Dhaka, July 27 (IANS) The Office of the Chief Prosecutor of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has received complaints against the country’s former President Mohammed Shahabuddin just two days after he resigned from office, local media reported.The two organisations– Bangladesh Azadi Party and the Rashtra Sanglap Forum submitted separate complaints on Sunday, while the Azadi Party filed an additional complaint against another former Bangladesh President, M Abdul Hamid.Addressi…
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Dhaka, July 25 (IANS) The resignation of Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has added another chapter to the country’s turbulent political history, making him the eighth president to resign or be ousted from Bangabhaban, the official residence of the President.Despite its largely ceremonial role, the Presidency in Bangladesh has repeatedly been affected by assassinations, military coups, constitutional changes, uprisings and political crises, a report has stated.Among the 18 individuals w…
Dhaka, July 25 (IANS) Partnerships must be built on transparency, accountability and balanced negotiation, a report has highlighted while citing Bangladesh’s growing engagement with China. It argued that the key question is whether Bangladesh will protect its national interests with equal clarity, confidence and foresight.According to a report in Bangladesh’s newspaper, Daily Sun, the ties between Dhaka and Beijing have entered a new phase following Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman…
Dhaka, July 24 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League strongly condemned the custodial death of another party leader, Bablu Mia, in Sirajganj District Jail, alleging that the incident once again exposed the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government’s “violent political retaliation” carried out within state detention facilities.The remarks came after 52-year-old Bablu Mia reportedly died at a hospital in Sirajganj on Thursday, a day after he fell ill in jail, according to prison auth…
Dhaka, July 22 (IANS) The sentencing of Hasanul Huq Inu, former Bangladesh Minister and President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), to 10-year imprisonment by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on three charges of crimes against humanity linked to July 2024 protests was not supported by sufficient evidence, a report has stated. Describing the verdict as a “miscarriage of justice”, journalist David Bergman said that the acquittals, convictions, and the reasoning outlined in the…
Dhaka, July 22 (IANS) Bangladesh has undergone immense turmoil marked by institutional transitions and mob violence in 24 months since July 2024 protests. While the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government was overthrown following the unrest, the task of transforming the system itself remains unfinished over the last two years, a report has stated. According to a report in online magazine ‘The Diplomat’, after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) assumed power earlier this year, it declined t…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s recent commitment in the country’s Parliament to prepare an accurate and comprehensive list of the martyrs and freedom fighters is about “preserving the nation’s collective memory”, says a report in the Bangladeshi newspaper Daily Sun.This is because for a generation born long after 1971, the nation’s Liberation War is about seeking “historical truth”.Replying to a question in the Parliament, Prime Minister Rahman acknowled…
Dhaka, July 17 (IANS) Bangladesh has been gripped by a fresh wave of student protests, with Gen Z returning to the streets in Dhaka and other cities to press for education reforms less than five months after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government came to power, a report has stated.The tensions emerged amid worsening weather conditions during the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations. The exams, which commenced on July 2 and involved nearly 1.3 million candidat…
Dhaka, July 8 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League expressed grave concern over the reported deaths of 61 inmates in prisons across the country during the first six months of 2026, alleging that the trend bears a striking resemblance to the prison death toll recorded during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-Jamaat-e-Islami alliance government between 2001 and 2006.The remarks came after Dhaka-based rights group Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) documented that at least 61 people died in jail custody ac…
Paris, July 7 (IANS) At least 16 international human rights organisations, bar associations, and law societies worldwide on Tuesday strongly condemned the widespread obstruction, intimidation, and “politically motivated” exclusion of lawyers identified as supporters of the Awami League or as independent candidates from participating in bar association elections across Bangladesh. The organisations alleged that these actions have persisted since the formation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (…