A cross section of people, including leaders of political parties and students, on Friday demonstrated in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country demanding an immediate end to the Israeli massacre in Palestine.
The members of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, who were dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, on Sunday announced that they would hold a sit-in programme in front of chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 official residence Jamuna in the capital today...
Ganosamhati Andolan chief coordinator Zonayed Saki said on Saturday that the ousted Awami League should be tried as a party for carrying out massacre during the July uprising in 2024...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday said that if the BNP came to power, it would take all necessary steps to prosecute those who were responsible for killings and torture during the anti-dictatorship movement and the July-August mass uprising...
Toby Cadman, the special adviser to the International Crimes Tribunal鈥檚 chief prosecutor, on Thursday urged the interim government to refer the July-August massacres case to the International Criminal Court in The Hague...
The Bangladesh law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser, Asif Nazrul, said the interim government was committed to an impartial and credible investigation into the July-August massacre in Bangladesh and due judicial processes for redress.
THE tragic events of February 2009 in Bangladesh, known as the BDR Massacre, remain one of the most devastating incidents in the nation鈥檚 history, leaving an indelible scar on the national psyche. At the outset, it is essential to clarify that this was not a mere mutiny but a well-orchestrated massacre. Exploiting existing grievances within the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)...
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday claimed that the killings of 74 people including 57 army officers during the 2009 BDR mutiny were part of an international conspiracy aiming at prolonging the rule of the then Awami League government.
The members of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, who were dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, and their families on Wednesday suspended their protests demanding reinstatement of their jobs and the release of the detained BDR members...
The families of a number of student-led mass uprising martyrs on Thursday morning blocked the Shahbagh crossing demanding speedy trial of those involved in the massacre.
Gunmen in Syria have shot dead 10 people in a 鈥榤assacre鈥� in a village from ousted president Bashar al-Assad鈥檚 Alawite minority, a war monitor said on Saturday.
The Democratic Student Alliance, a combine of seven student wings of left leaning political parties, on Tuesday held a protest march towards the chief adviser鈥檚 office, pressing for a five-point demand, including the withdrawal of the Value Added Tax recently imposed on over 100 commodities...
Sacked Bangladesh Rifles members, students and the families of the BDR members dismissed from the force and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre staged demonstrations on Sunday...
The trial for the BDR massacre case will take place in a temporary court at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj instead of the previously planned location at the Dhaka Alia Madrasa ground.
Personnel sacked from the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles along with the families of those, dismissed from the force and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, blocked the Shahbagh crossing for...
Families of former Bangladesh Rifles soldiers, dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, blocked the Shahbagh crossing on Wednesday, demanding reinstatement in the force, now renamed as the Border Guard Bangladesh...
The interim government formed a seven-member commission on reinvestigating the 2009 BDR carnage amid an outcry from the victim families and political pressure.
THE massacre at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as Border Guard Bangladesh, on February 25, 2009, stands as harrowing tragedy in Bangladesh鈥檚 history. Fifty-seven army officers were murdered by the border guards. Alongside the officers, several civilians fell victim to the barbarity. The crime was marked by unimaginable...
Home affairs adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday announced that a committee would be formed within the next five working days to ensure justice for the BDR massacre.
At least 15 inmates were killed and 14 injured in clashes Tuesday at a prison in the Ecuadoran port of Guayaquil, the latest in a series of massacres blamed on a war between drug cartels...
The High Court on Tuesday asked the interim government to explain why a National Independent Investigation Committee should not be formed to thoroughly investigate the massacre at the then...
The reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday ordered arrest of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former ministers Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan and...
THE July-August uprising, which courageously stood against the oppressive Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime, led to the fall of a government many considered authoritarian. However, this victory came at a tremendous cost, with thousands of lives lost, many of them young protesters who made the ultimate sacrifice...
ISRAEL鈥橲 massacres against civilians in the Gaza Strip have not stopped for a single day since October 7. Despite the shift in the media鈥檚 attention in recent weeks to regional developments and the massive Israeli invasion of the northern West Bank, the massacres in Gaza continue in silence...
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain has reaffirmed the interim government鈥檚 commitment to conducting an impartial and internationally credible investigation into the recent Bangladesh massacre and ensuring due judicial processes are followed...
Families of the deceased persons during 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny on Saturday placed a series of demands, calling for the publication of investigation reports and...
GRAVE violations of rights witnessed during the student movement for reforms in quota for public service leading to the overthrow of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League should be addressed with a credible investigation by holding all perpetrators to justice. When the now-deposed prime minister of the Awami League government...
A Guinean court sentenced ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara to 20 years in jail for crimes against humanity on Wednesday, after a landmark trial over a 2009 massacre at...
THE skin is the largest organ of the human body. It covers our entire surface, at some points only as thin as a piece of paper and at other points about...
ON MAY 27, Israel appeared to 鈥榓pologise鈥� for the deaths of 45 Palestinians resulting from its bombing raid on a 鈥榟umanitarian zone鈥� in Rafah. By any measure, it was a backhanded apology that conveyed more insult than atonement. As Israeli apologies, even those that are insincere, are rare, it鈥檚 worth examining the background that led up to this one...