Bangladesh

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam, National Citizen Party (NCP) and other political parties joined the Election Commission’s dialogue which began 10:40AM on Wednesday. The Jamaat delegation led by its Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar participated in the talks, while the NCP team led by its Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary attended it. The other invited political parties for the morning session are Ganosamhati Andolan, ...

Testimony has concluded in a corruption case filed against 17 individuals, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and her niece Tulip Siddique, over alleged irregularities in the allocation of a 10-katha plot in RAJUK New Town project. Judge Robiul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 issued the order after the defence on Tuesday wrapped up its ...

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Tuesday rejected claims that the current interim administration is “the weakest in Bangladesh’s history,” asserting instead that it has accomplished nearly all of its objectives within just 15 months. Posting from his verified Facebook account, Alam wrote, “I say with confidence that this has been one of the most consequential governments Bangladesh has ...

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has said that 17,000 shotguns will be purchased for Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP). The decision was made on Tuesday at the meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase held at the Bangladesh Secretariat. Salehuddin said that the existing firearms used by Ansar and VDP have become very old, making replacement essential ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised serious concerns over the fairness of the trial in which Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) found former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal guilty of crimes against humanity. Meenakshi Ganguly, deputy Asia director at HRW, stated, “While there is enduring anger in Bangladesh over Hasina’s repressive rule, it is ...

The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) has expressed grave concern that several digital or electronic platforms in the country have been spreading false statements made by fugitive and convicted individuals, warning that it would take necessary actions to stop such dissemination. The NCSA in a statement on Monday night said that such dissemination has already disrupted national security and public ...

Police and army personnel dispersed a group of protesters who attempted to force their way into Dhanmondi 32 carrying excavators on Monday afternoon. The protesters, who marched under the banner of the “July Mancha”, also hurled brickbats at security forces during the confrontation. According to witnesses, the group reached Dhanmondi 32 around 1:07 pm and tried to break through police ...

Attorney General M Asaduzzaman has said on Monday that justice has finally been served for the martyrs of the July Uprising and their families through the verdict of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He made the remarks while addressing a press briefing following the verdict delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday. The tribunal, however, sentenced former Prime ...

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun has been jailed for five years for crimes against humanity during last year’s July uprising. A three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Majumder, pronounced the judgement in a packed courtroom in the capital. Mamun, who is a state witness, was present in the tribunal dock during the verdict. ...

ICT orders to confiscate the properties The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to death in the much-anticipated case over crimes against humanity involving the last year’s July Mass Uprising. A three-member bench of the ICT-1, led by Justice Golam Mortuza, pronounced the judgement on Monday in presence of co-accused ...