Bangladesh

A group of unruly people set fire to the building of cultural organisation Chhayanaut in the capital’s Dhanmondi area early Friday as violence spread in the country over the death of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. “The incident took place around 2:15AM,” said Khaleda Yasmin, duty officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters control room. She said ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Friday that the country has witnessed various mob attacks for over a year, which have divided the nation. He has strongly condemned the attacks on The Daily Star, Prothom Alo, New Age Editor Nurul Kabir and other media professionals. ”Those who carried out such violence are ‘enemies of Bangladesh’.” In a ...

Angry protesters made vandalism and set on fire the offices of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo, Bangladesh’s two leading newspapers, in the capital’s Karwan Bazar late night. The unrest escalated at night over the death of Inqilab Moncho Spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. The protesters entered the offices breaking gate and made vandalism. At least 20 employees were initially trapped ...

Bangladesh will observe state mourning on Saturday (December 20) over the death of martyred Sharif Osman bin Hadi. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus announced this on Thursday night during an address to the nation, just after the death of Hadi. He said that the national flag will be flown at half-mast on Saturday at all government, semi-government, and autonomous institutions, ...

The body of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of the Inqilab Moncho, will be brought home from Singapore on Friday evening. A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the body is scheduled to depart Singapore around 3:50PM (local time), Inqilab Moncho said in a post on its Facebook page in the early hours of Friday. The flight is expected to ...

Sharif Osman bin Hadi, the fiery face of the July Uprising, convenor of Inqilab Moncho and a prospective candidate for the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, is no more. He passed away on Thursday at 9:45 pm while receiving medical treatment in Singapore. The Inqilab Moncho official Facebook page announced the news Thursday night, stating, “In the struggle against Indian ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Thursday framed charges against 13 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case filed over enforced disappearances and torture at the Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC) during the previous Awami League government. The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mazumder, passed the order, setting January 19 for submitting the opening statement ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s overall physical condition remains stable. She is able to receive the treatment being given to her. Her personal physician Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain, also a BNP Standing Committee member, informed this to media on Thursday at a press briefing at Evercare Hospital on Khaleda Zia’s condition. He added that her physical condition had not changed in ...

Police in early Thursday recovered the hanging body of a student named Jannat Ara Rumi from a female hostel near Zigatala kancha bazar under Hazaribagh Police Station. The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue. Confirming the recovery news, Hazaribagh Police Station OC Saiful Islam informed media that the deceased, 30, was involved in NCP’s political activities. ...

The prosecution has submitted formal charges against Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and six others to International Crimes Tribunal-2 in a crime against humanity case. On Thursday morning, the charges were submitted to the registrar of the ICT-2, prosecutor Gazi Monawar Hossain Tamim confirmed. The other leaders are AL’s joint general secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, former state minister Mohammad ...