Law enforcement officials in Cumilla have taken Ashikul Islam Ashik Khan, the general secretary of the Chandina Upazila Volunteer League, into custody. The police operation took place on the evening of Friday, 14 August, when officers intercepted and arrested him at the Dollai Nawabpur market location in Chandina. Ashik Khan, an influential local leader of […]

Leaders of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) have asserted that the assassination of Founding Father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975 and the recent political changeover on 5 August 2024 are inextricably linked, describing both events as acts of revenge by anti-liberation forces. Addressing a discussion meeting on Saturday afternoon at the Colonel […]

Two leaders of the Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) have been relieved of their primary membership and all organizational posts following allegations of breaching party discipline. The disciplinary action was taken after the leaders reportedly paid tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by sharing his photograph on their personal Facebook profiles […]

A former student activist affiliated with the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was temporarily released from custody on Saturday to attend his father’s final rites in Natore. Rakibul Hasan James, who previously served as the president of the BCL Natore district unit, was granted a strict two-hour window on parole to participate in the funeral prayer […]

Police authorities in Faridpur have apprehended SM Farooq Hossain, a prominent Awami League official and former local council chairman, following a targeted operation linked to an ongoing anti-terrorism investigation. Mr Hossain, who served as the finance secretary for the Boalmari Upazila branch of the Awami League and formerly headed the Ghoshpur Union Parishad, was taken […]

The ancestral residence of former Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury was vandalised and set on fire by unidentified assailants in Chattogram during the early hours of Friday (6 August). The targeted property, situated in the city’s Chashma Hill neighbourhood, holds significant historical political prominence as the family estate of the late ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, three-time […]

Police in the capital have intercepted an unapproved late-night procession, arresting seven individuals—including four juveniles—in the Banani area on suspicion of planning acts of sabotage. The operation was conducted by a tactical team from Banani Police Station under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) at approximately 12:20 am on Friday (7 August), shortly past midnight on […]