Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Adviser to the Ministry of Home Affairs, visited the mass grave site of the July Movement martyrs at Rayerbazar Cemetery in the capital. During his inspection, he expressed strong discontent after discovering that low-quality construction materials—including substandard bricks—were being used for building the cemetery infrastructure. Incident Summary Date […]

Two leaders from the Shariatpur District Coordination Committee of the National Citizens’ Party (NCP) have resigned from their positions, announcing their decisions in separate personal Facebook posts on Friday night. Resigned Leaders and Their Positions Name Previous Position(s) Tarikul Islam Joint Coordinator, Shariatpur District Coordination Committee;Chief Coordinator, Damudya Upazila Committee Palash Khan Member, Shariatpur District […]

Lieutenant General (Retd.) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Adviser to the Ministry of Home Affairs, has announced that 114 bodies interred in a mass grave at Rayerbazar, believed to be victims of the July Movement, will be exhumed. He made this statement on the morning of Saturday, 2 August, following a visit to the Rayerbazar cemetery, where […]

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has firmly stated that any amendment to the Constitution must be carried out strictly through the Parliament. According to him, there is absolutely no scope for such changes outside the parliamentary process. He made these remarks on Saturday, 2 August, while speaking as the chief guest at […]

Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury was a multifaceted figure in the history of Bangladesh—an organiser of the Liberation War, the second President of independent Bangladesh, former President of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, and a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka. His life was a beacon of justice, principle, and human dignity. Early Life […]

Zakaria Taher Sumon, Secretary for Employment Affairs of the BNP and Convener of the Cumilla South District BNP, has accused Jamaat-e-Islami of deceiving people under the guise of religion. He made these remarks while addressing the biennial conference of the Ujirpur Union BNP on Friday evening (1st August), held at the Miar Bazar School grounds […]

Salahuddin Ahmed, a standing committee member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has declared that the party has made a formal pledge to implement the July Charter, expressing optimism that the document will be signed in the near future. Speaking to journalists on Friday, 1 August, following a courtesy visit to Hathazari Madrasa in Chattogram, […]

Dhaka University authorities have suspended the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree awarded to former Inspector General of Police, Benazir Ahmed, after confirming that he obtained the degree through procedural irregularities and without meeting the required admission criteria. The decision was made following a detailed discussion at a Syndicate meeting, the university’s highest policymaking body, […]

The Minority Rights Movement has voiced serious concerns regarding the absence of minority representatives in the National Consensus Commission and various reform commissions. They have raised a fundamental question: How can national unity be achieved while excluding the country’s 8% religious and ethnic minority population? The group has also criticised political parties for failing to […]