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82.5pc injured in July uprising battling depression: seminar

A seminar, titled Beyond the Headlines: Mental Health Consequences of the July Uprising and Milestone Tragedy, on Monday disclosed the findings that 82.5 per cent of the injured in the July uprising were battling depression, while 64 per cent were exhibiting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder...

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Show-cause notices served on 19 IU teachers

The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia have issued show-cause notices to 19 teachers following an investigation into their alleged involvement in activities against the July–August student-led mass uprising which ousted the authoritarian Awami League regime on August 5 past year...

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My TV chairman put on 5-day remand in murder case

A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday allowed the police to take private television channel My TV chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi into custody for five days for interrogation in a murder case linked to the 2024 mass uprising.

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Woman testifies she identified her burnt son seeing shoe, ID card

Shahina Begum, the mother of Sazzad Hossain Sajal who was allegedly burnt alive in a police pickup van, testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday in a case of crimes against humanity against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun...

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HC defers hearing plea to quash ex-CJ Khairul proceedings

The High Court on Sunday deferred until October 29 the hearing of a petition filed by former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque to quash the proceedings related to him in a murder case linked to the July 2024 uprising...

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ICT asks govt to ensure security for witness in Chankharpool case

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday directed the government to ensure security for a prosecution witness who had recently testified in the case of crimes against humanity committed in the capital’s Chankharpool area during the 2024 July uprising...

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DU teachers hold public performance on campus

Dhaka University Shikkhak Samaj, a platform of the university teachers, on Thursday organised a public performance to mark the first anniversary of the July mass uprising...

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Police in uniform spoke in Hindi, say witnesses

Two of the three prosecution witnesses told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday that police personnel in printed uniforms, present in the capital’s Chankharpool area on August 5, 2024, were speaking in Hindi during the killing of six protesters during the July uprising...

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Govt should make clear rules for state benefits for July martyrs

AN ALLEGEDLY unequal application of the rule for the disbursement of state benefits to the families of the martyrs of the July uprising, which toppled the Awami League regime on August 5, 2024, is worrying as the proposition has sparked off disputes, created resentment and intensified insecurity in the families. Whilst some widows have received the full one-time grant...

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Man testifies killing of son during uprising

Shahriar Khan Polash still remembers the letter his son left behind on August 5, 2024 morning, hours before the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime amid a student-led mass uprising.

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Govt accused of failure to implement uprising spirit

Politicians, lawyers, youth leaders and professionals on Monday at a discussion criticised the interim government that it failed to properly implement the July uprising spirit in the past one year...

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Mobile exhibition of uprising photographs begins

A two-day mobile exhibition of the 2024 July mass uprising photographs began in the capital Dhaka on Monday with the exhibition travelling the city areas where the autocratic Awami League regime had faced significant resistance during the uprising...

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Gap between expectations and reality

AUGUST 8 marked the first anniversary of the interim government’s rise to power in the wake of the historic July uprising. The Yunus-led administration came into office buoyed by unprecedented public goodwill, both at home and abroad, and charged with the responsibility of healing a fractured nation. One year may not be long enough to fulfil every expectation...

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Police reform, accountability still deplorably elusive

THIS is concerning and a disservice to the spirit of the July uprising that a section of police personnel is still involved in criminal and corrupt activities. The involvement of police personnel in crimes such as extortion, bribery, intimidation and framing innocent people in false cases has continued to make the headlines every other day. The agency is also reported to have taken...

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BDPF demands establishment of education reform commission

In commemoration of the 2024 July uprising anniversary, the Bangladesh Doctors’ Platform in Finland has recently held an online discussion titled Democracy and Education Reform are Woven from the Same Thread.

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Interim govt performances under fire

Speakers, including academics, cultural activists, and researchers on Saturday said that the interim government failed to meet people’s expectations after the July mass uprising...

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Mixed trends mark weekly decline at stocks

Investors at the Dhaka and Chattogram bourses ended the week on a sour note, snapping a streak of consecutive weekly gains as key indices fell notably in the four-day trading week...

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707 cases filed, 5,079 held in Dhaka over uprising

Over 700 cases have been filed with 50 police stations across Dhaka till August 5, 2025, in connection with the killing and attempted killing incidents during the July-August mass uprising that toppled the Awami League government.

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Foreign policy on mutual respect far cry

The interim government has neither carried out any reform in the foreign policy of the country nor has it been able to establish its external ties in keeping with the aspirations of the mass uprising in July 2024.

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We refuse to give up on our hope

For now, exactly a year after the formation of the interim government, it is disappointing to see the government that was installed through a bloody mass uprising has failed its people and is behaving more following the impulse of the Facebook response than acting on its political vision and commitment to principles of equality and justice. The way the interim...

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Road home, back to office

I MOSTLY head home from the office and back to the office from home, which has been a routine for long but for a few erratic days when I have ventured out in other directions, mostly before and after work hours. But it gradually became challenging, risky too, to shuttle between the office and home, let alone darting out here and there even when the need was pressing as violence broke out with student protests...

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NCP leaders respond to show-cause notice

Five central leaders of the National Citizen Party on Thursday responded to the show-cause notices served on them for their recent Cox’s Bazar trip.

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List of July prisoners, jail code reform demanded

July uprising protesters who were imprisoned during the uprising last year have demanded a list from the government of those who were incarcerated and also pressed for reforms in the Jail Code...