Staff Reporter : Fortify Rights (FR) has uncovered disturbing evidences of Bangladesh’s security forces and the then ruling Awami League party members’ involvement in the deadly crackdown on protesters during the nationwide uprising in July and August 2024. The organization’s extensive two-month investigation accuses high-ranking members of the Awami League, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, of enabling the violent repression that led to widespread deaths, injuries, and human rights violations. The rights group is now calling on Bangladesh’s interim...
Day: November 16, 2024
Staff reporter : A faction of Tablighi Jamaat known as the Saad group has taken control of Kakrail Mosque, the...
City Desk : Bangladesh Army has sought support from people to check deception in the name of jhut (unused fabric of garment factories) business by using the army’s name. In a media release, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) made the call on Friday morning, reports BSS.Recently, it has been noticed that some unscrupulous and vested quarters have been using the names of senior army officials in offering the jhut business and carrying out misdeeds in industrial zones which have tarnished...
City Desk : Jubo Krirashebi Kalyan Foundation has come forward to stand beside the family of late Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman Zia in their time of hardship. Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain will hand over the cheque of Taka 2 lacs to Zia’s family on Friday. Earlier, on Thursday last, Tamim Iqbal stood beside the family of late Grandmaster Zia by handing over a cheque for Taka five lakh to his family. Grandmaster Zia died from massive cardiac...
BSS : Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said the use of burnt bricks will be stopped in all government constructions by 2025. “Letter has been sent to the government offices informing to stop using burnt bricks in any construction works as government is the biggest consumer of bricks for various construction works like roads and buildings and bricks are used in large constructions,” she told BSS in an interview. The adviser said the government should adopt...
City Desk : James Goldman, the British Deputy High Commissioner and British Development Director in Bangladesh, said on Friday that the British government is eager to invest further in the education of young people in Bangladesh. He made the remarks at the opening of the Second IHSB Inter-School Business Carnival, which is being held at the International Hope School Bangladesh (IHSB) in Uttara, Dhaka, from November 15 to 17. The carnival, organised by the IHSB Business Club and supported by...
City Desk : A student who suffered critical bullet injuries in the head in Tanti Bazar area of the capital during the anti-discrimination student movement on August 5, died in a city hospital on Thursday. Abdullah, a fourth-year student of political sciences department at the Government Shahid Suhrawardy College breathed his last at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka at 7 am in the morning after more than three months he suffered bullet injuries, reports BSS. His namaz-e-janaza was held on...
City Desk : Marking 100 days of the student-led mass uprising, the National Citizens’ Committee convened a gathering on Friday afternoon to demand the trial of Awami League for its role in the July massacre. The event also called for the rehabilitation of the martyrs’ families and those injured at the Central Shaheed Minar at 4 pm, featuring speakers from various parts of the capital who echoed the demands for justice and accountability. Speaking at the event, Nasir Uddin Patwari,...
