Sheikh Hasina Resigns

How Hasina’s flight was kept off radar

When the air force transporter plane carrying Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on August 5, it took off as a training flight and turned off its transponders to blur its flightpath and location..The transponders, which transmit location, heading

Hasina 'destroyed' Bangladesh's institutions: Yunus

Former PM Hasina "destroyed almost all institutions" and "the economy was shattered," he said

How Hasina’s playbook was undone

In her final days, Sheikh Hasina desperately clung to power as if she had full legitimacy, unmindful of a big crack in her armour. Her edifice crumbled a month ago on August 5.

Hasina, Asaduzzaman, Quader sued over death of student in Ashulia

The victim's brother Mizanur Rahman filed the case with the court of Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Mostafizur Rahman

4 new murder cases against Hasina in Dhaka

Former PM was also sued in an abduction case in Rajshahi

Murder case against Hasina: Police ordered to submit report by Sept 22

The victim, 18-year-old Dhaka Degree College student Foijul Islam Rajon, was killed during a protest in Mirpur on July 19

Hasina, 33 others sued over May 5 Shapla Chattar ‘mass killing’

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others were accused of "mass killing" in a case filed over the firing on a rally of Hefajat-e Islam at Motijheel's Shapla Chattar on May 5, 2013

Hasina, Nowfel, 32 others sued over killing of HSC examinee in Ctg

The case was filed with Chandgaon Police Station last nigh. With this, Hasina has been facing a total of nine cases, including six for murder, one for abduction, and two filed with the International Crimes Tribunal

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Taste of freedom regained

A magnificent opportunity with potential pitfalls.

August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024

Bangladesh Army refused to suppress protest, sealing Hasina's fate

Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman reached out to Hasina's office, conveying to the prime minister that his soldiers would be unable to implement the lockdown she had called for, according to an Indian official briefed on the matter

August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024

Set aside thoughts of revenge, unite to rebuild country: Khaleda

She hoped for the situation to normalise soon

August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024

Khaleda Zia gets renewed passport

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia received her renewed passport last night

August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024

We must kickstart economic revival

There are many hurdles to overcome in the coming days

August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024

Hasina hasn't decided yet on her next destination: Joy

Former PM's son says she will stay in Delhi for a while

August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024

This is not the Bangladesh we stood in the line of fire for

It is time for us to be vigilant on all fronts, it’s so much harder to protect freedom than to achieve it.

August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024

Prof Yunus to be chief adviser of interim govt

Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus will be the chief adviser of the interim government, said a press release of Bangabhaban today

August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024

Another day passes without govt

The country continued to stagger in a power vacuum for the second day as President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved the parliament yesterday without providing an outline of an interim government or a clear transition path in sight.

August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024

Monday’s Clashes: 92 bodies taken to hospitals

At least 92 bodies, including those of students and cops, were recovered in different parts of the country yesterday following Monday’s violent clashes between protesters and police and attacks on various establishments, including police stations.

August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024

AL stares at a ‘political death’

Trumpeted as a champion of democracy over the last 15 years by her party colleagues and followers, Sheikh Hasina, 77, has become a pariah overnight.