Category: Politics
By Probir Kumar Sarker It was the evening of May 13, 1974. Major (later sacked) Syed Farooq Rahman of the first Bengal Lancers and second-in-command of the armored corps met with a senior US embassy…
দীর্ঘ আইনি জটিলতা কাটিয়ে ২০২৪ সালের জুনে মুক্তি পাওয়া সাংবাদিক ও উইকিলিকসের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা জুলিয়ান অ্যাসাঞ্জ আবার সামাজিক যোগাযোগমাধ্যমে সক্রিয় হয়েছেন। বৃহস্পতিবার রাতে সাদা দাড়ি-গোঁফের অ্যাসাঞ্জের একটি ছবি উইকিলিকসের এক্স (সাবেক টুইটার) হ্যান্ডেল থেকে প্রকাশ করা…
বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর রাজনীতি প্রসঙ্গে সহকারী সেক্রেটারি জেনারেল ব্যারিস্টার আবদুর রাজ্জাক মার্কিন কর্মকর্তাদের জানিয়েছিলেন, জামায়াতের লক্ষ্য পরবর্তী জাতীয় নির্বাচনে জয়লাভ করা কিংবা সংসদে আসনসংখ্যা বাড়ানোর মতো স্বল্পমেয়াদি রাজনৈতিক সাফল্য নয়। দলটির প্রকৃত লক্ষ্য বাংলাদেশকে একটি…
দুর্নীতির মামলায় জামিন নিয়ে যুক্তরাজ্যে যাওয়ার পর বিএনপি নেতা তারেক রহমানকে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে প্রবেশে নিষেধাজ্ঞা দেওয়ার সুপারিশ করে ২০০৮ সালের নভেম্বরে তৎকালীন মার্কিন রাষ্ট্রদূত জেমস এফ. মরিয়ার্টি পররাষ্ট্র দপ্তরে একটি গোপন তারবার্তা পাঠিয়েছিলেন। সিনিয়র সাংবাদিক ও…
Nepal’s youngest mayor-turned-prime minister, Balendra Shah, has brought anti-corruption drives and wholesale reforms in governance to the fore since taking oath around 60 days ago. His first surprise was the inclusion of 10 young MPs,…
Al-Qaeda was formed in 1988 by Saudi-origin Osama bin Laden, along with key figures like Muhammad Atef and Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, in Peshawar, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. It originated from a network of Arab fighters who…
Former Kathmandu mayor Balen Shah threatened to set ablaze the Singha Durbar—the Nepali prime minister’s office—after the police stopped a car of the municipality for questioning for operating on a holiday on September 2, 2023.…
Human rights advocacy organization Write For Rights has called for a thorough, independent investigation into alleged widespread irregularities and vote rigging during Bangladesh’s 13th Parliamentary Election and accompanying national referendum, held on February 12, 2026.…
Human rights advocacy group Write For Rights has issued a strong condemnation of ongoing custodial deaths and extrajudicial killings targeting individuals affiliated with the Bangladesh Awami League since the fall of the former government in…
A couple of months into the inception of his “second revolution,” prior to his assassination on August 15, 1975, President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was working tirelessly to implement his philosophy for combating corruption, bureaucratic ineptitude,…
In the first couple of years of a newly independent Bangladesh, the Father of the Nation was very optimistic about rebuilding the country with the help of the pro-independence people in his party and others,…
The United Nations (UN) has failed to act to ensure justice for violence since the regime change in Bangladesh on August 5, 2024, and instead it sided with the interim regime to allow impunity for…
Human rights advocacy group Write For Rights has demanded urgent government action to halt a surge in communal violence against religious and ethnic minorities in Bangladesh, citing over 3,000 documented attacks since August 2024. In…
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that she did not allow the US to set up a base in Bangladesh to uphold the country’s sovereignty amid geopolitical tensions, like the Iran war. “Today, just…
In a powerful display of unity, leaders from Bangladesh’s religious and ethnic minority communities gathered at the National Press Club this morning to protest the wave of communal violence that has persisted in the month…
The inclusion of names of convicted war criminals in the condolence motion and the disrespect for the national anthem during the inaugural session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on March 12 have provoked widespread outrage…
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, a prominent women’s rights organization, has expressed deep outrage and condemnation over what it described as disrespectful behavior toward the national anthem during the first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on…
Mohammad Ali Arafat, a former State Minister in the Awami League government, has strongly criticized the newly convened 13th Jatiya Sangsad as a “one-sided parliament” dominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami, following…
Religious minority groups in Bangladesh are set to hold nationwide human chains and protest marches on Friday, March 13, in a unified stand against a surge in communal violence that has left communities gripped by…
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD), established in 2010 under the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act of 1973, was originally intended to prosecute local collaborators of the Pakistani army for atrocities committed during the 1971 Liberation War.…
At fifteen, Shanto Kumar Saha should have been navigating the mundane anxieties of the classroom or the carefree competition of a cricket match. Instead, he spent his final moments sprinting through the darkness of a…
In a move that has sparked widespread alarm among economists, business leaders, and activists, Bangladesh’s recently signed reciprocal trade agreement with the United States is emerging as a discriminatory pact that disproportionately favors American interests…
The family lawyer of Tofazzal Hossain, the mentally unstable youth who was lynched at Dhaka University’s Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall in September 2024, has accused the university administration of deliberately prolonging the trial process to…
Write For Rights, a newly formed Bangladesh-based human rights advocacy organization, has demanded a comprehensive, independent investigation into allegations of corruption, bribery, abuse of power, flawed trials, and procedural irregularities plaguing the International Crimes Tribunal…
A fresh scandal has rocked Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD), exposing deep-rooted corruption within the prosecution team. Audio recordings obtained by Prothom Alo and Netra News reveal that prosecutor Md. Saimum Reza Talukdar demanded Tk1…
In a brazen display of political opportunism, the BNP-led government under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has relaunched a welfare program for the poor, shamelessly rebranding it as their own initiative while undermining the very foundations…
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) continues to hear high-profile cases involving alleged enforced disappearances under the former Awami League (AL) government, but defense arguments and survivor reappearances have raised serious doubts about whether these qualify…
A 38-year-old Hindu grocery shop owner was fatally stabbed in broad daylight in Cox’s Bazar town on Saturday, allegedly for refusing to pay extortion money, in the latest incident fueling fears of persistent vulnerability among…
An investigative report by Ekattor TV has exposed misuse of authority by Adilur Rahman Khan, a former adviser in the Yunus-led interim government, who is accused of forcibly constructing a private access road to his…
In his latest video, senior journalist Masood Kamal offered a sharp analysis of Nepal’s freshly concluded parliamentary elections, contrasting them with Bangladesh’s recent political transitions. Highlighting the success of Nepal’s youth-led movement in steering a…