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Govt must consult stakeholders before passage of budget

THE budget for the 2026 financial year that the finance adviser to the interim government has proposed appears rhetorical, with largely no direction on how to achieve the goals that the budget puts forth. The interim government, which assumed office in August 2024 against the backdrop of a student led mass uprising that had sprung from protests against...

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First charges pressed against Hasina in ICT

The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday pressed charges against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun for their alleged involvement in...

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Charges to be pressed against Hasina today

The International Crimes Tribunal prosecutors are set to press formal charges on Sunday against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others over alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July-August student-led mass uprising.

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Bangladesh still trapped in authoritarian habit

WITH the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s long-standing authoritarian regime in July 2024 — toppled through a mass uprising after around hundreds of citizens were killed by state forces and Awami party workers — many in Bangladesh hoped for a democratic rebirth, one grounded in pluralism, justice, non-discrimination and civic respect. Yet, in the months that...

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PUNAB organises discussion on July Declaration

Private University National Association of Bangladesh organised a discussion on July Declaration at Abdus Salam Hall of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on Monday, says a press release.

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Body of July martyr brought home

The body of Mohammad Hasan who died in Thailand after a long struggle to recover from a gunshot wound to the head sustained during the July-August mass uprising in Chattogram, was brought to the country on Saturday evening...

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Mime show depicts July mass killing

Renowned mime artist Nithor Mahbub depicted July mass killing during the student-led mass uprising and contemporary issues in a solo mime show at the experimental theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday...

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Divisions among youth slated

Speakers, including politicians, a researcher, and a lawyer, on Saturday urged the interim government to work for building a society based on equality, human dignity, and mass people’s sovereignty, echoing the spirit of the July mass uprising in 2024...

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Actor Siddique sent to jail in attempt to murder case

A court in Dhaka on Wednesday ordered to send actor Siddiqur Rahman alias Siddique to jail in a case filed for an attempt to kill a rickshaw-van driver Abdul Jabbar Howlader during last year’s student-led July-August mass uprising.

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Suborna, Apu Biswas, Nipun among 17 artistes sued

At least 17 artistes, including actress and former Awami League lawmaker for reserved seat Suborna Mustafa, and actresses Apu Biswas and Nipun Akter, have been named in a case of attempted murder committed during the July-August mass uprising in 2024...

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Addl SP Ishtiaq, son of ex-ICT chair, arrested

The Detective Branch of the police on Tuesday arrested Rangamati additional superintendent of police Ishtiaq Ahmed in a case of crimes against humanity committed during the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024...

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Govt to establish 2nd ICT tribunal

The chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal Muhammad Tajul Islam on Wednesday said the government has decided in principle to establish a second tribunal to hold hearings of cases filed over genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the July-August mass uprising.

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Establishment of welfare state demanded

Politicians, academics and professionals on Saturday at a discussion in Dhaka demanded formation of a welfare state after the student-led mass uprising on August 5 after fall of the fascist Awami League government...

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China always with new Bangladesh: ambassador

‘China is always with the people of Bangladesh, with the new Bangladesh,’ he at a drone show on Manik Mia Avenue in the capital Monday evening…

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Amu, Salman, 8 others shown arrested in fresh cases

A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed arrested 10 individuals, including former ministers Amir Hossain Amu, Dipu Moni and Rashed Khan Menon, in fresh cases lodged over crimes committed during the student-led July-August mass uprising.

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ICT allows interrogation of ex-AL MP in custody

The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday allowed the Investigation Agency to interrogate former Awami League lawmaker ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury in custody on April 16 in connection with the killing of six people during the July uprising in Chattogram...

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Ex-ICT prosecutor Tureen Afroz placed on 4-day remand

A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday placed former International Crimes Tribunal prosecutor Tureen Afroz on four-day remand in police custody on allegation of attempted  murder of one Abdul Jabbar during the student-led mass uprising...

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61 pro-AL lawyers sent to jail

A Dhaka court on Sunday sent to jail 61 pro-Awami League lawyers in a case lodged over assault, vandalising and attempt to murder allegedly committed during July-August mass uprising...

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JULY UPRISING KILLINGS: ICT orders arrest of 15 AL leaders

The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday issued arrest warrants against 15 Awami League leaders, including former ministers Hasan Mahmud and Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury, former Chattogram mayor Rezaul Karim, and party’s Chattogram city unit general secretary AJM Nasir Uddin...

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Chief of Bangladesh Army asks uprising victims not to lose morale

The Bangladesh Army on Sunday arranged an Iftar party followed by dinner in honour of the victims of July mass uprising at Senamalancha at the Cantonment in the capital Dhaka, according to a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relation Directorate.