July Uprising Cases / Formal charges against 45 accused soon
The prosecution will soon press formal charges against 45 accused, including 18 high-profile political figures, as investigations near completion, ICT Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam said yesterday.
15 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Once power brokers, now defendants
Smiles, whispers, and uneasy silence as 16 former ministers and high officials brought to ICT-1
15 October 2025, 10:09 AM
25 former, serving military officers charged at ICT
The prosecution yesterday formally charged 28 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 23 top and mid-ranking current and former army officers, at International Crimes Tribunal-1 in two cases of enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture in the 15 years of her rule.
8 October 2025, 18:23 PM
ICT act amendment: Accused barred from election if formally charged
Those accused in cases filed with the International Crimes Tribunal will not be able to hold or run for public office once formal charges are pressed against them.
7 October 2025, 18:11 PM
Crimes against humanity: Four AL leaders likely to be charged soon
Four senior Awami League leaders, including former law minister Anisul Huq and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s former adviser Salman F Rahman, may soon be formally charged with crimes against humanity in connection with the July uprising, according to the prosecution.
3 October 2025, 18:21 PM
NCP-backed student group eyes reforms after DU, JU debacles
Senior leaders of both organisations say the reforms may include a leadership shake-up, reduction in organisational posts
20 September 2025, 18:22 PM
Disqualified until proven innocent
Any individual formally charged at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will be deemed ineligible to remain an MP or contest elections.
4 September 2025, 18:10 PM
Hasina, Kamal ordered shooting of July protesters
In a dramatic testimony before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday, former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun said the mass killings during last year’s July uprising were carried out on direct orders of then prime minister Sheikh Hasina and home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
2 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Buet authorities’ notice: Students cannot join any political party, other orgs
Buet authorities have announced that students cannot be members of any political organisation, be it on campus or outside.
29 September 2024, 18:00 PM
DU comes back to life
The Dhaka University campus was full of energy and life yesterday as students returned to classes after over three months.
22 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Tofazzal’s death in mob lynching: DU, hall officials failed to take swift action
Tofazzal Hossain, who was beaten to death by a mob, had been held captive at the Dhaka University’s Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall for over three hours, starting at 7:45pm on Wednesday.
20 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Savagery at DU: They beat him, fed him, then killed him
Tofazzal Hossain was a familiar face to many resident students of Dhaka University. He would often wander about the campus, dorms, and gladly eat if somebody offered him food.
20 September 2024, 01:00 AM
DU dorms finally rid of ‘gono rooms’
The dormitories of Dhaka University no longer have any “gono rooms”, where students, especially freshers, were crammed into usually by the ruling party’s student wing.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Anti-discrimination student movement: Citizens’ platform launched to help achieve goals
A 55-member Jatiya Nagorik Committee was formed yesterday to work towards fulfilling the goals of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement that toppled the Awami League-led government.
8 September 2024, 21:00 PM
Star interview: Campus politics should focus on education
The focus of student politics should be issues relating to academia, said Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan, the new vice-chancellor of Dhaka University.
28 August 2024, 18:00 PM
From TSC to flood zones
Sacks and sacks of relief materials are being lined up inside the TSC complex of Dhaka University. They are then sorted, packaged and loaded on trucks, to be carried to flood affected areas.
24 August 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Not sure if they are alive or dead’
“I am not sure whether my sick mother and pregnant wife are alive or dead,” said Abdul Kaiyum, a private job holder in Dhaka, while still in shock.
23 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Students, teachers call for non-partisan VC
With growing calls for reform across various sectors, a section of Dhaka University students is advocating for a vice-chancellor who is professional, academically distinguished, visionary, and has no direct affiliation with any political parties.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Quota reform protesters to pray for the dead today
Quota reform protesters yesterday said they would pray at mosques and temples for those killed in recent violence.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM
BCL leaders beaten up, forced out of most DU halls overnight
Students make hall provosts sign notices banning politics in the halls
17 July 2024, 08:32 AM
Freshers suffer as DU admission process remains manual
An excited Imran Hossain reached Dhaka University from Chattogram earlier this week to secure his admission to the prestigious institution.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
A house of representatives!
With his son’s victory in Wednesday’s upazila chairman polls in Subarnachar, local Awami League lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury have further consolidated his grip on politics, said party insiders.
9 May 2024, 18:00 PM
An unusual contest in Subarnachar
The upazila chairman election in Noakhali’s Subarnachar today is going to be a battle of ballots between a veteran Awami League leader and a young one.
7 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Has Chhatra Union lost its past glory?
Bangladesh Chhatra Union celebrated its 72nd anniversary yesterday.
26 April 2024, 18:00 PM
True grit
It was 11:00am on Tuesday.
24 April 2024, 18:00 PM
The bond behind the fried chicken stall in front of Charukala
For over two decades, a business built on mutual trust and respect between two people from different faiths has thrived in front of Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts
13 April 2024, 12:23 PM
No home comforts for a section of DU grad students this Eid
When the majority of students are leaving campus to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones, Mizanur Rahman, a Master’s student of Dhaka University is staying back at his dormitory
7 April 2024, 16:51 PM
Subarnachar Rape: Lives sucked into an abyss of trauma
Before she was raped, Joba (not her real name) lived the life of a regular homemaker and bore the identity of a wife, a mother and a woman of her own volition.
5 February 2024, 18:00 PM