THE Bangladesh Awami League, once an authoritarian political power, has been on many counts can be termed as no less than an anti-state organisation. Their regime was characterised by judicial murder, mass corruption, sexual violence, and the misuse of state forces against the people. Their crimes did not stop after the Awami League government was deposed...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch on Monday arrested former state minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, Awami League lawmaker Dipankar Talukdar.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed separate cases against former minister Dipu Moni and her husband Tawfique Nawaz on the charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 7.88 crore...
Former Awami League lawmaker from Sirajganj-6 (Shahjadpur) constituency Chayan Islam was arrested at a residence of his relative in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur, said police on Monday morning...
Women from different walks of life at a protest rally on Sunday said that the culture of impunity in cases of violence, attacks, and cyberbullying against women has continued during the interim government, just as it did under the ousted Awami League regime...
A 16-year-old boy sustained bullet injuries in a clash between local units of Awami League youth front Juba League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, over jhut business in Ashulia of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka on Sunday...
A Chattogram court on Sunday put former Awami League lawmaker from Chattogram 15 constituency Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin Nadvi on two-day remand in connection with the murder of an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist during the quota reform student movement...
At least 1,308 people, mostly leaders and activists of the Awami League, were arrested across the country on Sunday, the first day of the Operation Devil Hunt aiming at restoring the country鈥檚 law and order...
SIX months ago, Bangladesh witnessed a historic transition 鈥� the fall of the Awami League鈥檚 16-year autocratic rule through the July revolution of 2024 and the formation of an interim government. The expectations from this government were immense, shaped by the sacrifices of the people who braved bullets, repression, and state-sponsored violence to restore...
THE resurgence of the rampage against houses and property, especially of the leaders of the Awami League and its fallen government, brings to the fore some issues to be pondered and, also, acted on. The interim government, installed on August 8, 2024, has urged public restraints but appears to have largely failed to act against the rampage at hand, which began...
The countrywide crackdown 鈥� Operation Devil Hunt 鈥� will go on until the devils are finished, said home affairs adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury...
The Police Headquarters on Saturday said that they would reinstate the dismissed policemen, who were dismissed from the force on different charges during the ousted Awami League government tenure and won the cases to get their jobs at the Appeal Tribunal...
The vandalism of and arson attacks on the Awami League leaders鈥� homes by agitating students and people continued for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday.
Chattogram police on Saturday arrested former Awami League leader and former councillor of the Chattogram City Corporation, Rekha Alam Chowdhury, as part of a special operation...
Chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Saturday accused the 鈥榝allen鈥� Bangladesh Awami League of carrying out an 鈥榦rchestrated campaign鈥� against chief adviser Profssor Muhammad Yunus portraying him as an 鈥榚xtremist leader鈥� surrounded by extremists...
At least 15 students were injured in an attack by local people as several dozens of students reportedly went to attack the ousted Awami League government鈥檚 liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque in Gazipur on Friday night...
The vandalism of and arson attacks on the Awami League leaders鈥� homes and party offices by agitating students and people continued for the third consecutive day on Friday.
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said the current government will take steps soon to ban Awami League (AL) as a political party.
The houses of many leaders of the Awami League were vandalised and torched in different districts in the country on Thursday after a large number of people, including student protesters, had begun demolishing the...
Angry mobs have set fire to the house of Awami League leader and former member of parliament Mirza Azam in Jamalpur city.
THE interim government appears to be missing out on the chance to walk away from the power and energy policy that the previous Awami League government had continued since 2009 to offer predatory profits to independent and rental power producers. An absence of effective initiatives on part of the interim government, which has been in office for about...
Local people set fire to and vandalised the house of Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed on Gazipur road in Bhola district town...
A group of students vandalised the murals of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib in Chuadanga on Wednesday night...
A group of protesters vandalised the residence of former Natore-2 lawmaker and district Awami League vice-president Shafiqul Islam Shimul and set fire to it on early Thursday...
The residence of Sheikh Hasina, Sudha Sadan, located on Road 5 in Dhanmondi, was set on fire by protesters on Wednesday night...
A SERIES of mob attacks on the police and their stations centring on attempts at snatching away the detained that have taken place recently, the latest having happened in Dhaka at night on February 4, are deplorable on a couple of counts. Such incidents taking place one after another harm law enforcement and the public perception about law enforcement. The...
THE River Buriganga is faced with a slow death. Various public agencies responsible for containing river pollution have not only failed to perform their duties but also contributed to the problem. The dying condition of the river is concerning given that the environment, forest and climate change adviser has repeatedly announced their commitment to protecting...
Some of the steps taken in the power and energy sector by the interim government are carbon copies of the actions of the immediate past fascist Awami League regime, aimed at perpetuating the reign of the syndicate of looters and corrupt, speakers said in a seminar on Wednesday...
A court in Sirajganj on Tuesday sent former Awami League lawmaker for Sirajganj-3, Md Abdul Aziz, to jail in a case of attempted murder during the July-August mass uprising, a day after he was arrested at the capital鈥檚 Kalabagan area Monday night...
Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested 46 leaders and activists of Awami League, Chattra League, and Juba League for attacking protesters during the student-led mass uprising in July and August...