Prosecutors at the International Crimes Tribunal want Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to get the death penalty instead of life sentences for crimes against humanity during the July Mass Uprising. The appeal got filed with the Supreme Court's Appellate Division, asking judges to upgrade their punishment on specific counts. Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim confirmed the move but kept details under wraps until a press conference.
The tribunal already convicted both of them under superior command responsibility back in November, finding them guilty on multiple charges. They got life imprisonment on three counts and death sentences on three other counts. Former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun...
The High Court shut down the Bangladesh Brick Manufacturers and Owners Association when they tried to join a public interest case about illegal kilns. Justice Mohammad Mujibur Rahman Mia and Justice Mohammad Hamidur Rahman made the call after lawyers from both sides argued their positions. The brick people wanted in because their licenses ran out and evictions started happening, but senior advocate Manzill Murshid said they already blew their appeals and were just trying to block enforcement.
Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh originally filed the case, and when illegal operators started gearing up for another season in Chattogram, they added more complaints. The judges basically said the association represents legit licensed...
Chhatra Odhikar Parishad wants the home affairs adviser gone after he apparently dropped the ball on arresting anyone for shooting Sharif Osman Hadi, who was on the front lines during the July Uprising and ran for MP in Dhaka-8. President Nazmul Hasan basically told the chief adviser that people are mad as hell, and if the home guy doesn't get booted, students and regular folks are gonna storm Jamuna.
Joint General Secretary Rakibul Islam called out the adviser for flopping hard over the past year or so, saying the cash reward thing for catching the shooters is straight-up theater. The group thinks law enforcement and intel agencies are asleep at the wheel, which is messing with national security and keeping everyone unsafe.
They made...
A group of DUCSU members rolled up to the Secretariat to meet with the Home Affairs Adviser about VP Osman Hadi getting shot. Shadik Kayem, who heads up DUCSU as vice president, brought nine other people with him. They started their march from campus around midday, but cops tried blocking them three separate times before they stopped at the Education Building.
The protesters want everyone involved in the attack arrested, and they're demanding that leaders from banned organizations get thrown in custody. Kayem said the Home Ministry is getting a deadline to make moves, and if nothing happens, they're planning to take their demonstrations nationwide.
Ashraful Alam from Uttaran Protibondhi Sangstha spoke at the Braille Book Donation Program 2025 in Bashundhara Residential Area, which was organized by Bashundhara Exercise Book and View Foundation. He mentioned that educated people with disabilities can achieve self-reliance and freedom, noting that Bashundhara Group and View Foundation are the only providers of braille books for higher secondary students in Bangladesh. Yeasha Sobhan, vice chairman of Safwan Bashundhara Global, delivered the keynote speech, emphasizing that courage matters more than eyesight and reaffirming the company's support.
The program distributed NCTB-approved braille versions of textbooks to around 50 visually impaired students from 18 colleges across the...
Jatiya Chhatra Shakti blocked traffic at Shahbagh to demand that the home adviser resign after cops failed to grab anyone connected to the Osman Hadi shooting. The student group says law and order tanked across Bangladesh, and they want somebody to take the fall for security problems that keep stacking up. Abu Baker Majumdar from the organization claimed their protest stays peaceful while pushing for justice without causing major headaches for regular people.
Hadi got hit by gunfire when two guys on a motorcycle rolled up on his auto-rickshaw and opened fire. He landed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital before getting moved to Evercare, and medical staff eventually flew him out to Singapore on an air ambulance for better treatment...
Bangladesh Cricket Board dragged their feet announcing the Premier League until like three months out, and franchises got stuck building rosters in under two months while better international players had already signed elsewhere. Rajshahi Warriors took a hit because at least four overseas guys will bounce mid-tournament when the Sri Lanka versus Pakistan series fires up, and the board scheduled everything to overlap with the Big Bash League plus SA20.
Teams thought Sri Lankan cricketers might fill gaps since the Lanka Premier League got canceled, but that bilateral series wrecked those plans fast. The BPL kicks off in Sylhet while the other series starts later, which means Pakistani and Sri Lankan players will peace out after a few...
India handed out citizenship papers to 36 people from Bangladesh under their Citizenship Amendment Act, with Odisha taking 35 applicants and Assam processing one woman who married a local guy. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi ran a ceremony for the new citizens while explaining how the law protects religious minorities who fled persecution, and all 35 recipients from his state turned out to be Hindu migrants who crossed over before the 2014 cutoff date.
The Assam case involved a 40-year-old woman from Sribhumi district who came to India back in 2007 for medical treatment at Silchar, met someone at the hospital, got married, and settled down with a kid. Lawyer Dharmananda Deb mentioned she qualified through registration rules...
Bangladesh economist Mohammad Abdur Razzaque told a conference crowd in Dhaka that the government needs to hustle on diplomatic channels to push back their least developed country graduation because the economy is not ready for what comes after. The Research and Policy Integration for Development chair said whoever wins the election will spend their whole term dealing with banking problems, inflation mess, reserve issues, and the graduation deadline instead of planning long-term stuff.
Razzaque thinks the incoming administration should chase EU trade perks, pump out more jobs through their ninth five-year plan, lock down energy for cities and factories, boost export power, and develop workers. NBR chairman Md Abdur Rahman showed up as...
