Govt requisition of buses for NCP launch criticised
The government鈥檚 requisition of buses for people to attend the launch of the National Citizens Party in Dhaka on Friday has sparked criticism...
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Inclusive politics is not about making rhetorical claims
JULY uprising student leaders on February 28 launched a political party, the National Citizen Party, with the aspirations of establishing a second republic. Coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination platform, formed seeking reforms in public service job reservations, and members of the National Citizens鈥� Committee, another platform formed after the fall of the...
New political party draws mixed reactions
Three political parties and a student organisation on Friday gave mixed reactions to the formation of a new political party by leaders of the student-led July-August mass uprising that ousted the authoritarian Awami League regime.
Thousands gather at Manik Mia Avenue for launch of new political party
Thousands of people with procession have joined the launching of a new political party of student activists of the July Uprising, at Manik Miah Avenue in Dhaka.
Govt publishes list of 1,401 鈥楯uly Warriors鈥�
The liberation war affairs ministry has published a gazette notification recognising 1,401 individuals injured in the July mass uprising as 鈥楯uly Warriors鈥�.
Allowance for uprising victims likely from March
The interim government on Thursday announced that the government was likely to start from March the distribution of monthly allowance for the victims of July mass uprising...
Injured of mass uprising continue demo in front of CA鈥檚 office for 2nd day
A group of people injured in the July-August mass uprising staged a sit-in for the second consecutive day in front of the chief adviser鈥檚 office at Tejgaon in Dhaka on Thursday, demanding removal of Category C from the list created by the interim government for the uprising injured...
ATTACK ON UPRISING PROTESTERS: RUET expells 4 BCL leaders, punishes 44
The authorities of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology on Wednesday took disciplinary actions against 48 students, including the permanent expulsion of four leaders and activists of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, on various charges, including attacking protesters during the July-August uprising and cheating in examinations...
Injured of mass uprising stage sit-in before CA office for removal of Category C
A group of people who were injured in the July-August mass uprising on Wednesday took position in front of the chief adviser鈥檚 office at Tejgaon in Dhaka city over demand for the removal of Category C from the list the interim government has made for the uprising injured...
Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad launched amid scuffle
A group of leaders of the Student Against Discrimination that led the July-August mass uprising on Wednesday launched a new student organisation, the Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad, amid protests and scuffles at the launching venue in Dhaka.
July uprising protesters shot at point blank in some cases: UN report
State security forces and Awami League men were involved in crimes against humanity during the July uprising as the security forces in some cases shot defenceless protesters from point blank range to kill them, said a United Nations report...
Manifesto, programmes of students鈥� party not finalised
The manifesto and the programmes of the new political party of the students who led the July-August mass uprising are yet to be finalised though the party is going to be floated on February 28.
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Titles on July uprising attract readers
Books on the July uprising have attracted readers, mostly young ones, at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 organised by the Bangla Academy...
CALL FOR UN ENGAGEMENT: Investigating violence against minoritised communities
WHEN the chief advisor professor Muhammad Yunus extended an official invitation to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to conduct an independent fact-finding into human rights violations committed during the July mass uprising, it was highly commended by rights organisations and civil society alike, except for those sections of...
Mass Uprising:聽Hasina ordered no treatment, no release,聽ICT told
The International Crimes Tribunal鈥檚 chief prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam on Sunday claimed that the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina had issued a 鈥榥o treatment, no release鈥� directive to a hospital in Dhaka during the July-August uprising.
Mother tongue and beyond
FEBRUARY 21, 2025 marks the first observance of the historic language movement since the July 2024 mass uprising in Bangladesh. The groundbreaking political change brought about by last year鈥檚 student-led movement is likely to provide new or more nuanced ways of reflecting on the language struggle of the Pakistan period that, among other things, fundamentally...
Violence should have no place in student politics
THE clash between the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and the Students Against Discrimination, which led the July-August uprising that toppled the Awami League government, at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology on February 18 is shocking. The clash, which reportedly broke out over an altercation...
Complete probe against Hasina, 45 others by Apr 20: ICT
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday extended the deadline to April 20 for submitting investigation reports against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others over the allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the July-August mass uprising...
Mass Uprising:聽Injured block Shahbagh for removal of Category C
A group of people injured in the July-August mass uprising blocked the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Monday, demanding the removal of Category C, which was created by the government for their treatment.
New student body to be launched by some mass uprising leaders
A group of leaders of the anti-discrimination student movement that led the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024 on Monday announced that they would form a new student organisation.
Gazipur Zila Parishad distributes聽Tk 1 lakh each to 9 July victims
Gazipur Zila Parishad on Sunday distributed a cheque of Tk 1 lakh each to the families of 9 martyrs in the July-August mass uprising in the district...
July uprising victims to be recognised as July Martyrs, July Warriors: adviser Farooq
Those killed in July movement will be recognised as July Martyrs while the injured victims will be known as July Warriors...
Udichi protests attacks at book fairs, cultural events
Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi, protesting mob attacks at different book fairs and cultural events, urged the interim government to ensure that no new fascist forces emerge undermining the spirit of the student-led mass uprising of 2024.
Samageet ushers in Basanta, dedicates fest to July uprising
Cultural organisation Samageet on Friday celebrated the arrival of Basanta organising a music festival and dedicated it to the student-led mass uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime on August 5 in the past year.
Govt should cooperate with UN in investigation: discussion
Activists, journalists and families of enforced disappearance victims said on Thursday that the Bangladesh government should cooperate fully with the United Nations in its fair and transparent investigation into the massacre of people, including children, during the July-August mass uprising...
Autocracy Resistance Day today
Different student organisations will observe Autocracy Resistance Day today recalling the student uprising in 1983 that forced the then government to cancel Mazid Khan Education Commission report and forged unity among political, social and student organisations against the then military rule of Hussein Muhammad Ershad...
Enforced disappearances must never happen
THE horror of the secret detention centres that law enforcement and security forces ran and kept victims of enforced disappearances for months and years during the Awami League regime, toppled in a mass uprising on August 5, 2024, was evident even after modifications were made to the centres. While media reports and the report of the commission of inquiry on...
Only trial of July-Aug crimes can make reparations
THE findings of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report on the student protests and consequent mass uprising in July鈥揂ugust 2024 that it was the prime minister Sheikh Hasina, deposed on August 5 that year, ordered security forces to kill protesters and hide their bodies point to heinous crimes. The report, released in Geneva on February 12, also...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Slogans reflect aspiration of common people: discussion
Speakers including poets, activists and academics at a discussion held at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 on Wednesday, said that slogans during the student-led mass uprising depicted common people鈥檚 language and aspirations...
Ex-CMP commissioner held for student鈥檚 murder during uprising
A Chattogram court on Wednesday granted permission for a three-day jail gate interrogation of former Chattogram Metropolitan Police Commissioner Saiful Islam in the murder case of Hridoy Chandra Tarua, a university student killed during the student-led mass uprising...
