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RAB says factory floor manager 'handed Dipu Das over' to enraged crowd

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has claimed a floor manager handed Dipu Chandra Das over to an enraged crowd after forcing him to resign from his job. Dipu, 28, who worked at a Bha... Read More


Protesters leave Shahbagh after demanding justice for Hadi's killing

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Protesters demanding justice for the killing of Sharif Osman bin Hadi have left Shahbagh intersection after staging a demonstration calling for justice in the killing of the Inqilab ... Read More


Udichi decries govt inaction despite threats prior to Dhaka office attack

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Udichi Shilpigosthi has hit out at the government's failure to provide security despite alerting authorities to prior threats of an attack on its central office in Dhaka. The cultur... Read More


LDP suspends ex-Army officer Sarwardy for 'breaching party discipline'

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has suspended its presidium member retired Army lieutenant general Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy on charges of breaching party discipline. A media stat... Read More


Hadi laid to rest beside Kazi Nazrul Islam after emotional farewell

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Thousands of people have bid an emotional farewell to Osman Hadi, convenor of the Inqilab Moncho platform who died after being shot earlier this month. A funeral prayer service was ... Read More


'We're here to avenge my brother': Inqilab Moncho leader at Hadi's funeral

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Abdullah Al Jaber, member secretary of Inqilab Moncho, has called on fellow activists to gather at Dhaka's Shahbagh after the burial of the platform's convenor, Sharif Osman Hadi. A... Read More


'You will live on in the hearts of every Bangladeshi': Yunus pays tribute to Osman Hadi

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has said as long as Bangladesh exists, Sharif Osman Hadi will remain in the hearts of all Bangladeshis. In an emotional tribute to Inqilab Moncho Conven... Read More


Bangladesh boils over with anger as Osman Hadi comes home in shrouds from Singapore

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- As the coffin carrying Sharif Osman bin Hadi was wheeled towards the morgue of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, the heat of protest surged repeatedly outside the ma... Read More


A school in flames, a child demands answers over violence against learning

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Afroditi Akira, a student of Nalonda High School, has been inconsolable since learning about the attack on her school. Tears have not ceased, as she struggles to understand why her ... Read More


Bodies of six Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in Sudan arrive in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- The bodies of six Bangladesh Army personnel, who were killed while serving in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Abyei, have arrived in Dhaka. The aircraft carrying ... Read More