17 pro-Jamaat state law officers resign over judicial reform disputes
17 pro-Jamaat state law officers resign over judicial reform disputes

Seventeen state law officers considered sympathetic to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, the main opposition party in Parliament, resigned on Tuesday, citing disagreements with the governments decision not to turn the July National Charter Ordinance and the Supreme Court Judges (Appointment) Ordinance...

Testimony begins in crimes against humanity trial involving Nanak, Taposh
Testimony begins in crimes against humanity trial involving Nanak, Taposh

Opening statements and witness testimony began on Monday in a crimes against humanity case against 28 people, including former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak and former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh. The case relates to the killing of nine people in Mohammadpur...

Reform controversy intensifies following Ali Riaz exit
Reform controversy intensifies following Ali Riaz exit

Amid Bangladeshs economic difficulties and a range of other challenges, growing uncertainty surrounding the implementation of the July Charter, inherited from the interim government and centred on constitutional reform, is emerging as an additional source of concern. The BNP-led government has...

Election manifesto, July Charter to be implemented gradually: PM
Election manifesto, July Charter to be implemented gradually: PM

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday said that the government will implement the election manifesto and the July Charter in phases, adding that efforts are underway to build a just and equitable state. He made the remarks during the inauguration of the Deputy Commissioners (DC)...

The July Charter: Yunus’s Deception vs. BNP’s Foresight
The July Charter: Yunus’s Deception vs. BNP’s Foresight

In the first session of the Thirteenth National Parliament, the Minister for Home Affairs and influential BNP leader, Salahuddin Ahmed, opened a Pandoras Box. This member of the BNP Standing Committee presented a comprehensive picture of how the Yunus government allegedly intended to subvert the...

ADP execution slows to 36% in July-March
ADP execution slows to 36% in July-March

The governments development spending has slowed, with the Annual Development Programme (ADP) recording an overall implementation rate of 36.19% during the July-March period of the 2025-26 fiscal year. The Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) reported on Sunday that...

July 2024 internet shutdown was politically driven, not due to fire: Witness
July 2024 internet shutdown was politically driven, not due to fire: Witness

A prosecution witness testified before International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday that the governments explanation for the nationwide internet shutdown in July 2024 was politically motivated, contradicting earlier claims that the disruption was caused by a data centre fire. Emdadul Haque Mollah,...

Will stay in parliament as long as we can fight injustice: Jamaat Ameer
Will stay in parliament as long as we can fight injustice: Jamaat Ameer

Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Leader of the Opposition in parliament, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, on Sunday said they would remain in parliament only as long as they can speak out against injustice. We will stay in parliament as long as we can fight injustice and raise our voices. If we...

JS passes bill on rehabilitation of uprising victims
JS passes bill on rehabilitation of uprising victims

National parliament on Friday passed a bill aimed at the welfare and rehabilitation of families of those killed and participants injured in the July mass uprising. The Welfare and Rehabilitation of Martyred Families and July Fighters in the July Mass Uprising Bill-2026 was introduced by Ahmed...

JS passes July Uprising indemnity bill
JS passes July Uprising indemnity bill

The Jatiya Sangsad has passed the July Uprising (Protection and Determination of Liability) Bill, 2026, to protect individuals, including students, who participated in the 2024 July Uprising, reports Daily Sun. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed placed the bill in the House on Wednesday and it was...