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Outpatient services at NIOH resume after two weeks

Outpatient services at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital in the capital Dhaka resumed on Thursday morning amid security concern after remaining suspended for over two weeks following clashes among the hospital staff, outpatients and July uprising-injured patients...

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Budget fails to uphold July uprising spirit: Ganosamhati

Leaders of Ganosamhati Andolan, a partner of 6-party alliance Ganatantra Mancha, on Wednesday said that the interim government had failed to reflect the spirits of the July uprising in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2025–26 placed on Monday...

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Structural limits of representation in post July uprising Bangladesh

THERE are moments in a nation’s history when silence bears more weight than slogans. In post-uprising Bangladesh, a country navigating political rupture and renewal after the fall of long-standing authoritarian rule, the language of reform rings loudly across press briefings and policy drafts. Yet parallel to this public performance of transformation runs a quieter, more...

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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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Deplorable govt failure to protect women, ensure safety

THE recent surge in violence against women perpetrated by Islamist groups or mobs acting as ‘tawhidi janata’ alongside the government’s failure to adequately respond is gravely concerning. After the July uprising, in which women and girls from diverse backgrounds actively participated and which they often led, it was hoped that women’s democratic aspirations...

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NIOH closure enters 5th day, patients returning without treatment

Patients admitted to the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital and those coming to the hospital for treatment from Dhaka and other districts continued to suffer on Sunday as treatment remained suspended for the fifth consecutive day...

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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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Parties seek road map for reforms, trial, polls

More political parties on Sunday called on chief adviser Professor Mohammad Yunus to announce a comprehensive road map for the next Jatiya Sangsad elections, a charter for consensus-based reforms, and to ensure visible progress in the trial of the July Uprising killings.

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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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Major blunders and path forward

MANY people are now openly saying that the government and the state are not functioning well. There is no reason to brand everyone making such observations as fascists or their sympathisers. A significant portion of those who directly participated in or supported the anti-fascist movement in the past are also openly voicing such concerns, motivated by their...

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Nusraat Faria freed on bail

Actor Nusraat Faria Mazhar walked out of Kashimpur female’s Central Jail on Tuesday afternoon, several hours after she had secured bail in a case of attempted murder allegedly committed during the past year’s July mass uprising.

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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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Human Project after July uprising

THE ‘Human Project’ is a conceptual blueprint for fostering socially and fiscally responsible economic justice, especially in systematically exploited, excluded, and disempowered communities. By focusing on social equity and deep investment in human capital and thereby engineering shared prosperity as the sustainable return, the Human Project aspires to bring...