Asif Nazrul says ICT prosecution team reportedly preparing to seek trial of Awami League

Yunus tells journalist Mehdi Hasan

In the first few months of exile, they stayed indoors, tucked away in houses mostly in East London and in anonymous outer boroughs.

Police arrested 244 leaders and activists of Awami League and its affiliate organisations from flash processions across Dhaka yesterday.

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday demanded that the Awami League be put on trial for crimes against humanity.

Despite repeated attacks on Mahfuj Alam, the interim government has neither taken decisive action nor issued strong statements, alleged Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party, in a post on his Facebook page yesterday.

They chased invited guests, obstructed them from attending the event, and threw eggs, it says

Denigration of our Liberation War will never be acceptable

The Awami League must be brought to justice as its chief, deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, is solely responsible for the killings of thousands of people, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.

About $18 billion to $20 billion was laundered abroad during the Awami League regime, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur yesterday.

A clash erupted between two factions of Awami League over establishing dominance in Chabbishpara area under Jazira upazila of Shariatpur.

The army has dismissed Hasnat's explosive statement about its chief's suggestion of rehabilitating a refined Awami League

The interim government must take immediate measures to ban Awami League and hold trials over the mass killings during the July uprising, Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser (Southern Region) of National Citizen Party, has said

The BNP leader called for justice to be served to money launderers, killers

He urged people from all walks of life to remain restrained, vigilant, and united

Meanwhile, protests take place at DU overnight to ban Awami League

Acknowledging mistakes is not a sign of weakness; it is a prerequisite for political rehabilitation.

His absence had little to do with form or age. Off-field turmoil pulled him away. When the Awami League government fell on August 5, the political landscape shifted. Shakib, associated with the ruling party, was caught in the storm. The writing was on the wall.

LGRD Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain yesterday said the Awami League members not involved in the July atrocities can participate in polls after apologising to people for the crimes committed by their colleagues. 

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