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July uprising: 3 cops sent to jail for ‘crimes against humanity’
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday sent Assistant Commissioner (AC) of Police Tanjil Ahmed and two constables in cases for involvement in crimes against humanity during the July uprising. A three member bench, led by ICT Chairman Md Golam Mortuza Majumdar, passed the order after...
First gazette of “martyrs” of July 2024 uprising published
The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has published the first gazette listing the martyrs of the July 2024 uprising on Wednesday which changed the course of Bangladeshs history. A total of 834 names from across the country have been listed in the first gazette. The gazette signed by Deputy...
Ex-president Abdul Hamid sued over July uprising killings
Former president and Awami League politician Abdul Hamid has been accused for the first time in a lawsuit over July-August 2024 uprising killings. The defendant Tahmul Islam, 27, is a BNP activist in Kishoreganj and claims to be officially recognised as an injured in the student-led anti-fascist...
July uprising: 8 Khulna lawyers sent to jail
A Khulna court on Monday sent eight members of Khulna Bar Association to prison in a case filed during the July mass uprising. Khulna Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Sharif Hossain Haidar passed the order after rejecting their bail petitions. Those sent to jail are -- Al-Amin Ukil, former...
It is vital to ensure corruption-free, fair atmosphere
Ensuring reform was one of the key demands of the July-August uprising. If we look at the post-independence reform initiatives, the record is not bright with regime changes occurring repeatedly in an unstable manner, including in 1991, 1996. The goals of each of these violent political shakeups...
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...
Eight directors selected to make films on July uprising
The cultural ministry has selected eight directors to make films on the July uprising under its Remembering Monsoon Revolution program, reports UNB. These directors will lead workshops in eight divisions of the country and produce medium-length films with the trained personnel. Suman Rahman,...
Home Affairs Adviser proposes jobs for 100 injured
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has proposed offering employment opportunities to 100 individuals injured during the July uprising. This initiative aims to help the injured regain financial stability. While we cannot offer help everywhere to all those injured, we...
July uprising creates scope to work selflessly
Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Faruk E Azam Bir Protik on Sunday said the mass uprising in July 2024 has created an unprecedented opportunity to work selflessly for the country which doesnt come time and again, reports BSS. The martyrs through their sacrifices has entrusted a...
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,...
BB relax forex for July uprising victims
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced a relaxation in the foreign exchange release limit for those requiring medical treatment abroad due to injuries they suffered during the July uprising. The Foreign Exchange Policy Department of the central bank issued a circular in this regard on Tuesday,...
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 uprising to be declared as ‘July Revolution’ on Tuesday
The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement will formally declare the student-led uprising ofJuly-August 2024, which ousted the fascist Sheikh Hasina regime, as the July Revolution on 31 December at 3pm from the premises of the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka. Confirming the news on Saturday night,...
India unlikely to sacrifice Sheikh Hasina
The former prime minister of Bangladesh has fled the country, ending her 15-year regime amid student-public uprising. Then the interim government led by Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus took the power. Following Hasinas ouster on August 5, dozens of cases have been filed on different charges...
Updated draft list of July uprising victims published
The Special Cell formed on Mass Uprising has published the first draft list of martyred and injured in the mass uprising of students and the people in July-August. This information was shared through a press release signed by the cells team leader additional secretary Khandaker Zahirul Islam on...
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...
Touhid urges British envoy to convey accurate facts on Bangladesh
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday urged British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke to convey accurate information regarding the minority situation and the student-led July-August uprising in Bangladesh to the UK government. I invited her (to the foreign ministry) to...
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...
Palestinian struggle key inspiration behind July uprising: Adviser
The Palestinian peoples fight for their rights was one of the key inspirations behind the July uprising, Posts and Telecommunications Adviser Nahid Islam told Palestinian Ambassador Yusuf SY Ramadan on Sunday during a meeting with the latter. Palestine holds a special place in the hearts of the...
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,...
CEC, 4 ECs visit injured students admitted in NITOR
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, along with 4 other election commissioners (ECs) went to NITOR (National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation) to see the condition of the injured in student-public uprising. After taking oath and completing their first day of...
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...