Two lakh metro rail single tickets missing
The services of metro rail are going to resume at the Mirpur 10 station today about three months after it was closed following vandalism by some people during the student-led mass uprising...
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Ex-minister Anisul placed on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Monday placed former law minister Anisul Huq on a 2-day fresh remand in a case filed over the killing of Swechasebak Dal leader Al Amin in Badda, Dhaka on August 5.
Constitution reform: embracing multidisciplinary approach
After the fall of the Hasina-led authoritarian regime on August 5 amid the student-led mass uprising in July and August, a debate emerged over whether to reform the existing constitution or draft an entirely new one. Many argued that the current constitution, after years of politically motivated amendments and modifications, has lost its original..
1973 ICT Act sufficient to try autocrats, aides responsible for July offenses: AG
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday defended the International Crimes Tribunal Act 1973, stating that it would be adequate to prosecute autocrats of Awami League鈥檚 government and their aides responsible for the offenses committed during the Students Movement Against Discrimination in July-August...
Presentation of mass uprising in Indian media criticised
Political analysts, fact-checkers, journalists and academics on Friday criticised the presentation of recent student-led mass uprising, which forced Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India, in the Indian media.
Only father knows weight of child鈥檚 body
The heaviest burden for a father is to carry his own child鈥檚 body to the grave. And many fathers carried that burden as their children fell in the student-led mass uprising that brought the...
Jibon passes away after two months of battle
After battling with death for two long months, 24-year-old Atikul Islam Jibon, an active participant in the student-led mass uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to resign as prime minister and...
Feni BCL leader placed on remand over firing on students
Shafiqul Islam Samrat, a local Chhatra league leader, who was seen in a video footage firing on students during the recent student movement in Feni鈥檚 Sharshadi union, placed on a four-day remand.
Urdu-speaking people demand withdrawal of 鈥榝alse鈥� cases
Urdu-speaking people and leaders on Wednesday protest rally in Mirpur demanded the withdrawal of all cases filed against them in killing during the student-led mass uprising...
ACC sues Asaduzzaman, family for amassing illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found illegal assets worth Tk 60.55 crore amassed by former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, his wife, and two...
RAB arrests ex-MP Sohrab Uddin from Dhaka鈥檚 Uttara
Members of Rapid Action Battalion have arrested former Kishoreganj-2 constituency MP Advocate Sohrab Uddin from Diabari area in Uttara, Dhaka.
Former chief of Bangladesh Police Mamun placed on 43-day remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on a 43-day remand in connection with eight cases filed over the killings during the July-August student-led mass uprising.
Dhaka not aware of whereabouts of ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina
The foreign affairs adviser to the interim government, Md Touhid Hossain, on Tuesday said that they were not aware of the present whereabouts of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina as...
Interim govt publishes preliminary list of people killed in July-Aug mass uprising
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government on Sunday published a preliminary list of people who died during the student-led mass uprising in July and August.
Khurshed Alam resigns as maritime affairs secy, Khastagir鈥檚 appointment as envoy to Poland cancelled聽
Foreign ministry鈥檚 secretary for maritime affairs unit retired rear admiral Md Khurshed Alam, whose contractual appointment was extended on occasions, has resigned...
105 children killed in July-Aug uprising in Bangladesh: Adviser
A total of 105 children, under 18 years of age, were killed in Bangladesh during the recent student-led mass uprising in July and August, said social welfare and women and children鈥檚 affairs adviser Sharmin S Murshid.
Malaysian PM leaves Dhaka for home
Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim left Dhaka for Kuala Lumpur on Friday evening wrapping up his brief visit to Bangladesh.
Ex-minister Sadhan, Krishak League president Samir on remand
Two metropolitan magistrate courts in Dhaka on Friday placed former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder and Awami League鈥檚 farmer wing Bangladesh Krishak League president...
Bangladesh interim chief holds one-on-one talk with Malaysian PM
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held a brief one-to-one talk with visiting Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday.
DB arrests ex-AL lawmaker Shahidul Islam
Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested former Awami League-backed lawmaker Shahidul Islam Milon, elected from Jashore Sadar constituency, from Dhaka鈥檚 Gulistan area on Thursday.
Failure of interim govt would increase chances of Hasina鈥檚 return: Time
Political observers and analysts in Bangladesh and abroad said that dysfunction in Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government would considerably boost the chances of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚...
Ex-secretary Jahangir Alam placed on 5-day remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat and home ministry Md Jahangir Alam on five-day remand in connection with a case filed over the killing of a teenager Abdul Motalib during student-led mass uprising on August 4.
Two more succumb to injuries
Two more youth who sustained bullet injuries during the student-led mass uprising died while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Monday...
Bangladesh's interim head Prof Yunus envisions a new nation in conversation with NPR
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus saw the trajectory of his life change after student-led mass uprising this summer resulted in his installation as the interim leader of Bangladesh.
DU committee to probe violence on campus from July 15 to Aug 5
A four-member fact-finding committee was formed on Sunday evening by the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, Niaz Ahmed, to identify those involved in the violent incidents that took place on Dhaka University campus during student-led mass uprising between July 15 and August 5, 2024.
Yunus for bringing Hasina to justice
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus said ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina should be extradited and brought to justice.
Why victims not to be recognised
The High Court on Tuesday sought an explanation from the interim government as to why those killed during the student-led mass uprising between July 16 and August 5 should not be recognised as 鈥榥ational heroes,鈥� and why those injured or detained should not be accorded the legal status of 鈥榝reedom fighters.鈥�...
Govt publishes draft list of 708 killed in student-led mass uprising in Bangladesh
The Directorate General of Health Services on Tuesday for the first time published a list of 708 deaths in the student-led mass uprising in July-August that forced deposed prime minister...
Chinese doctors visit聽injured protesters
The members of the Chinese National Emergency Medical Team on Monday visited the patients who suffered severe injuries during the student-led mass uprising and assured them...