National Cyber Security Agency asks media to avoid airing convict's statements

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) has asked media outlets not to air statements of convicted individuals in the interest of national security and warned that "legal" action c... Read More

Crude bomb sounds heard in New Market, Dhanmondi after Hasina's verdict

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Police have reported hearing explosions in Dhaka's New Market and Dhanmondi. These incidents happened amid a spate of arson attacks and crude bomb explosions surrounding the verdict... Read More

After Hasina's death sentence, where does the Awami League go from here?

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Bangladesh's political theatre has entered a new and perilous act. The International Crimes Tribunal that Sheikh Hasina herself created to try the crimes against humanity of 1971 ha... Read More

Abul Hossain's murder merits death sentences, but doesn't qualify him for the official martyrs' list

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan have received capital punishment from the International Crimes Tribunal on charges of crimes against hu... Read More

Five vehicles torched, crude bombs go off in overnight unrest across Dhaka

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Several buses, a truck and a four-wheeled passenger vehicle, locally known as a "Laguna", have been set on fire in Dhaka's Merul Badda, Mohammadpur, Savar, Narayanganj, and Dhamrai a... Read More

Rickshaw driver shot for 'not driving fast' after Jubo Dal leader killing

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Miscreants who killed Jubo Dal leader Golam Kibria in Dhaka's Pallabi and fled in a battery-powered rickshaw also shot the driver for "not going fast enough". The 20-year-old driver... Read More

Political parties say EC lacks resolve, independence to deliver credible polls

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Political parties taking part in the Election Commission's ongoing dialogues have delivered a blunt warning: without independence and resolve, the commission cannot hope to deliver a... Read More

Hasina offers no apology for July crackdown deaths, labels charges 'political'

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has "refused to apologise" over the deaths during the crackdown on the July Uprising, and in turn, criticised the proceedings at the International... Read More

Jubo Dal leader shot dead near old police station in Pallabi

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- A Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal leader has been shot dead in Dhaka's Pallabi, police say. On Monday at 7pm, three masked men wearing helmets entered a hardware shop near C Block, close to t... Read More

India to prioritise 'best interests of Bangladesh' after Hasina's death sentence

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- India has reacted to the death sentence handed to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the July Uprising case while avoiding any direct comment on the ruling itself. In its statem... Read More

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