Bangladesh

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to jail for six months on charge of contempt of court. A three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, issued this order. Meanwhile, Shakil Akand Bulbul, a leader of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), was sentenced to two months in a contempt of court ...

A group of 28 Bangladeshis, who had been stranded in Iran due to the ongoing conflict with Israel, safely returned home on Tuesday (July 1). A flight, carrying them, mostly women and children, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 7:30AM. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) confirmed this. The return journey began on June 25, when the ...

Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain urged ICESCO for establishing an ‘Islamic Culture and Language Centre’ in Bangladesh to expand public knowledge and research opportunities on Islamic culture and languages.Bangladeshi cuisine recipes During his official visit to Morocco, the adviser held a high-level meeting with Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Dr Salim ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Tuesday adjourned till July 7 the hearing on charge framing in a crimes against humanity case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others for their crimes against humanity committed during the July-August Mass Uprising. Two other accused are former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury ...

Today is the 9th anniversary of the Holey Artisan Café attack that killed 22 people, including 17 foreign nationals. Paying deep tribute to the victims of the 2016 Holey Artisan Café attack, Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam said Bangladesh continues to pursue a ‘zero tolerance policy’ against terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and remains ‘steadfast’ in strengthening ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has inaugurated a month-long programme to commemorate the July Uprising. “We will observe this (July Uprising) every year so that we can resist autocracy soon after we see any sign of it,” Yunus said while opening the programme around 11AM on Tuesday. The chief adviser said the July Uprising will be observed to resist reemergence ...

What began as a student movement demanding reforms to the government job quota system on this day last year soon evolved into a broader ‘Anti-Discrimination Student Movement’, ultimately shaking the foundations of the then-ruling, now-deposed Awami League, which had held power for over 16 years. Few could have imagined that a movement initially focused on quota reform in public sector ...

Bangladesh’s Security Affairs Advisor Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam Choudhury on Monday dismissed rumors surrounding Advisor Asif Mahmud’s alleged AK-47 license, clarifying it was merely a pistol magazine mistakenly left in his possession. Speaking after a core committee meeting on law and order at the Ministry of Home Affairs in Dhaka, Choudhury addressed growing speculation about a firearm incident involving ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said China has conveyed its eagerness to deepen cooperation with Bangladesh’s next elected government, expressing hope for even stronger bilateral ties in the coming years. “China has said it wishes to work with Bangladesh’s next elected government with greater sincerity, steadfastness, and affection,” Fakhrul told reporters at a press conference held ...

Formal charges in the murder case of Abu Sayeed, the first martyr of the July mass uprising and a student of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, have been submitted to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). The prosecution has submitted the formal charges to the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Monday morning, Prosecutor Gazi Monawar Hossain Tamim confirmed this to media. Chief ...