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National elections feasible by mid-year: Mirza Fakhrul

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called for the 13th national elections to be held by mid-year, specifically by July-August 2025. On Tuesday, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir emphasized that it was entirely feasible to prepare for the elections within this time frame,...

Prosecution secures call records of Hasina, key officials

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) procession has obtained phone call records of Sheikh Hasina and others in alleged genocide during the mass uprising of July-August last year. Prosecutors have also uncovered crucial evidence related to forced disappearances during the same period,...

It is vital to ensure corruption-free, fair atmosphere

Ensuring reform was one of the key demands of the July-August uprising. If we look at the post-independence reform initiatives, the record is not bright with regime changes occurring repeatedly in an unstable manner, including in 1991, 1996. The goals of each of these violent political shakeups...

Everything has been done for trial of July-August massacre: AG

Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman said that everything has been done for the trial of the July-August mass killing. The Office of the Attorney General (AG) will assist with the trial if needed. Asaduzzaman the remarks while briefing journalists at International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday....

Politics on the brink! Where is the country heading?

Let us dive straight into the discussion without any preamble. Todays topic covers a broad spectrum, closely tied to the political landscape involving the Awami League, BNP, and Jamaat. In recent times, even smaller political parties, including the Jatiyo Party, have gained significant importance,...

One in four uprising injured suffer severe depression: Report

Government psychiatrists have reported that one in four individuals injured during the July-August Uprising are grappling with severe depression, attributed to limb loss, uncertain medical treatment, and financial instability. The Bangladesh Association of Psychiatrists presented these findings...

Hasina's trial to proceed despite India's non-cooperation: Toby Cadman

The trial of ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina will continue even if India does not repatriate her, Toby Cadman, the special advisor to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), has stated. Cadman made the remarks following a meeting between the prosecution...

Prof Yunus urges women to come forward to build new Bangladesh

Chief Advisor to the interim government Prof Dr. Muhamamd Yunus talked to the revolutionary women who were actively involved in mass uprising in July-August. The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs held a meeting of these brave women of the time with the Chief Advisor at the Osmani Memorial...

Parliament renovation will take one year

The National Parliament Secretariat suffered severe damage during the student led July mass uprising, needing at least one year for making it fully functioned. The parliament secretariat has suffered a total Tk155 crore financial loss. Of these money, the parliament secretariats own sector has...

Touhid urges British envoy to convey accurate facts on Bangladesh

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday urged British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke to convey accurate information regarding the minority situation and the student-led July-August uprising in Bangladesh to the UK government. I invited her (to the foreign ministry) to...

Amu, Qamrul shown arrested in July-August genocide case

On Wednesday the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) showed former ministers Amir Hossain Amu and Advocate Qamrul Islam arrested in a case lodged over murder, genocide and crimes against humanity committed by the past Awami League government while trying to quell student-led July-August mass...

August 15 National Mourning Day’s holiday postponed

The Appellate Division has stayed the High Courts verdict declaring August 15 as a public holiday for National Mourning. The decision was made by the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, on Sunday. Additional Attorney General Barrister Aneek R. Haque confirmed the...

Tarique Rahman was sentenced for political reason: BNP Lawyer

In the much-talked 21st August grenade attack case, the High Court on Sunday acquitted all the defendants, including BNPs Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar. BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) lawyers said in their response to the verdict:...

Tarique Rahman, Babar, all accused acquitted in August 21 grenade attack case

In the highly discussed 21st August grenade attack case, the High Court acquitted all the defendants, including BNPs acting chairman Tarique Rahman, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, and former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar, who had been sentenced to death. The...

High Court to deliver verdict in August 21 grenade attack case on Sunday

The High Court has scheduled Sunday for delivering its verdict on the appeal and death reference in the highly anticipated August 21 grenade attack case. The case is listed as item number 54 on the agenda for tomorrows session, with the High Court bench, led by Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and...

Asaduzzaman Noor assaulted at BSMMU

Former minister Asaduzzaman Noor was assaulted by injured students of July-August movement when he was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from jail for treatment on Saturday. Some injured victims of the movement attacked Noor when he was taken there for treatment at...

VIP case, VIP extortion

Since the July Revolution and the events of August 5, over 2,500 cases of violence have been reported nationwide. Ministers, MPs, bureaucrats, and VIPs from the former Sheikh Hasina government are among those accused in these cases. In addition to these high-profile figures, more than 100...

Govt faces tough challenge to restore order in every sector

The countrymen had expected that normalcy will return to every sector of the country after the mass uprising in July-August and everything will be conducted according to fairness and principles. The peoples expectation was enlarged as the Nobel Peace prize winner Dr Muhammad Yunus took the...

Amu, Inu, 3 others shown arrested in five new cases

A court here on Monday showed five people including former ministers Amir Hossain Amu and Hasanul Haque Inu arrested in five fresh cases lodged over casualties during the July-August uprising. The three other accused are former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun,...

Govt unveils treatment plan for injured in July-August movement

Special Assistant to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Md Sayedur Rahman, has said that the government will provide free, fast-track medical services for all those injured during the anti-discrimination movement. The initiative, which includes lifetime free treatment in all...

Supreme Court stays ex-Addl AG Mehedi’s bail

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday stayed a High Court order that granted bail to former additional attorney general Mohammad Mehedi Hassan Chowdhury in a case lodged over a murder took place during the July-August mass uprising. Stay till filling of the regular leave...

Injured in mass uprising to be provided unique ID cards along with rehabilitation

Dr. Sayedur Rahman, the special assistant to the Chief Advisor, who has the executive responsibility of the Ministry of Health, said that unique ID cards will be provided to those injured in the July-August uprising. Once it is made, all the benefits will be guaranteed. In terms of treatment,...

Protesters injured in July-August movement meet advisers

A meeting between five advisers of the government and the injured students and other people in the July- August uprising began on Thursday afternoon. The meeting started in the conference room of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at the Secretariat. This meeting is being held to...

Special cell formed to make final martyrs list from July-August uprising

The government has formed a special cell to make the final list of the martyrs of the students-led July-August mass uprising. The government has invited applications to include the names of those who were killed or went missing or buried as unclaimed bodies or died at hospitals while taking...

Former IGP Mamun testifies in tribunal case

Former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has testified in the International Crimes Tribunal case. He appeared before the tribunal on Thursday to give his statement. This marked the first time a government official had testified in the case related to the July-August genocide. Previously, on...

Tarique Rahman stands by families of martyrs, injured of mass uprising

A delegation of Amra BNP Paribar on Wednesday met relatives of those killed and injured in Bogura district during the July-August mass uprising and the previous mass movements, reports BSS. On behalf of Tarique Rahman, Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Chief Patron of...

UN fact-finding mission likely to finalise its report by early Dec: Türk

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday said the independent UN Fact Finding Mission, which is investigating atrocities committed during the July-August mass uprising in Bangladesh, would hopefully finalise its report by the first week of December, reports BSS....

Government job has to be ensured for family member of martyrs: Jamaat Ameer

Warning that no conspiracy of the conspirators will be realized anymore, Jamaat-e Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said the killers and looters of the past cant save themselves by escaping the country. He said this in a view exchange meeting with the family members of the martyrs who died in the...