The High Court on Tuesday sought an explanation from the interim government as to why those killed during the student-led mass uprising between July 16 and August 5 should not be recognised as 鈥榥ational heroes,鈥� and why those injured or detained should not be accorded the legal status of 鈥榝reedom fighters.鈥�...
Cultural activists at a discussion on Monday said that freedom and responsibilities of artistes were important to build a participatory state...
The Law Reporters Forum (LRF), a platform for journalists covering law, justice and human rights, on Sunday condemned the increasing practice of filing unfounded cases against journalists, characterising it as a serious violation of the rule of law and a direct assault on freedom of expression.
IN THE 1960s East Bengal, now Bangladesh, witnessed a huge uprising in political and cultural awareness. This period is generally referred to as a political and cultural renaissance, driven by a deep desire for autonomy, democracy, the freedom of speech, secularism and justice. This collective awakening among the people of East Bengal laid the foundation for a non-sectarian, progressive society, which culminated in the 1969 mass uprising and played an important role in Bangladesh鈥檚 independence in 1971...
BESIEGED by the largest protest in the country鈥檚 history and the unbending public fury against her rule, Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina suddenly resigned and fled to India in a hurry on August 5. Bangladesh and the region are still reeling since that seismic event. Barely a month has passed since Dr Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 interim government has...
LORD Acton famously said, 鈥楶ower tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.鈥� When citizens fail to hold their government accountable, a regime can accumulate unchecked power, weakening even the strongest checks and balances and leading to autocracy. John Stuart Mill鈥檚 reminder that 鈥楾he price of liberty is eternal vigilance鈥� highlights...
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD president and freedom fighter ASM Abdur Rab has said that there is no scope of creating controversy on the settled issues of the War of Independence...
The National Freedom Fighters鈥� Foundation in a statement on Sunday demanded the investigation of former Liberation War Affairs minister AKM Mozzamel Haque...
Today is the 53rd disappearance day of eminent singer, composer, social activist and freedom fighter Altaf Mahmud, who is celebrated for his composition of 鈥楢mar Bhaiyer Rakte Rangano Ekushey February鈥�...
Today is the seventh anniversary of the death of freedom fighter and Independence Award-winning singer Abdul Jabbar...
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...
Today is the 89th anniversary of the birth of eminent filmmaker, fiction writer, Language Movement hero and freedom fighter Zahir Raihan...
Bir Protik Faruk E Azam, the advisor to the liberation war affairs and disaster management ministries, said that any fake freedom fighters identified would be punished for 鈥榙eceiving鈥� the state....
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said that the prime goal of the interim government was ensuring human rights and freedom of speech for all the citizens in Bangladesh....
The National Freedom Fighters鈥� foundation in a statement on Friday congratulated Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government...
Former ambassador of the United States to Bangladesh and president of Right to Freedom, William B Milam, has expressed his hope that the international community beside Bangladeshi society will support Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government...
The 75th birth anniversary of valiant freedom fighter Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of the founding president of the country Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed on Monday...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against MM Jamil Ahmed, deputy general manager of the Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation in Barishal, on charges of obtaining a job as son of a freedom fighter though his father was not a freedom fighter...
ON JUNE 5, a High Court bench declared illegal a government circular issued in 2018, which abolished the 30 per cent quota for the dependents of the freedom fighters. In protest, students from all institutions 鈥� schools to universities 鈥� started a non-violent movement, which was made violent by the attack on the protesters by the Chhatra League and the police...
The Appellate Division on Sunday scrapped the High Court verdict on quota in government job and ordered a 7 per cent quota 鈥� 5 per cent for the children of freedom fighters, 1 per cent for national minorities, and 1 per cent for people with disabilities and third genders...
THE Appellate Division has revoked the High Court verdict of June 5 that ordered the government to reinstate 30 per cent of civil service job reservations for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters. The appeals court in its verdict after hearing two petitions on July 21 brought down the civil service job reservations...
THE Appellate Division coming to revoke the July 5 High Court verdict that asked the government to reinstate 30 per cent quotas in government jobs for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters, sparking massive student protests, does not, and will not, heal the wounds that have been inflicted on the nation since July 15...
The High Court in the operative part of its verdict on quota in government job has said that the government at liberty to change, reduce or increase the ratio or...
Independent lawmaker and former Awami League minister Abdul Latif Siddique has raised an allegation that Jatio Muktijoddha Council or Jamuka has given fake freedom fighter certificates...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court again on Thursday refused to stay a High Court verdict that asked the government to restore the 30 per cent quota for the...
Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Mohammad Quader on Wednesday criticised the government for keeping quota in the name of freedom fighters in government jobs....
Public university students on Monday blocked highways, brought out protest processions and held rallies demanding cancellation of the High Court order for the...
Freedom fighters on Saturday declared Rajshahi-6 constituency lawmaker and former state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam unwanted in the Rajshahi city for...
The United States offered rare criticism of close partner India in a report published Wednesday on religious freedom, while also voicing alarm over rising bigotry worldwide against both Jews and Muslims...
Shyamoli Nasreen Chowdhury, the widow of martyred physician and freedom fighter Alim Chowdhury, filed a contempt petition with the Appellate Division on Wednesday seeking action against lawyer Mohammed Mohsen Rashid and journalist Kanak Sarwar for allegedly scandalising the judiciary of Bangladesh by holding a talk-show...