ICT orders BTRC to preserve July massacre data
ICT orders BTRC to preserve July massacre data

The International Crimes Tribunal has ordered BTRC-NTMC to separately preserve data, details, information and relevant documents related to the massacres committed during the anti-discrimination student movement and anti-fascist protest in July-August. At the same time, the court has ordered...

Arrest warrants against Hasina, 10 others
Arrest warrants against Hasina, 10 others

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrants against 11 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with the disappearances during the 15-year rule of the Awami League. The two-member tribunal headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mazumdar issued the...

ICT orders to produce constable Sujan on Jan 12
ICT orders to produce constable Sujan on Jan 12

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today (Jan 1) ordered authorities concerned to produce Armed Police Battalion (APBn) constable Mohammad Sujan, who was seen shooting at student-people rally in capitals Chankharpul area,on Jan 12 The three-member tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza...

Report on billions of taka corruption burned to ashes
Report on billions of taka corruption burned to ashes

The most fatal fire incident in the history of Bangladesh Secretariat has burned the original report on thousands of crore taka corruption in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in the country. The report was conducted on 21 projects worth 25,000 crore. Besides, several...

Bangladesh recognizes right to uninterrupted internet access
Bangladesh recognizes right to uninterrupted internet access

Bangladesh has officially recognized the right to 24/7 internet access as a right for its citizens. Information and Broadcasting Advisor Md. Nahid Islam made the announcement on his verified social media page on Tuesday evening. He stated, The Cyber Protection Ordinance, 2024, establishes 24/7...

Nationwide internet blackout was on Hasina’s order: Palak
Nationwide internet blackout was on Hasina’s order: Palak

Former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak has confessed the nationwide internet shut down was a deliberate move on Sheikh Hasinas orders. His testimony was recorded by ICTs investigation agency following a questioning session held yesterday, Chief Prosecutor Md Tajul Islam said while...

ICT appeared as most corrupt sector in AL regime: White Paper
ICT appeared as most corrupt sector in AL regime: White Paper

ICT during Awami League (AL) government appeared as the most corruption-ravaged sector as the fascist regime engaged it taking on enormous development projects worth tens of thousands of taka which ultimately become unfruitful. The then AL government, immediately after assuming office in 2009,...

ICT seeks explanation of Quader's departure from country
ICT seeks explanation of Quader's departure from country

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sought an explanation from the police chief within 15 days regarding how Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader left Bangladesh, according to ICT Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam, reports Dhaka Tribune. Tajul made this statement following a...

Hasina was nucleus of secret prison network, says ICT chief prosecutor Tajul Islam
Hasina was nucleus of secret prison network, says ICT chief prosecutor Tajul Islam

Sheikh Hasina, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, is at the center of allegations involving a secret prison network that has reportedly operated for the past 16 years. Advocate Mohammad Tajul Islam, Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), claims Hasina is directly linked...

16, including former ministers, bureaucrats, and politicians, produced before ICT
16, including former ministers, bureaucrats, and politicians, produced before ICT

Sixteen high-profile individuals, including former ministers, bureaucrats, and political leaders, have been produced before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today in connection with allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity during July-August. The tribunal summoned them to...

Trials of fallen dictator, associates open to journalists, observers: CA
Trials of fallen dictator, associates open to journalists, observers: CA

In a Victory Day address on Monday, Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus announced significant transparency measures in the ongoing trials of the deposed dictator and her associates, accused of atrocities, reports UNB. Dr. Yunus said, To ensure transparency in the judicial process, the trials has...

ICT bans dissemination of Hasina's defamatory remarks
ICT bans dissemination of Hasina's defamatory remarks

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has imposed a ban on dissemination of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasinas defamatory speeches on both social media and mass media. Besides, the tribunal has ordered the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove all the hate...

Nahid stresses small-scale, impactful projects at SOF meeting
Nahid stresses small-scale, impactful projects at SOF meeting

ICT Adviser Md Nahid Islam emphasized the need for small, effective projects to ensure equitable benefits for all, reports UNB. In that case, Post, Telecommunications, and ICT adviser Nahid eyes on the project that can be completed within the interim governments tenure. Speaking as the chief...

