Tag: 1971 Liberation War
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,…
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’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.…
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…
Pakistan loyalist, greedy and treacherous Ziaur Rahman captured power by assassinating the founding father of Bangladesh and then indemnified the killers. He became the first military dictator of independent Bangladesh, killing thousands of armed forces…
As someone who has long advocated for accountability, truth, and justice in Bangladesh’s fractured political landscape, I find the current spectacle surrounding Jamaat-e-Islami and its Ameer, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, both predictable and profoundly disappointing. Just…
From her exile in India, Awami League President and five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has launched a scathing attack on the interim government led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, accusing it of transforming Bangladesh into a…
On the occasion of Bangladesh’s 54th Victory Day, marking the 1971 surrender of Pakistani forces and the country’s independence, five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina released a strongly worded statement from exile in India, accusing the current interim…
US puppet Muhammad Yunus had described the July movement against the Awami League government as “meticulously designed” last September, saying it was not spontaneous. That day, he introduced Mahfuj Alam, a former Shibir activist and…
In September 2024, Bangladeshi newspapers published a claim by the Jamaat-controlled interim government’s information ministry adviser, Mahfuj Alam, who initially advised chief adviser Yunus on politics and diplomacy. The rebuttal came after some Indian media claimed that…
Starting from mid-February till January 10, 1972, this brief timeline mentions every important event of the Bangalee’s struggle for independence and efforts to thwart it through genocide by Pakistan, its allies, and local collaborators, like…
Nearly 78 years after chanting the slogan “Pakistan Zindabad” with much enthusiasm, the son of Dula Mia Saudagar, a Chittagong-based goldsmith and member of the Pakistan Muslim League National Guard, 85-year-old Muhammad Yunus successfully finalized…
In 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War, one of the most brutal chapters in modern history unfolded, particularly affecting the Hindu community and the Awami League in what was then East Pakistan. This conflict, which…
The International Crimes Tribunal was formed in 1973, but the trials of the Pakistan Army’s collaborators for genocide, murder, rape, loot and arson couldn’t be launched due to the assassination of then-President Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…
On February 5, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) announced the verdict in the case against razakar Abdul Quader Molla. But the justice-seekers were disappointed as the special tribunal handed down life-term imprisonment instead of…
এখানে দেশবরেণ্য (!) শিক্ষক-বুদ্ধিজীবী-সাংবাদিকরা রাজাকার শিরোমনি গোলাম আযমের নাগরিকত্ব ফিরিয়ে দেবার জন্য সরকারের কাছে আবেদন করে, যাদের মধ্যে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর উপদেষ্টা ইকবাল সোবহান চৌধুরী ও প্রাক্তন আইনমন্ত্রী শফিক আহমেদও আছে! এখানে চিহ্নিত জামায়াতী যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের ন্যায়বিচার নিশ্চিত…
আর আমাদের তথাকথিত নাগরিক সমাজের প্রতিনিধিরা গনতন্ত্র প্রতিষ্ঠার নামে চ্যাটের নিরপেক্ষতা চোদানো বন্ধ করেন। আপনাগো মতো মাতারীদের জন্যই জামায়াত, বিএনপি আর আওয়ামীলীগ পাবলিকরে বুড়া আঙ্গুল দেখাইতে পারে।
জট লাগছে সুপ্রীম কোর্টের আপীল বিভাগে। যেখানে একটিমাত্র বেঞ্চ ট্রাইব্যুনালের রায়ের বিরুদ্ধে করা আপীল শুনানী করে, তাও আবার অন্যান্য নিয়মিত মামলার পাশাপাশি।
Do you remember the days of February – early, mid and late? It was a panicking month, most remarkably on and after February 28 when the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced top Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain…
The nation will recall the “Black Night of March 25” today in commemoration of the cowardly attack on the unarmed Bangalees by the barbarous Pakistani occupation forces in 1971. In the dreadful operation dubbed as…
It now seems inevitable that the opposition lords won’t stop until the trial of the identified war criminals is scrapped and the JAMAAT-BNP leaders released. The Jamaat-Shibir has been fighting on the issue against the…
The International Crimes Tribunal will deliver its verdicts in the case against Islamic “intellectual” Abul Kalam Azad aka “Bacchu Razakar” today as the proceedings have completed recently “in abstentia”. The arrest warrant was issues on…
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