The High Court on Sunday issued a rule questioning the Anti-Corruption Commission and government authorities over their inaction in investigating corruption allegations against former prime minister...
THIS piece is not about the crisis or the chaos that the country is now facing after successfully toppling the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina. Rather, it is about the crisis of confidence and social capital or trust 鈥� interlinked, nonetheless...
THE Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances, which the interim government instituted on August 27, in an early report submitted on December 14 says that it has found prima facie involvement of Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister deposed on August 5 when the Awami League government was toppled in a mass uprising, and ranking officials of...
Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri told a parliamentary committee that Sheikh Hasina was using 鈥榩rivate communication devices鈥� to make her comments and聽 India was not...
GIRLS and women stood up in resistance on their own the way the boys and men did against the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League in the July鈥揂ugust uprising. The incident began in July as protests by students seeking reforms in the civil service job reservations but grew to be an uprising towards the end of that month...
Bangladesh鈥檚 International Crimes Tribunal special prosecutor adviser Toby Cadman on Wednesday expressed optimism that India would respect Dhaka鈥檚 lawful and justified request for the extradition of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
Marking the International Human Rights Day on Tuesday, oppression victims, their families, political and student leaders renewed the call for ensuring punishment for Sheikh Hasina and her accomplices for gross human rights violations during Awami League鈥檚 misrule of over 15 years...
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, the financial intelligence agency of the central bank, has sought the bank account details of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana...
Law adviser Professor Asif Nazrul on Monday said that Sheikh Hasina turned the Anti-Corruption Commission and the judiciary into her slaves during the Awami League rule in the country...
In the aftermath of the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh, there has been a tsunami of fake news circulating in Indian mainstream media outlets and among social media users, targeting internal matters in Bangladesh. Given the transboundary nature of this fake news and its implications for Bangladesh-India bilateral relations, it was...
A case was filed on Sunday against 189 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over the killing of Ali Hussain during the July-August mass uprising...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday urged the interim government to recover stolen wealth and take quick action against the 鈥榰nprecedented scale of corruption鈥� under the Sheikh Hasina government...
Dhaka is likely to raise the issue of extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the Bangladesh-India Foreign Office Consultation scheduled for today in the capital amid a tension between the two neighbours over the Hindu minority issues...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday accused India of trying to mislead the world by spreading lies about Bangladesh in its attempt to support the ousted Awami League government.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the previous regime led by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina 鈥榙estroyed everything,鈥� as he pledged to hold general elections only after ushering in constitutional and judicial reforms, including an electoral overhaul.
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...
The jail authorities on Wednesday said that 700 inmates, out of 2,200 who fled breaking jails before and after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in August, were still roaming outside while the rest of the inmates either surrendered or were arrested by law enforcement agencies...
A case was filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 125 others for attempting to murder a fish trader during the recent anti-discrimination student movement with chief metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday.
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...
BANGLADESH has long been celebrated for its rich tradition of communal coexistence, a tapestry woven from the diverse threads of its cultural and religious heritage. This vibrant legacy, however, is now under siege. In the aftermath of regime changes and political upheavals, we have witnessed a troubling rise in communal tensions that threaten to unravel the very fabric of society. As we delve into the heart...
Bangladesh interim government on Sunday reiterated its commitment to establish 鈥榡ustice and accountability鈥� for the wrongdoings done over the past 15 years.
The country lost $16 billion annually on an average between 2009 and 2023 because of the illicit fund flow amid systemic tax evasion, misuse of exemptions, and poorly managed public finances under...
Bangladesh鈥檚 deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was 鈥榰njustly arrested鈥� and must be released immediately, Hindustan Times...
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...
University students who actively participated in the 2024 student-mass uprising unanimously said they would not allow the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina or any member of Awami League to participate in the next elections...
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...
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has frozen the bank accounts of Shuchona Foundation, a non-profit organisation founded by Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
The National Review Committee on the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources on Sunday requested the interim government to hire a reputed legal and investigative firm to assist in its review of major power generation contracts signed during the Sheikh Hasina regime between 2009 and 2024...
An attempt to murder case was filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 60 others with the Siddhirganj police station in Narayanganj district on Friday.
Dhaka is likely to raise the issue of extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India for shelter on August 5 facing a student-led mass uprising, in the Bangladesh-India...