ELECTORAL REFORM: Re-election if 40pc votes not cast in constituency proposed
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...
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Martyr Abu Sayed鈥檚 family files complaint against 25 at ICT
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.
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: ICT orders detention of APBn constable Sujan
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...
KILLING OF ANTI-MODI PROTESTERS:聽Complaint filed against Hasina, 15 others
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...
JULY-AUGUST MASSACRE: CJ looks forward to justice
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.
ICT issues arrest warrants against Hasina, 10 others
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...
CJ forms 9-member taskforce to enhance fire safety on SC premises
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...
AL regime: Trial of 鈥榯op offenders鈥� to conclude by 2025, says ICT chief prosecutor
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 govt appoints four prosecutors to ICT
Bangladesh interim government has appointed four prosecutors to the International Crimes Tribunal with immediate effect.
Enforced disappearance: Michael Chakma files complaint against聽Hasina, others
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...
Enforced disappearance, extrajudicial killings, July massacre: Govt aims to finish trial of main accused in a year聽
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...
Constable sent to jail over Ashulia massacre
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...
Ashulia genocide: ICT issues arrest warrants for ex-AL MP Saiful, 4 cops
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...
BDR Carnage: Genocide case filed against Hasina, aides
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...
Enforced Disappearance: Michael Chakma files complaints against Hasina
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...
Govt owes explanation for failure to arrest accused AL leaders
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...
ICT asks IGP to explain聽Obaidul Quader鈥檚 escape
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday directed the police chief to explain how Awami League general secretary and former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader managed to leave the country...
Probes, trials of war crimes cases stalled
Investigations into and trials of 1971 war crimes cases pending with the International Crimes Tribunal have come to a standstill while cases filed on charges of crime against humanity during the July-August...
ICT bans publication of Hasina鈥檚 hate speech聽
The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday asked the government to ban the broadcasting and publication of any 鈥榟ate speech鈥� or 鈥榠ncitement鈥� allegedly made by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
Ex-ministers Amu, Qamrul produced before International Crimes Tribunal
Former ministers Amir Hossain Amu and advocate Qamrul Islam have been produced before the International Crimes Tribunal in connection with a genocide case...
ICT orders production of Amu, Qamrul
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday directed prison authorities to produce senior Awami League leaders Amir Hossain Amu and Qamrul Islam before the court on December 4...
Uprising criminal cases should have sound legal footing
THE wholesale filing of cases in connection with murder of and attacks on protesters that took place in July鈥揂ugust and flaws in the filing of the cases stand to harm justice and allow perpetrators to escape unpunished. The police say that more than 2,500 cases have been filed until mid-November in connection with the murders and attacks during the uprising, noting that about 8,000 people have also...
Families for lodging complaint with ICT to unearth truth of Pilkhana BDR carnage
The families of the victims of the 2009 Pilkhana carnage on Thursday announced that they would lodge a complaint to the International Crimes Tribunal against deposed prime minister...
ICC ready to assist ICT in Bangladesh
The Hague-based International Criminal Court on Wednesday expressed its readiness to assist Bangladesh鈥檚 International Crimes Tribunal in its efforts to address alleged mass killings during the July-August period.
Hefazat files genocide case against Hasina, 49 others
The Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Tuesday filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 49 others of genocide and crimes against humanity during the crackdown on its sit-in at Shapla Chattar in Dhaka on May 5-6, 2013...
Toby Cadman appointed ICT special prosecutor adviser
Reputed international law specialist and co-founder of the London-based The Guernica 37 Group, Barrister Toby Cadman has been appointed as a special prosecutor adviser to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh.
Govt clears ordinance to amend ICT Act
The council of advisers on Wednesday approved the draft of an ordinance to amend the International Crimes (Tribunals) ACT to avoid questions from local and international communities over the trials to be held under the law...
ICT seeks probe report by Dec 19聽
The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday asked the investigation agency to conclude in a month its probe into allegations of crimes against humanity brought against eight former high-profile law enforcement officials, including former inspector general of police...
ICT bill proposes penalties for political parties
The law ministry is going to present the International Crimes Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to the Council of Advisers today, proposing the empowerment of the tribunal to penalise political...
Submit Hasina case probe report in one month: ICT
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday gave the chief prosecutor one more month to complete investigations into two complaints of crimes against humanity filed against deposed prime minister...