The Bangladesh interim government chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, on Wednesday launched health card distribution programme for the victims of the student-led mass uprising that ousted the longest-serving Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024...
BANGLADESH practically emerged independent this day, 53 years ago, after a nine-month war of national liberation against the occupation forces of Pakistan. The Bangladesh war, politically presided over by the Awami League with the help of neighbouring India, was won when the Pakistan forces surrendered to the joint forces of Bangladesh and India in...
Alif Ahmed Siam had always been a standout all-rounder, from topping his class to excelling in sport. His dedication and talent earned him several accolades in both arenas.
THE white paper on the state of the Bangladesh economy that a 12-member committee formed by the interim government has come up with presents a more appalling picture of the economy during the Awami League regime than was feared. The white paper, in short, has shed light on the dark side of the development narrative that the Awami League government, toppled by a student-mass uprising...
People injured in the student-led July-August mass uprising, academics and other speakers on Saturday demanded a full list of those martyred in the movement. They also demanded timely treatment and rehabilitation for the injured...
University students who actively participated in the 2024 student-mass uprising unanimously said they would not allow the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina or any member of Awami League to participate in the next elections...
The police arrested an alleged activist of Juba League, the youth organisation of the Awami League, for firing 28 rounds at anti-discrimination student protesters and a聽 crowd in Chattogram...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a High Court order granting interim bail to former additional attorney general Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury in the case of the killing of...
An additional metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Tuesday allowed the police to take placed Awami League presidium member and former food minister Qamrul Islam in custody for eight days for interrogation in a case of killing during the recent student-mass uprising...
High government officials at a seminar on Saturday demanded that reform of public administration uphold the spirit of student-mass uprising and that the interim government remove...
LAX monitoring and consequent traffic mismanagement have worsened the already chaotic Dhaka roads. Since the political changeover on August 5, when the Awami League regime was toppled by a student-mass uprising, Dhaka roads appear to have become more chaotic, with vehicles and pedestrians showing more disregard for traffic rules. The police...
RIGHTS organisation Odhikar in its quarterly July鈥揝eptember report has enlisted at least eight people having been extrajudicially killed in August 9鈥揝eptember 30. The interim government was installed on August 8 after a student-mass uprising that spanned the month of July had finally toppled the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League...
PROTESTERS injured during the student-mass uprising in July-August that toppled the autocratic Awami League government on August 5 having not received adequate support for treatment and rehabilitation from the interim government is unacceptable. About 30,000 people, including many students, were injured in the uprising while at least 708 died...
Political analysts, academics and journalists on Wednesday urged the democratic political parties and groups to keep a close eye on the interim government for the realisation of the people鈥檚 expectations borne out of the student-mass uprising...
Md Rustum, 14 years old, argued with his parents at night on July 18 about his having joined student protests that demanded reforms in civil service job reservations.
Md Mahmud Hossain and Salma Zakera sent their only son, Sabid Hossain, to Dhaka when he was a student of Class III, hoping for a good education.
Abu Ishaque, who returned home to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with the family after having lived for about 17 months in Saudi Arabia, was supposed to fly back to the Gulf state on...
When Abdullah Al Mahin was five years old, he almost got lost while he was leaving the Shishu Academy. Police personnel posted outside the academy, fortunately, recognised him...
Abu Bakkar Siddique, aged 59, felt happy when he could put his only son, Abdullah Siddique, in charge in his business of automobile spares in July...
A case was filed with Munshiganj Sadar police station on Friday against more than 250 Awami League leaders and activists, including two former lawmakers, for attempting to murder a...
Safwan Akhtar, 15 years old, loved to study and sing and was interested in sports and, especially, video games that would make him dream of becoming a software engineer.
Hasib Ahasan, aged 50, was the cornerstone of the family. Anyone would fall back on him for everything, from money to everyday chores...
Md Kamrul Islam came to be shot in the neck at Mirpur 10 on August 4 when he was carrying another person, wounded by a gunshot, during the uprising born out of the student protests that had continued since July 1.
Md Mamun, a security guard, was shot at in the chest on a road near his workplace in Narayanganj at 4:00am on July 22 during the curfew imposed to quell student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations...
Nasib Hasan Riyan, the second of three children of Golam Razzak and Sammi Akter, had a constant drive to stand out, in clothes or in action. He had a dream of becoming a pilot.
At least 867 students, who were injured during protests led by the Student Movement Against Discrimination in July and August, are still undergoing treatment at 10 combined military hospitals.
Aklima Begum has plunged in a plight since her husband Akhter Hossain died after being shot in clashes on July 19 that broke out over student protests.
The interim government has yet to make a complete list of the people killed and injured during the student-led mass uprising in July and August that ousted the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime on August 5.
Liza, a 21-year-old household services worker, was shot in the abdomen as on hearing gunshots, she rushed onto the seventh-floor balcony of a building in the Shantinagar crossing in...
Rana Talukder, who worked as a car driver, left home after lunch with the family on August 5 to celebrate, like many others, the fall of the Awami League.