Probe committee finds evidence of Palak’s massive looting
Probe committee finds evidence of Palak’s massive looting

A staggering amount of corruption has been debunked in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, where nearly half of the 22 projects, worth a total of Tk 25,000 crore, have been looted. Soon the probe committee will submit their report. The probe committee was astonished...

Nahid urges young IT talents to build up expertise
Nahid urges young IT talents to build up expertise

Post, telecommunication and information adviser Nahid Islam has urged youth to gather more expertise on IT, reports UNB. He made the appeal on Monday during a meeting with Japanese ambassador Iwama Kiminori at the ICT Tower in Agargaon. The adviser highlighted that Bangladeshs youth are...

Govt nods draft of ICT Ordinance to penalise political parties
Govt nods draft of ICT Ordinance to penalise political parties

The interim government has, in principle, approved the draft of the International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) Ordinance 2024, paving the way for taking action against the countrys political parties for their indulgence in acts against humanity. The approval was given during a meeting of the advisory...

ICT sets Dec 19 for submitting report against Ziaul Ahsan
ICT sets Dec 19 for submitting report against Ziaul Ahsan

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday set December 19 for submitting probe report over allegations of killings, genocides and crimes against humanity against eight former security officials, including former director general (DG) of NTMC sacked Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, whom the...

ICT send ex-IGP Mamun, 7 others to jail
ICT send ex-IGP Mamun, 7 others to jail

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sent eight individuals, including former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun and former National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) director general Major General (retd) Ziaul Ahsan, to jail in connection with mass...

ICT orders completion of probe against Hasina in a month
ICT orders completion of probe against Hasina in a month

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has ordered its investigation agency to submit reports within one month in two cases filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others over the killings and crimes against humanity committed during the July-August mass uprising, reports UNB....

13 AL ex-ministers, advisers produced before ICT
13 AL ex-ministers, advisers produced before ICT

Thirteen accused including nine former ministers of the ousted Awami League government have been produced before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in cases over the killings during the July-August mass uprising, reports UNB. ICT chief prosecutor Md Tajul Islam said they were produced...

ICT chief prosecutor writes to IGP for Interpol red notice for Hasina
ICT chief prosecutor writes to IGP for Interpol red notice for Hasina

Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam has sent a letter to the inspector general of police (IGP), requesting action to issue a red notice through Interpol for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with an International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) case, reports Dhaka Tribune. This...

Tk 19,000 crore embezzled in ICT sector
Tk 19,000 crore embezzled in ICT sector

During the previous Awami League government, 22 projects were fabricated to embezzle Tk 19,000 crore from the information and communication technology sector. After taking office, the interim government halted these projects and directed Project Directors (PDs) to cease all purchases. Additionally,...

Govt to request Interpol red notice to bring back Sheikh Hasina
Govt to request Interpol red notice to bring back Sheikh Hasina

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has announced that the government will request Interpol to issue a red notice for the arrest and return of fugitives including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina allegedly involved in the killings and genocide during the anti-discrimination student movement. A red...

Shibir men file complaints to ICT against RAB, DB, police
Shibir men file complaints to ICT against RAB, DB, police

Four separate complaints were filed with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday against Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and police including its detective branch (DB) for detaining, torturing and ultimately making four leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) crippled for life by firing at...

ICT sends addl SP Shahidul to jail
ICT sends addl SP Shahidul to jail

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday sent former additional superintendent of police Shahidul Islam of Dhaka district to jail in connection with a case filed over mass killing during the student-led movement. The three-member bench of the tribunal led by its chairman Justice Md...

July-August massacre: ICT summons 14 individuals including ex-ministers
July-August massacre: ICT summons 14 individuals including ex-ministers

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday summoned ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasinas two former advisers, 10 ex-ministers, an ex-army official and a former secretary in a case over the killings during July-August mass uprising, reports UNB. The three-member tribunal led by its Chairman...

ICT gets 7 more complaints over enforced disappearances, murder
ICT gets 7 more complaints over enforced disappearances, murder

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has received seven more complaints over enforced disappearances and murders allegedly committed by Sheikh Hasina, the ousted Prime Minister. These five complaints were filed by Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. A businessman...