Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman has said that the judiciary had played a facilitating role in establishing Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 authoritarian rule...
Human rights defenders and interim government advisers on Friday said that ensuring trial of the perpetrators of enforced disappearance faced many challenges, particularly created by ousted former...
One more student hit by bullets during the student-led mass uprising died on Thursday while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka...
Dhaka has conveyed to New Delhi that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina after fleeing to India was making political statements frequently allegedly by using cellphone and internet facilities from there and Bangladesh was not taking it well...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on Wednesday that reforms are needed before his country can elect a government following the ouster of autocratic former ruler Sheikh Hasina...
International Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Day was observed on Wednesday with student-led mass uprising victims, who were injured during the uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to flee to India...
THE name 鈥楤angladesh鈥� is not stranger to the International Criminal Court. It was one of the earliest signatories to the ICC Rome Statute and ratified the same on March 23, 2010. Publicly available information shows that the ICC received at least four communications containing complaints (institutionally known as Article 15 Communications or...
Bangladesh鈥檚 army said Wednesday it had arrested 2,500 people and recovered 6,000 guns as it seeks to bolster security since the student-led mass uprising that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August...
The International Crimes Tribunal has asked the inspector general of police to request Interpol to issue 鈥榬ed notices鈥� to arrest deposed prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and...
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Sunday said that the government would request INTERPOL to issue red notices to arrest and bring back fugitives, including...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 10 people along with the United States鈥� newly elected president Donald Trump鈥檚 posters, banners and placards conducting drives in different areas in the capital on Saturday...
FOLLOWING months of speculation, the government of Bangladesh finally announced on October 30, 2024, its intention to initiate the extradition process for Sheikh Hasina, contingent...
Indian external affairs ministry鈥檚 spokesperson said that India considered Sheikh Hasina as a former prime minister of Bangladesh.
Deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has since been accused in over 200 cases of murder in Bangladeshi courts, has congratulated United States president-elect Donald Trump on his victory over Democrat rival Kamala Harris in Tuesday鈥檚 election...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said that fallen prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina was still scheming against the interim government.
AS THE world looked on in utter horror, the brutality of the Sheikh Hasina regime unfolded with unbridled extremes, reaching its peak intensity in the second half of July 2024. By the end of...
The Commission for Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances said on Tuesday that it had received complaints regarding enforced disappearance of over 1,600 victims, the incidents of...
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Sunday questioned Indian central government鈥檚 decision to provide political asylum to ousted Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina who fled...
The High Court on Sunday directed the authorities to investigate alleged irregularities in sanctioning a Tk 3,859 crore loan to Bashundhara Group four days before the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising.
Speakers, including lawyers, at a discussion on Saturday urged the people not to scrap the existing constitution on a whim...
A complaint has been filed with the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands against ousted Bangladesh prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina allegedly for committing...
THE term 鈥榬evolution鈥� has gained significant traction in Bangladesh over the past few months. I have observed that various stakeholders, including media outlets, political activists, student bodies and even academics, have started to characterise the events surrounding the fall of Sheikh Hasina on August 5 as a revolution. Some have referred to this...
The chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the Awami League exhibited 鈥榓ll the characteristics of fascism鈥� and it has 鈥榥o place鈥� in the country鈥檚 politics for now...
The appointment of judges, investigators and prosecutors for the International Crimes Tribunals-Bangladesh along with the issuance of warrants for the arrest of Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, indicate that the tribunal is initiating its proceedings, likely from the first week of November. In the prosecution of international crimes, whether in national or...
POWERFUL business tycoons, who had been close to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, have swindled $17 billion off the banking sector, as the Bangladesh Bank government has said in an interview with the Financial Times, during the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League. The central banker is reported to have said that the tycoons...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday said that the decision regarding聽 president Muhammed Shahabuddin鈥檚 removal should not be driven by emotion...
Speakers including journalists and activists at a discussion in Dhaka said on Monday that the 鈥榩ropaganda machinery鈥� of the Awami League was spreading misinformation and disinformation even after the fall of the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina amid the July mass uprising...
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday asked the authorities concerned to set up a replica of Aynaghar (Mirror House) at Ganabhaban, which is set to turn into a museum to preserve the memories of July-August mass uprising...
In an interview with the Financial Times, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan Mansur accused powerful business tycoons of siphoning off $ 17 billion from the banking sector of the country during the 15-year rule of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Saturday demanded immediate cuts in energy prices and holding ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and...