Bangladesh has a history of unaddressed violence.
Neither Jamaat, nor its student wing has ever come clean regarding its role in 1971.
As the year comes to a close, several films are set for theatrical release, with “Nakshikanthar Zamin” (“A Tale of Two Sisters”), directed by Akram Khan, scheduled to premiere on December 27.
Bangladesh's hard-won independence, achieved through the Liberation War in 1971, remains the most defining political event in our history.
Duronto TV, the nation’s premier children’s television network, is entering its eighth year since its inception.
'The Hippo Girl and Other Stories' holds up a mirror to a society that judges and ridicules those that do not adhere to its shortsighted vision of a homogenised culture.
Stranger to none, Indian photojournalist and member of the prestigious Magnum Photos, Raghu Rai has been a notable figure in the documentation of the Liberation War of Bangladesh. On May 5 this year, “Rise of Nation”-- an exhibition featuring both released and unreleased photos of the artiste commenced in the capital’s Zainul Gallery, situated at the Faculty of Fine Arts in the University of Dhaka.
“We hardly hear people talking about how lucky we are to be an independent nation. How incredible it is that we earned our freedom. Without understanding the trauma and struggles we endured to earn our freedom, the new generation cannot truly appreciate it.”
A review of 'Father of the Nation Bangabandhu' (NRB Scholars, 2024) by ME Chowdhury Shameem and Iwamoto Keita
Death row convict Mojaheed will file review petition with SC against its verdict that upheld the Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s death penalty for wartime offences, a defence lawyer says.
Supreme Court begins hearing on the appeal against death penalty handed to war criminal and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
War criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed's execution process will start after release of SC’s full verdict, the attorney general says.
A tribunal in Dhaka concludes trial proceedings of war crimes suspect Forkan Mallik and keep the case waiting for verdict delivery. He faces five war crimes charges.
Dhaka tribunal accepts four charges against three suspects for their alleged crimes against humanity in Baniachang of Habiganj during Liberation War in 1971.
The fourth suspect held after a war crimes tribunal issued arrest warrant for 16.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 issues arrest warrants against 11 alleged Razakars of Jessore, who were allegedly involved in crimes committed in the district during the Liberation War in 1971.
Prosecution presses seven charges against five Kishoreganj war crimes suspects for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War.
Supreme Court fixes April 28 for starting hearing on appeals of convicted war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
Here we publish a letter written by Kamruddin Ahmad to the Law Minister on November 21, 1972. Kamruddin Ahmad was a Language Movement hero, politician, lawyer and diplomat.