The July fighters of the student-people uprising will get an allowance from next month, said Liberation War Affairs Adviser Faruk-e-Azam.
When I think of July, I remember the silence. Not the kind that settles over a nation out of respect, but the kind that suffocates.
The core problem lies in the performative risk of broadcasting.
To begin with, the origins of the July uprising have been widely misunderstood, both by foreign observers and Dhaka’s own elite commentariat.
The funds will go towards allowances, medical care, grants, and rehabilitation.
The tax-free income limit for war-wounded freedom fighters has been increased to Tk 525,000 from FY27 from Tk 500,000 at present.
By invoking the idea of a new political settlement, the NCP has generated high expectations.
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The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday took cognisance of charges against eight police officers for crimes against humanity, marking a significant step forward in the trial process over offences committed during last year’s July uprising.
Nine months have passed since the July Uprising, yet its human toll continues to surface—survivors left scarred, jobless, and crushed by mounting debt. Among the most visible yet overlooked are those who lost their eyesight—many now living with permanent disability and fading hope.
The government is set to construct a July Memorial Monument at Osmani Udyan in Dhaka to commemorate the July uprising.
They have been charged with murder, attempted murder, unlawful assembly, rioting, abduction, vandalism, extortion, assault, and in certain cases, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
The prospects for change are not without hope in Bangladesh.
The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has found the involvement of eight police personnel, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman, in crimes, including killings, committed during last year’s mass uprising in the capital’s Chankharpool area.
Last year, 17-year-old Nur Mostofa, like many of his peers, took to the streets, standing shoulder to shoulder with the masses to protest the killings of hundreds at the hands of law enforcers during the July uprising and to demand the resignation of then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Pahela Baishakh is the biggest non-communal and soulful festival of Bangalees.
Democracy, though globally dominant since the fall of communism, is far from a one-size-fits-all system.
Right now, there are two major issues: progress of reforms, and the prospect of election
The 1971 Liberation War was the culmination of a long struggle for a democratic, secular, and egalitarian society.
