Tag: Jamaat-e-Islami
As Bangladesh grapples with the fallout from the death of radical Islamist mob leader and MP candidate from the Dhaka-8 seat, Sharif Osman Hadi, the nation has plunged deeper into turmoil. What began as mourning…
On Victory Day, as Bangladesh commemorates the triumph over Pakistani forces in 1971, dozens of valiant Freedom Fighters who risked their lives for independence remain imprisoned by the Jamaat-controlled interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus. These elderly…
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…
In a provocative display that has ignited fears of escalating religious tensions, leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami—a pivotal ally of the Yunus-led interim government and key patron of Touhidi Janata mobs—organised a large-scale picnic featuring cow…
Senior journalist and political commentator Anis Alamgir was abruptly detained by Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) on Sunday evening in a chilling escalation of what critics describe as a state-orchestrated campaign to silence opposition voices. The…
Exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleged that Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who grabbed power in August last year, personally orchestrated a wave of political violence that has now turned inward, with anti-Awami League…
Shaken by the Reuters interview of an isolated and humiliated president, Mohammed Shahabuddin, the non-stop protest programmes of the Awami League against the February 12 election and the assassination attempt on mob leader Sharif Osman Hadi, the Jamaat-controlled Yunus-led…
Various speculations have dominated the air as to which rival candidate masterminded the gun attack on pro-Yunus Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, a covert activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, on a Dhaka street on…
In a powerful audio address delivered on Thursday evening, five-time Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina launched a scathing condemnation of the vicious assault on Dhaka University teachers, including female faculty members, by DUCSU Social…
In a rare public expression of distress, Bangladesh’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin has articulated profound feelings of humiliation and marginalisation under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. Elected unopposed in 2023 under the now-ousted Awami…
The Canada-based Global Center for Democratic Governance (GCDG) on Wednesday night organised a virtual international seminar titled “Bangladesh in Crisis: Human Rights, Justice, and the Future of Democracy” under the unelected and unconstitutional Yunus regime, backed by…
Even as the Yunus-led puppet regime unleashes a flood of politicised “investigations” to whitewash its own failures and shield Islamist agitators like Hefazat-e-Islam—the very mob that torched buildings, vandalised vehicles, and terrorised Dhaka in 2013—the…
In less than a decade, Dr. Nabila Idris has gone from a little-known youth organiser to one of the most powerful unelected figures in post-uprising Bangladesh. She sits on the high-profile Commission of Inquiry on…
Former military officer Col. Abdul Hoque, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader and chairman of RAOWA Club, has publicly called for the separation of India’s northeastern states, known as the Seven Sisters, and the establishment of seven independent states.…
In a spectacle that shocked even the most jaded observers of Bangladesh’s crumbling judiciary, the so-called International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) yesterday turned its courtroom into a political intimidation arena. The target: Senior Advocate ZI Khan…
In a significant step toward accountability for the deadly 2024 quota reform protests that toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government, Bangladesh Police announced on Tuesday that charge sheets have been submitted in 106 cases filed during the…
On Sunday, Courtroom No. 1 of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-BD) in Dhaka became a battleground. What began as a routine hearing in the enforced-disappearance case against retired Major General Ziaul Ahsan rapidly descended into…
As Bangladesh hurtles toward interim elections in 2026, a burgeoning scandal over the official “July martyrs” list has exposed deep flaws in the Yunus administration’s handling of the 2025 uprising’s legacy. What began as an…
As Bangladesh hurtles toward parliamentary elections amid a toxic swirl of communal violence and disinformation, the Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad (BHBCOP) has unleashed a fierce rebuke against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate Harunur…
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…
The freestyle visits of Pakistani generals and members of the terrorist group, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), to Dhaka amid its ongoing military tension with India and boiling hatred against Hindus in Bangladesh have exposed a deep-rooted conspiracy.…
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…
New York-based Human Rights Watch stated that during the BNP–Jamaat coalition government, from June 24, 2004, to December 31, 2006, some 738 people were killed by law enforcers, mainly the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in…
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…
President of the Awami League and five-time Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has vehemently condemned and protested the insults directed at army officers. “I am shocked at how the army is expected to hand these officers…
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…