July-movement

A murder case has been filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy along with 125 others over the death of BNP activist Zahid Hossain Rabbi in the Khilgaon area of the capital during the July movement. On Tuesday, Rabbi's maternal uncle and Jubo Dal leader Naim Kalimullah Sarker filed an application seeking to register the case. After a hearing, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rounak Jahan Taki accepted the case. At the same time, the court directed the Po...

Former vice chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, has been shown arrested in an attempted murder case filed at Uttara West Police Station in the capital involving a July fighter. Standing in the dock during the hearing on his arrest, he said, “I was on the side of July.” After the hearing, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Md. Zakir Hossain ordered him shown arrested on Thursday. He was also sent to jail. Kalimullah was brought before the court th...

A new crisis has emerged at the office of the Directorate General of Health Services in Barishal. The center of the unrest is now the position of divisional health director. Dr. S.M. Moniruzzaman was recently appointed to the post, angering one faction of physicians aligned with the ruling party while pleasing another. The situation has escalated, with one group branding him a ‘fascist’ and forcing him out of his office morning and evening, while another group has threatened to paralyze th...