Six AL leaders held over murder of 4 students
The police have arrested six Awami League leaders, including two public representatives, in connection with the murder of four students in the July uprising in the past year...
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Mass murder, not genocide, took place in July: Tajul
Chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal Muhammad Tajul Islam on Tuesday said mass murder had taken place, not genocide, during the July uprising, calling for not spreading confusions over this.
First charges proposed against Hasina, Asaduzzaman, Mamun 聽
The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday submitted its investigation report against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police...
From power-centric to citizen-centric policing
THE July uprising exposed harsh truth. One of the most painful aspects was that the police, once seen as protectors, become a symbol of repression. The realisation pushed police reforms into the national spotlight, prompting the interim government to establish the police reforms commission, one of the six set up in the early phase of the interim goverment. The recently...
Not settling public service quota early can be unsettling later
THE issue of public service job reservation that initiated the July uprising has remained unattended since the uprising finally toppled the Awami League government. The students who took to the streets in July 2024, demanding a rational reform in the quota system, and the authorities have somewhat accepted the reform that the Awami League government announced days...
Injured victims of July uprising continue Shahbagh blockade demanding ban on AL
Some injured victims of July uprising are continuing blockade at Shahbagh crossing demanding immediate ban on the Bangladesh Awami League, issuance of July charter and assurance of treatment and rehabilitation of the injured victims...
Actor Siddique sent to jail in attempt to murder case
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday ordered to send actor Siddiqur Rahman alias Siddique to jail in a case filed for an attempt to kill a rickshaw-van driver Abdul Jabbar Howlader during last year鈥檚 student-led July-August mass uprising.
July uprising:聽Journalists, artistes, academics among 201 named in attempted murder case
Journalist, artistes and academics were among 201 accused in an attempt to murder case of a madrassah student, Saifuddin Mohammad Emdad, during the student-led July uprising.
Actor Siddique placed on seven-day remand in July-uprising case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted seven-day remand for actor Siddiqur Rahman Siddique in an attempted murder case of a van driver, Jabbar Ali Hawlader, during the July-August uprising in the Gulshan area.
Suborna, Apu Biswas, Nipun among 17 artistes sued
At least 17 artistes, including actress and former Awami League lawmaker for reserved seat Suborna Mustafa, and actresses Apu Biswas and Nipun Akter, have been named in a case of attempted murder committed during the July-August mass uprising in 2024...
Addl SP Ishtiaq, son of ex-ICT chair, arrested
The Detective Branch of the police on Tuesday arrested Rangamati additional superintendent of police Ishtiaq Ahmed in a case of crimes against humanity committed during the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024...
New footage of Ashulia killings, burning found
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday granted the chief prosecutor additional time until May 25 to submit the investigation report in a crimes against humanity case involving the killing of six people on the outskirts of Ashulia during the student-led uprising in July鈥揂ugust 2024.
ICT sets May 25 for submitting report into case over burning bodies on Aug 5
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday fixed May 25 for the submission of the investigation report into a case over burning the bodies of six students after killing them at Ashulia in Savar on August 5...
Rethinking equality after the July uprising
THE term 鈥榦pposition to inequality鈥� has re-emerged with striking political significance in the wake of the August student-popular uprising led by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. But this resurgence raises a pressing question: Is opposition to inequality merely a slogan to mobilise mass sentiment, or does it hold practical significance in dismantling the...
Govt to establish 2nd ICT tribunal
The chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal Muhammad Tajul Islam on Wednesday said the government has decided in principle to establish a second tribunal to hold hearings of cases filed over genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the July-August mass uprising.
CHANKHARPUL MASSACRE CASE: Charge sheet to be submitted within 4 weeks
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will file a formal charge sheet within four weeks in Chankharpul massacre case, where six innocents were gunned down during the July-August mass uprising.
ATROCITIES DURING UPRISING:聽ICT investigators submit first probe report
The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has submitted its first probe report on crimes against humanity committed in the capital鈥檚 Chankharpul area during the July鈥揂ugust mass uprising to the...
Establishment of welfare state demanded
Politicians, academics and professionals on Saturday at a discussion in Dhaka demanded formation of a welfare state after the student-led mass uprising on August 5 after fall of the fascist Awami League government...
Shadow probe body formed to identify July Uprising attackers
A group of students has formed a 35-member shadow investigation committee to identify those directly and indirectly involved in the attacks on Dhaka University students during the July Uprising between July 15 and August 5, 2024.
China always with new Bangladesh: ambassador
鈥楥hina is always with the people of Bangladesh, with the new Bangladesh,鈥� he at a drone show on Manik Mia Avenue in the capital Monday evening鈥�
Govt to send 52 uprising victims to Turkey, Pakistan
Health and family welfare adviser Nurjahan Begum on Sunday said that they were working to send 21 injured in the July mass uprising to Turkey and 31 to Pakistan for advanced treatment...
Probe report of 4 July-Aug crimes against humanity cases to be submitted soon
The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal is all set to submit probe reports in four crimes against humanity cases filed over the monstrous crimes committed during the July-August mass uprising.
Hefazat, NCP demand AL鈥檚 trial as party for July massacre
Leaders of the National Citizen Party and Hefazat-e-Islam on Wednesday shared common demand for the trial of the Bangladesh Awami League as a party for carrying out massacre during the July-August聽mass uprising in 2024...
Amu, Salman, 8 others shown arrested in fresh cases
A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed arrested 10 individuals, including former ministers Amir Hossain Amu, Dipu Moni and Rashed Khan Menon, in fresh cases lodged over crimes committed during the student-led July-August mass uprising.
ICT allows interrogation of ex-AL MP in custody
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday allowed the Investigation Agency to interrogate former Awami League lawmaker ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury in custody on April 16 in connection with the killing of six people during the July uprising in Chattogram...
Ex-ICT prosecutor Tureen Afroz placed on 4-day remand
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday placed former International Crimes Tribunal prosecutor Tureen Afroz on four-day remand in police custody on allegation of attempted聽 murder of one Abdul Jabbar during the student-led mass uprising...
61 pro-AL lawyers sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent to jail 61 pro-Awami League lawyers in a case lodged over assault, vandalising and attempt to murder allegedly committed during July-August mass uprising...
Teen dies months after receiving bullets during July uprising
A 17-year-old boy who sustained bullet injuries to the head during the July uprising in Dhaka died at a hospital in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali district on Friday...
SAD leader Umama rejects US award honouring women of July-August uprising
Umama Fatema, spokesperson of the Students Against Discrimination, has rejected the US State Department's 'Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award,' which was given in recognition of the courage and bravery of all Bangladeshi women involved in the July-August uprising in 2024...
ICT probe into Chankharpool atrocities ends
The International Crimes Tribunal鈥檚 investigation agency has completed its probe into crimes against humanity committed during the July-August uprising at the Chankharpool area in the capital...