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Security forces, AL men abused female protesters during July uprising: UN
State security forces and armed Awami League (AL) supporters had abused girls and women sexually during the July Uprising to deter their participation in the movement, according to a recent report of the United Nations (UN) rights office. Physical assaults on female protesters often targeted...

Youth made their mark on global stage through uprising: Mahfuj
Adviser Mahfuj Alam has asserted that the youth of Bangladesh have made their mark on the international stage through the July Uprising, reports UNB. He made this statement on Tuesday while speaking as the chief guest at the Youth Festival organized by the Ministry of Information and...

ICT orders submission of investigation report against Sheikh Hasina by April 20
The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh has directed the submission of an investigation report in the case against Sheikh Hasina, alleging crimes against humanity related to the July-August genocide. A three-member panel, led by International Crimes Tribunal Chairman Justice Md. Golam...

New student organization to emerge under leadership of July Uprising organizers
A new student organization is emerging under the leadership of the organizers who led the anti-discrimination student movement. No name or debut date has been decided for the organization yet. However, the motto of the organization will be Student First and Bangladesh First. Abu Baker...

2024 uprising martyrs to be honored as 'July Martyrs' and injured as 'July Warriors'
Farooq-E-Azam, adviser to the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs on stated that the July Directorate will be launched either this week or soon, and the martyrs of 2024 July uprising will be honored as July Martyrs, while the injured will be recognized as July Warriors, with their names officially...

Women participated in uprising demand trial of Hasina at Shahbagh
A womens rally is going on in the capitals Shahbagh demanding trial for the dictator Sheikh Hasina and her political party Awami League for committing genocide during the July Movement. This womens rally began in front of the National Museum in Shahbagh at 4 pm on Sunday, under the banner Women...

Tarique Rahman's view exchange with injured photojournalists Monday
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will exchange views with the photojournalists, injured during the July-August uprising, on Monday. He will also provide financial assistance to them and their family members as the chief guest at a function in Dhaka organised by...

Election date depends on July Charter: Press Secretary
Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said the timeline for the next national election depends on the reform agenda, which he called the July Charter. The election date will depend on the July Charter, he told reporters outside the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka moments before the...

Coffin procession demands ban on AL
The namaz-e-janaza for Md Hasan, 19, who was shot and killed in Jatrabari during the July uprising, has been held. Following the prayer, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement handed over Hasans body to his family, reports Dhaka Tribune. During this time, movement members staged a protest...

'Hasina ordered security forces to kill protesters, hide bodies'
Deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had ordered security forces to kill protesters of the July Upspring and hide their bodies to quell the protests, according to the Fact-Finding Report of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The Fact-Finding Report titled Human...

Over 1,400 killed in July Uprising
The United Nations has published an investigation report on human rights violations during the July Uprising in Bangladesh, revealing that more than 1,400 people may have been killed between July 1 and August 15. The death toll is based on information obtained from various reliable sources....

UN Human Rights Office to hold press conf on July uprising today
The UN Human Rights Office will hold a news conference on the OHCHR Fact-Finding Report: Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh. The press conference will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva today (Wednesday) at 09:30 local time...

UN to launch July uprising human rights report on Wednesday instead of Thursday
The UN Human Rights Office will launch its fact-finding report on human rights violations during the student-led July uprising in Bangladesh on Wednesday, instead of the previously scheduled Thursday. The UN Human Rights Office will hold a news conference at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on...

July martyrs’ families meet Chief Adviser
Some families of martyrs in the July uprising met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Sunday. During the meeting, they discussed various issues including the trial of the mass killing committed in the July uprising, the formation of the July...

Police headquarters calls all to upload uprising photos, footage on official site
The Police Headquarters on Sunday called upon all to upload still images and video footages of the July-August movement on the website andolonerchobi.police.gov.bd. Still images and video footage can be uploaded on the website from February 11 to February 25, 2025, said a press release of the...

July Uprising victims urged to submit medical bills for compensation
The government has invited students and civilians injured during the July-August Mass Uprising to submit their medical expense claims for reimbursement if they received treatment at private hospitals. According to a press release issued by the Press Information Department (PID) today (February...

ICT to receive probe reports of several July genocide cases in Feb
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is likely to receive probe reports of several cases filed over July-August genocide incidents within February. Confirming this to BSS, ICT Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam said he hopes that probe reports of multiple cases will be submitted by the...

Another opportunity being missed!
The days of January 11, 2007, and August 5, 2024, are not similar. These two days are memorable in the history of Bangladesh. Army was the hero of January 11, 2007, which is known to all as 1/11. On the other hand, students and people are the heroes of August 5, 2024, which is called July...

Govt to unveil 'July Proclamation' after all-party consensus on reforms
Interim Government will release the July Proclamation following consensus between the Interim Government, political parties, and other key stakeholders on recommendations from the reform commissions, Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said today (February 5), reports TBS. Speaking at a...

New dorm ‘July Shaheed Smriti Bhaban' opened in DU
Dhaka University (DU) on Saturday opened a new dormitorynaming it July Shaheed Smriti Bhaban in memory of the martyrs of July 2024 uprisingwith authorities saying it would accommodate1,008 students with modernfacilities in its 252 rooms. They said the 11-storey dormitory actually is a newly...

Singaporean eye specia0lists begin treating July uprising injured
A team of five renowned ophthalmologists from Singapore has begun treating the patients who suffered eye injuries during the July uprising in the country, report BSS. On Saturday, the first day of their two-day visit, the doctors examined eyes of over a hundred patients at the National Institute...

July-Aug movement Massacre: 4 bodies being exhumed in Savar
Bodies of four people who were killed in Ashulia during the July-August movement are being exhumed following a court order, reports UNB. Police led by Assistant commissioner (land) of Ashulia circle Sadia Akter, executive magistrate, were exhuming the bodies from Charalpara, Pabnartek, Bagabari...

Political leadership ordered excessive use of force during July Uprising: HRW
The political leadership ordered the excessive use of police force during the July Uprising, the Human Rights Watch (HRW), one of the worlds most respected human rights group, said in a report released on January 27. Multiple police officers indicated that they believed that directives to use...

Questions over unidentified bodies
Sohail Sheikh, the resident of Topngi adjacent to the capital, used to run autorickshaw in Uttara. Amid his working schedule, he participated in mass uprising in July-August. However, hes been out of trace sine August 5. Sohail has two children 2 years old Saimon Sheikh and 7 years oild Sumaiya....

Tk1cr handed over to families of 5 journos martyred in July uprising
A cheque for Tk one crore has been handed over to the families of five journalists killed during the July Uprising, fulfilling a promise made by Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan. The cheque was presented at a ceremony on Wednesday afternoon at the conference room of East West Media...

HRW hands over report to CA, says Hasina directly ordered enforced disappearances, killings
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has handed a report on the July Uprising to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, saying that officers had told them the ousted Bangladesh dictator, Sheikh Hasina directly ordered enforced disappearances and killings. A HRW delegation led by Elaine Pearson, Asia...

7 injured in July Uprising sent to Singapore for advanced treatment
Seven people who were injured in the July Uprising have been sent to Singapore for advanced treatment under the initiative of the interim government, reports UNB. They departed Dhaka on Friday via a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight to receive treatment in Singapore National Eye Centre....

We want discrimination-free Bangladesh: Jamaat Ameer
Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, expressed his vision for a Bangladesh free of discrimination. He made the statement during a rally organized by the Tajhat Thana Jamaat at Abu Sayed Square in Rangpur city, held around 10 pm on Thursday. Dr. Rahman shared his personal...