SC lawyer ZI Khan Panna聽among 180 named in attempted murder case
An attempt to murder case has been filed against 180 people, including acclaimed Supreme Court lawyer and rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra chairman ZI Khan Panna, for their...
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Home ministry clears arrest of four police officials over killings
Bangladesh's home affairs ministry on Thursday night gave approval to arrest four police officials accused in cases of assaults and killings filed over the recent student-led mass uprising.
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim govt head visits DU campus to see graffiti drawn by youth
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday visited Dhaka University campus to see the graffiti drawn by youths during the student-led mass uprising in July and August.
ICT prosecution to follow due process in trying journalists: adviser
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Tuesday said the prosecution team of the International Crimes Tribunal would take steps following the due process in trying the journalists accused in genocide and crimes against humanity cases over student-led mass uprising of July-August.
Repair, replacement to cost Tk 18.86cr
Officials at the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited on Tuesday said that the repair and replacement cost of the two damaged metro rail stations at Mirpur-10 and...
Univ student dies 70 days after sustaining injuries in uprising
Student of BGC Trust University Kawsar Mahmud died on Sunday, 70 days after he was injured in the student-led mass uprising, while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Combined Military Hospital.
Two lakh metro rail single tickets missing
The services of metro rail are going to resume at the Mirpur 10 station today about three months after it was closed following vandalism by some people during the student-led mass uprising...
Ex-minister Anisul placed on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Monday placed former law minister Anisul Huq on a 2-day fresh remand in a case filed over the killing of Swechasebak Dal leader Al Amin in Badda, Dhaka on August 5.
Constitution reform: embracing multidisciplinary approach
After the fall of the Hasina-led authoritarian regime on August 5 amid the student-led mass uprising in July and August, a debate emerged over whether to reform the existing constitution or draft an entirely new one. Many argued that the current constitution, after years of politically motivated amendments and modifications, has lost its original..
1973 ICT Act sufficient to try autocrats, aides responsible for July offenses: AG
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday defended the International Crimes Tribunal Act 1973, stating that it would be adequate to prosecute autocrats of Awami League鈥檚 government and their aides responsible for the offenses committed during the Students Movement Against Discrimination in July-August...
Presentation of mass uprising in Indian media criticised
Political analysts, fact-checkers, journalists and academics on Friday criticised the presentation of recent student-led mass uprising, which forced Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India, in the Indian media.
Only father knows weight of child鈥檚 body
The heaviest burden for a father is to carry his own child鈥檚 body to the grave. And many fathers carried that burden as their children fell in the student-led mass uprising that brought the...
Jibon passes away after two months of battle
After battling with death for two long months, 24-year-old Atikul Islam Jibon, an active participant in the student-led mass uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to resign as prime minister and...
Feni BCL leader placed on remand over firing on students
Shafiqul Islam Samrat, a local Chhatra league leader, who was seen in a video footage firing on students during the recent student movement in Feni鈥檚 Sharshadi union, placed on a four-day remand.
Urdu-speaking people demand withdrawal of 鈥榝alse鈥� cases
Urdu-speaking people and leaders on Wednesday protest rally in Mirpur demanded the withdrawal of all cases filed against them in killing during the student-led mass uprising...
ACC sues Asaduzzaman, family for amassing illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found illegal assets worth Tk 60.55 crore amassed by former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, his wife, and two...
RAB arrests ex-MP Sohrab Uddin from Dhaka鈥檚 Uttara
Members of Rapid Action Battalion have arrested former Kishoreganj-2 constituency MP Advocate Sohrab Uddin from Diabari area in Uttara, Dhaka.
Former chief of Bangladesh Police Mamun placed on 43-day remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on a 43-day remand in connection with eight cases filed over the killings during the July-August student-led mass uprising.
Dhaka not aware of whereabouts of ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina
The foreign affairs adviser to the interim government, Md Touhid Hossain, on Tuesday said that they were not aware of the present whereabouts of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina as...
Interim govt publishes preliminary list of people killed in July-Aug mass uprising
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government on Sunday published a preliminary list of people who died during the student-led mass uprising in July and August.
Khurshed Alam resigns as maritime affairs secy, Khastagir鈥檚 appointment as envoy to Poland cancelled聽
Foreign ministry鈥檚 secretary for maritime affairs unit retired rear admiral Md Khurshed Alam, whose contractual appointment was extended on occasions, has resigned...
105 children killed in July-Aug uprising in Bangladesh: Adviser
A total of 105 children, under 18 years of age, were killed in Bangladesh during the recent student-led mass uprising in July and August, said social welfare and women and children鈥檚 affairs adviser Sharmin S Murshid.
Malaysian PM leaves Dhaka for home
Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim left Dhaka for Kuala Lumpur on Friday evening wrapping up his brief visit to Bangladesh.
Ex-minister Sadhan, Krishak League president Samir on remand
Two metropolitan magistrate courts in Dhaka on Friday placed former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder and Awami League鈥檚 farmer wing Bangladesh Krishak League president...
Bangladesh interim chief holds one-on-one talk with Malaysian PM
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held a brief one-to-one talk with visiting Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday.
DB arrests ex-AL lawmaker Shahidul Islam
Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested former Awami League-backed lawmaker Shahidul Islam Milon, elected from Jashore Sadar constituency, from Dhaka鈥檚 Gulistan area on Thursday.
Failure of interim govt would increase chances of Hasina鈥檚 return: Time
Political observers and analysts in Bangladesh and abroad said that dysfunction in Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government would considerably boost the chances of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚...
Ex-secretary Jahangir Alam placed on 5-day remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat and home ministry Md Jahangir Alam on five-day remand in connection with a case filed over the killing of a teenager Abdul Motalib during student-led mass uprising on August 4.
Two more succumb to injuries
Two more youth who sustained bullet injuries during the student-led mass uprising died while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Monday...