LAW and order continues to remain worrisome as the government could not improve on the situation after it had declined after the overthrow of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024 and the installation of the interim government three days later. A growing number of violent crimes such as robbery, political violence, murder, mob violence and...
THE true extent of financial crimes and malpractice of the Beximco Group, controlled by the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman, appear to have not been uncovered yet. Fresh investigations after the fall of the Awami League government in August 2024 in a mass uprising have showed some of the...
The Criminal Investigation Department has confiscated assets worth Tk聽250 crore belonging to Beximco Group vice-chairman Salman F Rahman and his family members in connection with a money laundering case.
The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed an application filed by retired major general Ziaul Ahsan challenging the tribunal鈥檚 jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the July鈥揂ugust 2024 student-led uprising...
THE shocking extent of financial crimes of the S Alam Group is evident in the recent disclosure of the amount of loans that the group has taken out from 10 banks and a non-bank financial institution. The Financial Intelligence Unit reveals that the group had taken a staggering Tk 2.25 lakh crore, or $16.6 billion, from these institutions. About 44 per cent, or...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday fixed January 22 for delivering its order on a petition filed by detained retired major general Ziaul Ahsan, challenging the tribunal鈥檚 jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for crimes committed during the July-August 2024 student-led mass uprising...
International Crimes Tribunal prosecutor Barrister SM Moinul Karim said the prosecution was working round the clock with an effort to begin the trial of Abu Sayed murder case at the quickest possible time.
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday sent assistant commissioner of Police Tanjil Ahmed and two constables in cases for involvement 鈥榠n crimes against humanity鈥� during the July uprising...
The resident coordinator of the United Nations in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis on Sunday assured the International Crimes Tribunal of continuous support of the world body to continue the trial process smoothly.
The elder brother of Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho, who was shot dead during the demonstrations of the Student Movement Against Discrimination on July 18, 2024, filed a complaint on Thursday with the International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor...
Allegations have been lodged with the International Crimes Tribunal against 41 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former military advisor Tarique Ahmed Siddique, over the killing of Fayez Ahmed, Naib-e-Ameer of Lakshmipur district Jamaat-e-Islami, who was shot dead at his residence....
The electoral reform commission has proposed that the Election Commission hold a re-election if 40 per cent of the votes in a constituency is not cast...
A complaint was filed on Monday with the International Crimes Tribunal accusing 24 people on charge of crimes against humanity for the killing of Abu Sayeed, a student activist shot dead on July 16, 2024 during the student-led uprising.
The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday ordered detention of Armed Police Battalion constable Md Sujon Hossain in a case concerning crimes against humanity during the student-led mass uprising at Chankharpool in Dhaka on August 5, 2024...
A new complaint was filed with the International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday, accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 15 of her associates of crimes against humanity in connection with the...
Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Tuesday expressed hope for justice in the cases filed on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the for the July-August 2024 student-people uprising.
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday issued arrest warrants for deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former security adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former Inspector General of Police...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has constituted a nine-member taskforce to strengthen fire safety measures in the Supreme Court compound, including the International Crimes Tribunal, the Office of the Attorney General, the Supreme Court Bar Association building. The initiative comes in response to a devastating fire at the Secretariat on December 26, 2024...
THE ongoing genocide in Gaza is not simply a human crisis. It is a tale of paradoxes 鈥� of black and white, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil. In Gaza, there is unspeakable cruelty facing incredible courage, ugly betrayals in the midst of relentless sacrifice, constant lies opposed by glaring truths, and the worst forms of oppression against limitless resilience...
Chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, Mohammad Tajul Islam on Wednesday reaffirmed that the nation and its leadership were resolute in their commitment to ensuring justice for heinous crimes, including crimes against humanity, committed during the past 16 years under the Awami League regime....
Bangladesh interim government has appointed four prosecutors to the International Crimes Tribunal with immediate effect.
United People鈥檚 Democratic Front leader Michael Chakma on Monday formally lodged a written complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor, accusing former prime minister...
International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam and law adviser Asif Nazrul, among others, on Saturday said that the trials of the prime accused in the cases of...
Russia warned on Saturday of severe environmental damage from a huge oil spill in the Black Sea caused when two tankers collided in a storm near Crimea, which declared a state of emergency.
Inspector General of Police Baharul Alam has said that the police are working and taking steps to curb crimes across the country as there is no 鈥榤agic solution鈥� to it.
The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday showed police constable Md Mukul Chokder arrested in a case lodged over gunning down six students in Ashulia, Savar, and torching their...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for former Awami League lawmaker Muhammad Saiful Islam and four police officials in connection with crimes against humanity and genocide...
The families of 22 victims of the 2009 carnage at then Bangladesh Rifles headquarters filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor on Thursday accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her defense adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former army chief Moneen U Ahmed and 55 others of crimes against humanity and genocide...
United People鈥檚 Democratic Front leader Michael Chakma on Wednesday lodged a verbal complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal, accusing deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina of involvement in his enforced disappearance...
THE escape of many leaders of the Awami League accused of killing several hundred students and people during the July uprising, who the nation expects to be held to justice, is unacceptable. Such escapes of the perpetrators of the mass murder is an insult to victims and their family. While the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country to India...