Just as healthcare keeps the body well and politics energises society, culture gives life its rhythm and soul.
A series of groundbreaking documentaries shedding light on the harrowing aftermath of Bangladesh’s July Uprising is being screened in London.
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.
Bangladesh has a history of unaddressed violence.
The internet, once a mere repository of information, has evolved into the most formidable arena for political engagement.
Nineteen high-profile individuals were produced before ICT in connection with the 'crimes against humanity committed during the July uprising'
In 12 vivid motifs, the July uprising came alive, tracing the heroism of Abu Sayed and the stirring role of women in the movement
Can such a deeply rooted political entity be banned out of existence?
Secularism is entirely consistent with the spirit of non-discrimination that inspired the July mass uprising.
If BNP is voted to power, the party would bring those responsible for the torture and killing during the anti-autocratic movement and the 2024 mass uprising under trial, said BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman today.
When we first started visiting Dhaka Medical College Hospital in January for this story, there were seven protest-related unclaimed bodies freezing in its mortuaries.
On the afternoon of August 5, 2024, word spread across the country that Sheikh Hasina fled to India. In Gazipur, like elsewhere in the country, thousands poured into the streets in celebration. But there was also anger.
They all had families, desperately searching for them amid a nationwide curfew and internet shutdown at the height of the July uprising. Yet, they were buried as "unclaimed" bodies within one to six days after being shot dead, before their loved ones could find them. Seven months after the July
The Daily Star investigates how July uprising protesters were disappeared in unmarked graves
The UN human rights chief made the revelation in a BBC HARDtalk interview on Wednesday
Parvin, 27, a brickbreaker in Dhaka, lost vision in her left eye after police opened fire during her walk to work, injuring her left side.
The path ahead for the NCP will be fraught with challenges.
A staggering 11,348 people fell victims to human rights violations -- including murders, injuries, torture, and attacks on minority communities -- in July and August 2024, according to a study by Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation.
To mark six months since the victory of the July Uprising on August 5, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (SAD) is set to host one of Bangladesh’s largest open-air concerts. Titled “Rebuilding the Nation”, the event will take place on February 22 at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar in Agargaon, Dhaka, the former venue of the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF).
