News

⁨BBC Bangla Report: More Than a Thousand Looted Weapons Still Unrecovered After a Year and a Half, Raising Election Security Concerns

More than a year and a half after firearms and ammunition were looted from police during the July mass uprising in Bangladesh, law enforcement agencies have failed to fully recover them. Over one thousand firearms and more than two hundred thousand rounds of ammunition remain unaccounted for. Security analysts warn that if these weapons are not...

⁨Sheikh Hasina Presents Five-Point Plan to Restore Stability in Bangladesh

For the first time since the political upheaval, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has addressed the public. She delivered her speech via an audio message at an event titled “Save Democracy in Bangladesh”, organized at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) in New Delhi, India. Sheikh Hasina accused the Chief A...

UK Parliament Event Warns of Rising Violence and Democratic Backsliding in Bangladesh Ahead of February Elections

An informative event hosted in the UK Parliament by Bob Blackman MP, the Bangladesh Unity Forum, and Doughty Street Chambers barristers shed an important light on the alarming rise of political and religious violence and the threats to democracy in Bangladesh. Ahead of the February elections, parliamentarians, lawyers, and activists discussed t...

Statement from Sheikh Hasina and her family members regarding the verdict against them in a land-corruption case

⁨The following is the statement from Sheikh Hasina and her family members regarding the recent sentence issued against them in a land-corruption case —- We firmly deny all allegations of corruption, with each charge brought against us tainted by the political motivations of our opponents. The ACC is under the control of an unelected gove...

4,177 murder cases in 14 months across the country: Is the law only for the Awami League?

Fifteen months have passed under “the Shylock of Bangladesh”, Dr Yunus. In the fourteen months of his illegitimate rule, Dhaka alone has seen 456 recorded murders, according to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police itself. From last September to this October, DMP registered an average of 33 murder cases per month. Nationwide, 4,177 murder ca...