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‘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...
Amu, Qamrul shown arrested in July-August genocide case
On Wednesday the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) showed former ministers Amir Hossain Amu and Advocate Qamrul Islam arrested in a case lodged over murder, genocide and crimes against humanity committed by the past Awami League government while trying to quell student-led July-August mass...
Govt faces tough challenge to restore order in every sector
The countrymen had expected that normalcy will return to every sector of the country after the mass uprising in July-August and everything will be conducted according to fairness and principles. The peoples expectation was enlarged as the Nobel Peace prize winner Dr Muhammad Yunus took the...
Amu, Inu, 3 others shown arrested in five new cases
A court here on Monday showed five people including former ministers Amir Hossain Amu and Hasanul Haque Inu arrested in five fresh cases lodged over casualties during the July-August uprising. The three other accused are former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun,...
Supreme Court stays ex-Addl AG Mehedi’s bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday stayed a High Court order that granted bail to former additional attorney general Mohammad Mehedi Hassan Chowdhury in a case lodged over a murder took place during the July-August mass uprising. Stay till filling of the regular leave...
Bangladesh keen to work closely with Trump administration: CA
Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged top Republican Party leaders to visit Bangladesh to witness the Interim Governments efforts to restore democracy in the country. He made the call when senior officials of the International Republican Institute (IRI) paid a visit to him at the...
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...
Govt to send mass uprising injured Kajal to Thailand for better treatment
Posts, Telecommunications and ICT adviser Md Nahid Islam said Kajal, who were injured in mass uprising in July, will be sent to Thailand for better treatment. Adviser Nahid Islam, special assistant to health adviser Dr. Md. Sayedur Rahman, DG of Health Directorate Professor Abu Zafar and...
Interim govt's primary responsibility to restore democracy: Dr Moyeen
BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday said the primary responsibility of the current interim government is to restore democracy in Bangladesh by holding a credible and national election, reports UNB. Speaking at a discussion, he also said Sheikh Hasina fled to India like a coward in...
Injured in mass uprising still in sufferings
The students and common people who got injured during the mass uprising in July-August are still in sufferings as many of them have been passing hard times staying in the beds of hospitals. Theyre taking treatments in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic...
Health Adviser leaves NITOR amid outrage
Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum on Wednesday was forced to leave the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) while visiting victims of Julys mass uprising amid outrage, reports UNB. She was accompanied by British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cook. The...
Special cell formed to make final martyrs list from July-August uprising
The government has formed a special cell to make the final list of the martyrs of the students-led July-August mass uprising. The government has invited applications to include the names of those who were killed or went missing or buried as unclaimed bodies or died at hospitals while taking...