Category: Dhaka

Read more about what’s in the July announcement

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Desk Report, Read more about what’s in the July announcement The Chief Advisor to the Interim Government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, read out the July Declaration at a program titled ‘36 July Celebration’ at Manik Mia Avenue in the capital on Tuesday. Read more about what’s in the July anno The program is being held there to mark the anniversary of the July Uprising. Professor Muhammad Yunus read out the July Declaration this afternoon at a program organized by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. Leaders of various political parties, students and…

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EU pre-election observation team to arrive in mid-September

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Desk Report, EU pre-election observation team to arrive in mid-September A pre-election observation team of the European Union (EU) is coming to Bangladesh in mid-September. They are coming to observe the preparations for the elections. Akhtar Ahmed, Senior Secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat, told reporters at the Election Building on Monday. EU pre-election observation team to arrive in mid-September The EC Secretary said that the EU pre-election observation team will consist of seven people, including three foreigners and four locals. The Election Commission has learned this through the…

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There was an attempt to hide the truth.

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Desk Report, There was an attempt to hide the truth. Most of the intelligence reports of the Special Branch (SB) of the police attempted to hide the fact that people were expressing their anger against the government on the streets. Instead, they tried to portray the students and the public as an ‘anti-independence group’ and the movement as a ‘foreign conspiracy’. There was an attempt to hide the truth. The intelligence reports used words like ‘provocation’, ‘miscreants’ and ‘opposition conspiracy’ more frequently. The arguments and language used by the then…

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Post-coup cultural fascism

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Desk Report, Post-coup cultural fascism After the July mass uprising, people are able to speak without fear. Those words that would have led to oppression and coercion, or even the threat of disappearance, are being said with ease. There are many arrangements to create a narrative all around. It seems that behind all these narratives, are we losing the important truth? The exact reason why the dictatorship fell, looking at the events of the year after the uprising, it seems that we have forgotten it. Post-coup cultural fascism Seeing the…

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Bigger changes are possible

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Desk Report, Bigger changes are possible On August 2 last year, a treacherous march was held with the participation of numerous people. There, I said, ‘Hasina’s fall alone will not bring liberation to Bangladesh. It will not stop the growth of the authoritarian system again and again….The liberation war must be freed from the hands of the occupiers….The liberation war must be brought back into the hands of the people….The attack on the people with a dictatorship in the name of looting, injustice, corruption, and destructive ‘development’ will no longer…

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BNP, other parties eye July manifesto

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Desk Report, BNP, other parties eye July manifesto The much-discussed ‘July Declaration’ is being announced on the anniversary of the July Uprising. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will read the declaration at a rally on Manik Mia Avenue in the capital tomorrow, Tuesday afternoon. BNP, other parties eye July manifesto Political parties as well as the conscious civil society are interested in what is in this July Declaration. Concerned people say that in addition to releasing the July Declaration at this program on Manik Mia Avenue, the Chief Adviser may…

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Sheikh Hasina orders ‘no treatment, no release’ at hospital, Imran overhears

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Desk Report, Sheikh Hasina orders ‘no treatment, no release’ at hospital, Imran overhears Student Abdullah Al Imran has given a statement against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun in a case of crimes against humanity committed during the July uprising. Sheikh Hasina orders ‘no treatment, no release’ at hospital, Imran overhears Abdullah Al Imran gave a statement as the second witness in the case at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday. In his statement, he said…

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City Bank’s half-yearly profit increases

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Desk Report, City Bank’s half-yearly profit increases City Bank has released its financial report for the second quarter of the current year (April-June). On this occasion, an event was organized at the bank’s head office and online platform on Thursday. During this event, detailed information about the bank’s financial report was presented to investors and stock analysts. City Bank’s half-yearly profit increases City Bank gave this information in a press release. The release said that City Bank’s consolidated earnings per share (EPS) from January to June of this year was…

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Government cautious about August 5, no security concerns: Home Affairs Advisor

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Desk Report, Government cautious about August 5, no security concerns: Home Affairs Advisor Home Affairs Advisor Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said that the government is on alert regarding August 5. There is no security threat. Government cautious about August 5, no security concerns: Home Affairs Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said this while briefing reporters after the meeting of the Law and Order Core Committee in the conference room of the Home Ministry at the Secretariat on Monday afternoon. This information was given in a press release sent…

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AL’s exercise of strength, ‘March to Dhaka’ announced

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Desk Report, AL’s exercise of strength, ‘March to Dhaka’ announced From the rally at the Central Shaheed Minar, Nahid Islam, the coordinator of the anti-discrimination student movement, announced a one-point declaration on August 3 (2024) to overthrow Sheikh Hasina’s government and eliminate fascism. Then, in order to handle the situation, it was decided to suppress this movement through the use of political force in multiple meetings of the Awami League’s policy-making level. At midnight that day, leaders and activists of the Awami League and allied parties and organizations began to…

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