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Police reforms aim to ensure neutrality, says IGP

Inspector General of Bangladesh Police (IGP) Baharul Alam reaffirmed the ongoing efforts to free the countrys police force from political influence during his address as the chief guest at the closing parade of the 40th Cadet Sub-Inspector (SI)-2023 batch. The parade was held at the Bangladesh...

Geneva set to host first-ever World Congress on Enforced Disappearances

The first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances will convene on Wednesday and Thursday in Geneva, marking a pivotal step in the global fight to prevent and eradicate this egregious human rights violation. This historic event will bring together governments, victims, civil society...

Chinese tourists cancel Thai trips amid safety concerns

Concerns over safety in Thailand have led to a surge in cancellations from Chinese tour groups ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday. Independent travelers are also showing slower booking patterns due to heightened fears. Recently, Hong Kong-based singer and actor Eason Chan canceled his concert...

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,...

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...

Brazilian investigators join forces to extract data from crashed Azerbaijani Airliner’s black box

A team of Brazilian air force investigators is collaborating with experts from three other countries to analyze data extracted from the black box of an Azerbaijani airliner that tragically crashed in Kazakhstan on December 25, killing 38 people. Azerbaijan has claimed the aircraft was...

3 additional IGPs sent into forced retirement

Three additional inspector generals of police (IGP) have been sent into forced retirement. On Wednesday (Jan 1), separate notifications signed by Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Nasimul Gani, announced the retirement of these officers. The officers are Mallick Faqrul Islam,...

Michael Chakma submits written complaint to ICT against Hasina, 8 others

Michael Chakma submitted a written complaint to the International Crimes Tribunal, naming nine individualsincluding former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinaas the primary accused in cases of enforced disappearances. On Monday (Dec 30) morning, he submitted the complaint. He also submitted the...

DMP seeks public co-op to help shift to more community-based approach

Mohammad Masud Karim, additional police commissioner (Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, emphasized the importance of mutual cooperation between the police and the public in fulfilling the expectations of the people from law enforcement. He made the remark...

Mobile surveillance tech used in enforced disappearances under past regime

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh has revealed that mobile phone surveillance technology was instrumental in locating victims before their secret abductions by the ousted regime of Sheikh Hasina. BSS reported this on Sunday. The commissions report, titled...

Qatar vows to halt EU gas sales over due diligence law

Qatar will cease gas exports to the European Union if the bloc enforces its new corporate due diligence law, Reuters said, the energy minister of the country Saad al-Kaabi warned in an interview with the Financial Times published on Sunday. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive,...

Commission finds India's involvement in enforced disappearance

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has found Indias involvement in enforced disappearances in Bangladesh, reports BSS. Indian involvement in Bangladeshs system of enforced disappearances is a matter of public record, the commission said in its report as it found intelligence...

Enforced disappearance victims faced brutal, methodical torture

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has revealed that victims of enforced disappearance have endured systematic and inhuman torture in secret detention centers. The accounts of torture we have documented are both profoundly brutal and disturbingly methodical, the commission...

Experts call for diversified exports, investment in human capital to boost global competitiveness

Political and social stability, along with diversified export markets, are key to attracting foreign direct investments (FDI) and ensuring Bangladeshs global competitiveness, experts said on Tuesday at a public lecture at Dhaka. From his extensive experience with the Asian Development Bank...

Victims were held in eight secret detention centers

In 2010, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has abducted a youth from capitals Mohammadpur, and sewed his lips without any anesthetic. Besides, many others were killed by shooting on head, and the bodies were tied in cement bags and drowned in the rivers including Buriganga and Shitalakshya from...

Commission finds involvement of ex-PM Hasina in enforced disappearance

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance on Saturday submitted its first interim report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, reports BSS. The five-member commission led by retired justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury handed over the report titled Unfolding the Truth to the Chief...

'Intellectuals' killings were anti-liberation forces’ most heinous revenge'

The killing of intellectuals in a planned and brutal massacre during the Liberation War was the most heinous act of vengeance by anti-liberation forces after their defeat, remarked Chief Adviser of the interim government, Dr Muhammad Yunus. In a message issued on Friday marking the occasion of...

RAB to investigate allegations of enforced disappearances and killings: DG

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will investigate all allegations of enforced disappearances and killings, announced its Director General AKM Shahidur Rahman on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference held at the Media Center in Karwan Bazar, Dhaka, he assured that such incidents would not occur...

US forces to remain in Syria

A high-ranking White House official says US military forces will be staying in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assads government, as part of what he claimed to be a counter-terrorism mission, Press TV reported. Those troops are there for a very specific and important reason, not as some sort...

Home affairs advisor proscribes arrests in white clothes

Home Affairs Advisor Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has directed that no one should be arrested while cop wearing white clothes. He issued the instruction during a meeting with government officials, including police and fire service representatives, at the Shilpakala Academy...

Law enforcers must disclose identity during raid: PRC

Eighty seven percent respondents in a survey has opined introducing emergency call service to get ensured about the identity of the members of law enforcement agencies going for any drive, arrest or search without any court warrant, reports BSS. Law enforcement agencies may conduct any drive...

Erdogan calls for urgent political solution in Syria, peaks Turkiye's de-escalation efforts

Turkiye president Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the Syrian regime on Thursday to swiftly engage with its people and work toward an urgent political resolution to the countrys ongoing civil war. Türkiye, he emphasized, remains committed to de-escalating tensions and protecting civilians. The Syrian...

Peacekeeping force should be sent to India: Home Adviser

Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (rtd.) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday suggested that peacekeeping forces be sent to India instead of Bangladesh. He was talking to journalists after the inauguration of International Volunteer Day 2024 at the Fire Service and Civil Defence...

Inquiry commission gets 3 more months to investigate disappearances

The term of inquiry commission for enforced disappearances by law enforcement agencies during the Awami League government has been extended by three months. The commission was supposed to submit its final report by 15th of December, but a Tuesday notification, issued by the cabinet division...

Intel CEO Gelsinger steps down amid struggles to regain chipmaking lead

Intel announced on Monday that CEO Pat Gelsinger resigned after less than four years in the role, handing control to interim co-CEOs as the company seeks a permanent replacement. Gelsinger, who stepped down on Dec. 1, had led Intel through an ambitious, costly plan to reclaim its dominance in...

Deprived deputy secretaries of 25 different cadres getting promotion soon

The Ministry of Public Administration has decided to approve promotional orders of some deprived government officials. Md Obaidur Rahman, additional secretary of the Recruitment, Promotion, and Transfer (APD) of the ministry said this on Tuesday, reports UNB. Obaidur Rahman said that Deputy...

Yemeni forces launch ballistic missile in Israel, 4 injured

At least four Israeli settlers have been injured as Yemeni armed forces launched a ballistic missile toward the occupied territories in retaliation for the Tel Aviv regimes atrocious military campaign against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Press TV reported. The Israeli Magen David Adom (MDA)...

Forest land worth Tk 50 crore recovered in joint forces' drive in Gazipur

Forest land of Tk 50 crore in market value was recovered in a drive conducted by joint forces in Kapilatali Mouza of Rajendrapur East Bit of Sreepur Upazila of Gazipur on Tuesday. The drive was conducted on the instructions of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan....