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In the sweltering heat of October 2025, a viral video from Panchagarh district sent shockwaves across Bangladesh and beyond. Mufti Mohammad Mohibullah Miyaji, the Khatib of Tongi BTCL Colony Jame Mosque in Gazipur, was “rescued”…
The rise of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh poses a growing threat to regional stability, particularly for its neighbours India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Over the past three decades, from 1992 to 2024, Bangladesh has witnessed the…
At least 528 members and supporters of the Bangladesh Awami League and its associated bodies have been brutally killed since the Jamaat-BNP terrorists unleashed mob violence in July 2024 to unseat the government and capture…
At least 528 members and supporters of the Bangladesh Awami League and its associated bodies have been brutally killed since the Jamaat-BNP terrorists unleashed mob violence in July 2024 to unseat the government and capture…
Former Foreign Minister and former Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Professor Dr. AK Abdul Momen, has made an urgent appeal to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for an independent and transparent investigation into…
In October 2025, Bangladesh finds itself at a precarious crossroads, where the trials of army officers in the Jamaat-e-Islami-controlled International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) have ignited a firestorm of controversy. These trials, targeting serving and retired military…
The July National Charter, intended as a roadmap for constitutional reform in Bangladesh, has sparked significant dissent among political parties, revealing deep concerns about its content and the motives of the Jamaat-controlled interim government led…
The July National Charter, intended to unify Bangladesh through constitutional reform, has instead become a lightning rod for dissent, exposing deep divisions among political parties and raising questions about its legitimacy. In a recent podcast, senior…
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikyo Parishad (BHBCOP) has expressed deep concern over the statements of the home adviser and legal actions over the allegation of hurting the religious sentiments of the Muslims for the…
When Muhammad Yunus was the managing director of Grameen Bank, he used to travel abroad frequently for personal purposes on the office’s expenses. He used to stay only half of a month in Bangladesh and…
In the wake of Bangladesh’s tumultuous 2024 student-led jihadist coup that toppled the long-ruling Awami League government, a United Nations human rights report has ignited fresh controversy. A new critical analysis released last week accuses…
In a joint statement, as many as 109 domestic and foreign protesting citizens, including freedom fighters, journalists, writers, artists, literary teachers, lawyers, and human rights activists, have demanded a judicial investigation and legal action against…
Last week, the High Court ruled against the government’s inaction to stop the mindless extraction of white stones from the rivers and banks of Shada Pathor and other restricted areas of the Sylhet region. Within a few…
After the Awami League government was overthrown by the clique of Islamist parties, the Bangladesh Army, and the West-backed student force, Dr Muhammad Yunus began rebuilding ties with Pakistan and strengthening Jamaat-e-Islami. Analysts say that…
In another example of weaponising the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to silence its critics, the interim government’s detectives arrested Begum Rokeya University’s former vice-chancellor and political analyst, Lt Col Professor Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, on Thursday.…
The Jamaat-backed interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus, issued a message under the name of President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday, where he said the fascist roots must be uprooted, and the spirit of July be…
Private TV channel Banglavision has created a stir by exposing the devilish father of mob leader-turned-adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, who has been at the centre of controversies for widespread corruption but is enjoying impunity. Since taking…
Dangerous militant leaders linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS) made history on Friday by chanting slogans boasting their role in spreading jihad after the Juma prayers in Dhaka’s Paltan area. They brought out…
Challenging the claim of 1,400 people being killed by the police during the anti-government protests in July-August last year, Awami League President and five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Office of the High…
President Mohammed Shahabuddin attended the golden jubilee of the President Guard Regiment (PGR) at the Dhaka Cantonment on Monday after a long gap amidst the conspiracy to remove the President and the Army Chief. A…
The Jamaat-controlled International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) has received the five formal charges pressed against former prime minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, her home minister and the police chief for mass killings of the…
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has said that the attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus, following the August 5 changeover were politically, not religiously, motivated. During a meeting with US Senator Gary Peters on March…
The ideological roots of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (Assembly of Mujahideen) are deeply embedded in Salafi-Jihadist thought, influenced by global movements like the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda, as well as local Islamist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami…
June 5: After a High Court bench ordered the reinstatement of the freedom fighter quota in government jobs, Nurul Haque Nur, the founder of the Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, which launched the quota reform movement in…
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…
Persistent violence against law enforcement and the judiciary by a specific group of people in Bangladesh is considered a grave crime, as it implies a concerted attack on the state machinery to change the system.…
On February 17, SM Shahed Emon, a student coordinator of the July Uprising, posted a detailed post on Facebook about the role of Jamaat-e-Islami’s student organization Islami Chhatra Shibir and Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus,…
আওয়ামী লীগ আগামী নির্বাচনে অংশ নিতে পারবে কিনা, দলের প্রধান নেতাদের বিচার নির্বাচনের আগে শেষ হবে কিনা, দলের সভাপতি শেখ হাসিনাকে ভারত থেকে ফিরিয়ে আনা যাবে কিনা, ছাত্রলীগের মতো আওয়ামী লীগকে নিষিদ্ধ করা হবে কিনা…
When the complex reality that emerged on August 4 at one stage of the students’ quota movement and the way a section of the country was criticizing her, the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who…
This is the compilation of a three-part series on corruption, politics and violence during the 2001-06 period based on secret US embassy documents. It was first published in Dhaka Tribune. BNP leaders claim that all…