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Syria arrests 3 linked to Tadamon massacre

Syrian authorities have arrested three men suspected of involvement in the execution of hundreds of civilians by government forces in Damascus in 2013, two years into the countrys 13-year civil war. Security forces, accompanied by dozens of police and security trucks, carried out the arrests in...

Around 50 migrants found in mass graves in Libya’s desert

Libyan authorities have uncovered nearly 50 bodies in two mass graves in the countrys southeastern desert, officials said Sunday, highlighting the deadly risks faced by migrants attempting to reach Europe. The first grave, containing 19 bodies, was discovered Friday at a farm in Kufra, the citys...

Major conspiracy against Yunus underway, Indian media involved: Press Secretary

Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser Shafiqul Alam has alleged a large-scale conspiracy involving substantial financial transactions to tarnish the image of the 24th mass uprising and Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus on the global stage. He claimed that Indian media is playing a role in this effort....

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....

“Mass killings must be addressed as top priority in legal proceedings”

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, has called for the prosecution of every instance of mass killing in the country, stressing that justice should be the governments top priority. He made the statement during a public gathering at a conference organized by the district...

Significance of the 1969 mass uprising in national life is immense: Tarique Rahman

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman said the main goal of the mass uprising was to return from dictatorship to democracy, multi-party political activities, pluralism and the practice of thought, along with regaining the civil liberties of the people. So, the significance of the 1969 mass uprising in...

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...

July mass killing trial could be completed before election

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul on Wednesday hoped that the trial of the July mass killings could be completed before the next national election as the interim government is committed to ensuring justice to brutal, inhuman killings committed during the July-August uprising, reports UNB. Though this is a...

BDR massacre wasn’t a rebellion, but a planned murder assisted by India: Abu Hanif

The dismissed BDR members and the family members of the BDRs detained in prison have formed a human chain with a three-point demand. The human chain was held in front of Raju Sculpture on Sunday at the initiative of the BDR Welfare Council, Dhaka District. Abu Hanif, a member of the higher...

Youth can show Bangladesh the path to freedom

Last years July-August mass uprising is conspicuously different from all the previous forcible regime changes in the countrys history for one particular reason: the spontaneous involvement of people from all walks of life. The July-August mass upsurge saw not only students but also workers and...

Bashundhara Foundation stands by mass uprising martyr Nazmul’s family

The July mass uprising of 2024 is the name of a new phenomenon in the history of Bangladesh. Thousands of people lost their lives in this victory of students and mass people that was achieved through a river of blood. Nazmul Kazi is one of those shiny stars who saved the country by sacrificing...

‘Those involved in July-Aug massacre, have no rights to do politics’

Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam asserted that those involved in the July-August massacre, have no rights to do politics in the country. He said, There is no scope of politics of those involved in looting, corruption and July-August massacre. Shafiqul Alam also said that the...

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....

Independent commission plans to interrogate Hasina in India

The independent investigation commission established to reinvestigate the 2009 BDR massacre aims to question ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India on August 5 last year during the July Uprising. At a meeting with the families of the BDR (now BGB) massacre victims at Retired...

Non-Mexican deportees from US pin hopes on Mexico for acceptance

Mexico opened the possibility Friday of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries of origin. President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily press...

Injured in mass uprising withdraw blockade upon Sarjis’s assurance

Those injured in the student uprising against the autocrat Sheikh Hasina and undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) on Thursday blocked the Shahbagh intersection in the capital demanding better treatment and better quality food in the hospital. Later,...

Reasons to be optimistic about the US economy in 2025

The world faces numerous significant challenges as we move into 2025, but the US economy is not one of them. Driven by sustained consumer spending, the US has experienced a remarkable economic recovery from the pandemic downturn, which carried on into 2024. Economic growth has consistently...

15 killed in Israeli New Year strike: Gaza rescuers

Gazas civil defence agency said Wednesday that an Israeli air strike in the territorys north killed at least 15 people, marking what the rescuers called the New Years first deadly attack. The world welcomed the New Year with celebrations and festivities, while we witnessed 2025 begin with the...

What to expect from Tuesday's historic July Revolution Proclamation

The highly anticipated Proclamation of the July Revolution will be unveiled at Dhakas Central Shaheed Minar on Tuesday at 3 PM, marking a pivotal moment in Bangladeshs history. This proclamation aims to articulate the aspirations, goals, and proclamation for the nations future while formally...

July massacre trial will be completed by next Victory Day: Asif Nazrul

Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul has said the trial of the July massacre will be completed by the next Victory Day. He made the remarks on Saturday during the first session of the second day of the national dialogue titled Unity, Reform, and Elections, organised by the...

Full-fledged commission formed to probe BDR carnage

The government on Tuesday announced a seven-member national independent investigation commission led by former director general of BGB, A L M Fazlur Rahman, to re-investigate into the BDR (now Border Guard Bangladesh) massacre at Pilkhana on February 25 and 26, 2009. The Cabinet Division...

Awami League massacred votes in country: Jamaat Ameer

Expressing his determination to hand over the helm of the country to youths, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said Awami League had massacred votes in this country. We have waged movements in phases during the past 15.6 years. But we couldnt finish our movements by ousting the...

At least 100,000 bodies in mass grave near Damascus

The head of a US-based Syrian advocacy organization on Monday said that a mass grave outside of Damascus contained the bodies of at least 100,000 people killed by the former government of ousted President Bashar Assad, reports Arab News. Mouaz Moustafa, speaking to Reuters in a telephone...

Govt. to form committee within five days for BDR massacre justice

According to Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam said on Tuesday, the Ministry of Home Affairs will form a committee within the next five working days to ensure justice for the BDR massacre. Speaking at an urgent press conference at his ministry in the Secretariat this morning, the...

AL started to become fascist with the BDR massacre: Hasnat Abdullah

Hasnat Abdullah, the convener of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has said he takes the delay in the trial of the BDR massacre with suspicion. He said this comment in a post on his verified Facebook profile on Sunday. Hasnat Abdullah said, The Awami Leagues (AL) journey to becoming...

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...

110 killed in Haiti gang massacres over suspicion of using voodoo

At least 110 people were massacred in a slum in Haitis capital,Port-au-Prince, after agang leaderappeared to have targeted people he suspected of causing his childs illness through witchcraft, a human rights group said Monday. The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH), based in the...