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

Amnesty International describes Hasina's trial as 'neither fair nor just'

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- The UK-based rights group, Amnesty International (AI), has described the trial of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal as "neither fair no... Read More

BNP calls Hasina verdict 'justice served for victims of state violence'

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has welcomed the death sentence given to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the International Crimes Tribunal case, saying it "established ... 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

Court orders to freeze 33 bank accounts of Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, wife

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- A court has issued an order to freeze 33 bank accounts under the names of former home minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and his wife Sitara Alamgir. The accounts had more than $62.8 m... Read More

DMP reports 198 murder cases in Dhaka over 10 months

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has reported that 198 murders have taken place in the capital this year, averaging nearly 20 killings per month. Speaking to journalists on Tuesd... Read More

Sheikh Hasina: From the peak of power to death-row fugitive, without precedent

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- No other political leader in Bangladesh has stayed in power for as long. And no other head of state or government in Bangladesh has ever had the shadow of a death sentence hanging ov... Read More

Dhaka University deputy registrar arrested in terrorism case

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Dhaka University Deputy Registrar Muhammad Lovelu Mollah has been arrested in connection with a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Shahbagh Police Station chief Mohammad Khali... Read More

Chhatra Dal leader killed in clash 'while giving out sweets' after Hasina verdict

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- A Chhatra Dal leader has been stabbed to death in Barishal over a dispute that began during a "sweet distribution" programme following the announcement of a death sentence against ou... Read More

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