Tag: Jamaat
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In a brazen display of shameless hypocrisy and outright betrayal of Bangladesh’s liberation spirit, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman—the very man who now sits atop the nation’s power structure after a blood-soaked power grab—dared to attend an Iftar…
In a grotesque display of selective amnesia and self-preservation, the anarchist elements who orchestrated the July 2024 bloodbath—deliberately targeting and slaughtering police officers starting as early as July 19 to shatter their morale and pave…
On the very day Mohammad Tajul Islam was removed from his position as Chief Prosecutor of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD), fellow prosecutor B.M. Sultan Mahmud publicly levelled serious allegations of corruption, bribery, and procedural irregularities against…
The dubious visit by Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan—son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan—and former German footballer Mesut Özil to Dhaka University at an event of the Islami Chhatra Shibir-run DUCSU has sparked serious concerns. The…
The latest statements by Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed condemning “mob culture” ring hollow and reek of selective outrage, especially given the persistent failure to address the widespread atrocities committed against Awami League members and supporters…
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, the son of military dictator General Ziaur Rahman and three-time premier Khaleda Zia, was sworn in on Tuesday as the country’s 11th prime minister, marking the party’s triumphant return to power…
In a fiery virtual discussion with Awami League leaders and activists, party president and five-time prime minister Sheikh Hasina has urged party members to unite and build resistance against what she described as an “illegal power grab”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
From a rally at Motijheel on February 4, 2013, the leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, threatened to wage war against the government if its top leaders facing war crimes charges…
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…
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.…
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…
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…