassing illegal wealth and concealing assets in their statements submitted to the commission...
Govt to highlight economic measures in one year
The finance ministry will highlight the measures taken on the country鈥檚 economic front under the interim government ahead of the first anniversary of the July uprising that led to the ouster of authoritarian Awami League regime on August 5, 2024...
Alternative transport on rise聽as public transport in chaos
The public transport system, particularly in Dhaka city, has descended into greater turmoil, as the interim government could establish little order in the virtually lawless sector it inherited from the autocratic Awami League regime.聽
ACC probes appointments of 21 as cadre officers
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday initiated an inquiry into allegations of appointing 21 people to different cadre positions illegally under the 29th Bangladesh Civil Service examinations during the Awami League regime which was ousted past year...
Govt should do whatever needed for police to regain morale
AN INCREASE in crimes that include murder, robbery, drug dealing, theft and, even, killing suggests that the law and order, which drastically declined soon after the August 2024 political changeover, has not yet been fully restored. The situation is worrying in view of the fact that the interim government, installed on August 8, 2024 after the overthrow of the Awami League...
AL leaders Nanak, Azam provide statements to commission over BDR carnage
The National Independent Investigation Commission formed to investigate the 2009 BDR carnage said on Wednesday that fugitive Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak and former lawmaker for Jamalpur-3 constituency Mirza Azam provided their testimonies to the commission via email...
Govt should break climate of impunity to end disappearances
THE second interim report of the commission of inquiry on enforced disappearances, partially made public on June 23, suggests that the culture of impunity has still alarmingly been at play even in the political changeover that happened on August 5, 2024 with the fall of the Awami League government, which had governed the country for about a decade...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami gets back EC registration, electoral symbol
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday got back its registration with the Election Commission as a political party and its electoral symbol, scale.
Seizure of bank accounts, plots of Shamim Osman, family ordered
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Sunday allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 29 bank accounts of former Awami League lawmaker for Narayanganj-4 constituency Shamim Osman, his family members and their beneficiaries for their alleged involvement in corruption...
No official programme marks AL鈥檚 76th founding anniv today
Today is the 76th founding anniversary of the Bangladesh Awami League, activities of which have recently been banned until trial of its leaders and activities for their atrocities during the July uprising...
DB arrests ex-Munshiganj-3 lawmaker Faisal Biplob
A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch arrested former independent lawmaker for Munshiganj-3 Mohamamd Faisal Biplob in the capital鈥檚 Manipuripara area on Sunday night.
20 VCs under ACC probe
The Anti-Corruption Commission is carrying out inquiries or investigations into allegations of corruption against at least 20 former vice-chancellors of public universities who served under Awami League regimes.
Govt to declare Aug 5 as Student-People Uprising Day
The interim government on Thursday decided to declare August 5 as 鈥楽tudent-People Mass Uprising Day鈥� to mark the anniversary of the student-led July mass uprising that ousted authoritarian Awami League regime on August 5, 2024.
ICT appoints amicus curiae, state defence
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday appointed senior Supreme Court lawyer AY Mashiuzzaman as amicus curiae to give his legal opinion on June 25 in a contempt of court case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and...
DB arrests ex-state minister for planning Shamsul Alam
A team of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch arrested Shamsul Alam, former state minister for planning during the tenure of the ousted Awami League government, in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur area on Wednesday night...
Ex-AL lawmaker Sarwar arrested in Dhaka
Former Awami League lawmaker for Kusthia-1 constituency AKM Sarwar Jahan was arrested at Basila in Mohammadpur in Dhaka city on Tuesday afternoon...
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE: Each victim spends Tk 7 lakh to fight 鈥榝alse鈥� cases
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances鈥� second interim report showed that the median spending of each of the reappeared enforced disappearance victims during the Awami League regime was around Tk 7,00,000 as they had to fight fabricated cases.
Govt has issues to shore up to address NPLs
THE true extent of the vulnerability of the banking sector, weighed down by a massive volume of non-performing loans, has increasingly come to light following the ouster of the Awami League government. While the previous administration reported that non-performing loans accounted for about 10 per cent of total outstanding loans, recent data from the...
Travel ban issued on cricketer Shakib, 14 others
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday imposed a travel ban on 15 people, including former Awami League lawmaker and national cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, over allegations of corruption, embezzlement, illegal investment in the...
AL brings out processions in Dhaka demanding cancellation of Hasina鈥檚 trial
Awami League and its associate bodies held processions in the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh and College Gate areas on Monday morning defying the ban on its activities...