ICT frames charges against Sheikh Hasina for July-Aug mass killing
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 10 Jul 2025
State news report that ICT-1 framed charges against Sheikh Hasina and two others in a crimes-against-humanity case and noted the rejection of a discharge plea.
View sourceICT prosecution files appeal to enhance Hasina's sentence to death
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 15 Dec 2025
State news report describing prosecution appeal activity after the ICT-1 judgment, including reported conviction details, sentence language, and compensation/confiscation orders.
View sourceFull text of ICT judgment sentencing Hasina to death released
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 26 Nov 2025
State news report on release of the ICT-1 judgment text after the tribunal convicted and sentenced Sheikh Hasina in the July Mass Uprising case.
View sourceHuman Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh
ReviewedOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights · 12 Feb 2025
UN fact-finding report on protest-related human rights violations between July 1 and August 15, 2024, including findings about former-government policy and security-force conduct.
View sourceHasina sentenced to death for crackdown on Bangladesh uprising
ReviewedAssociated Press · 17 Nov 2025
Wire report on the ICT verdict, including Hasina's response denying wrongdoing and calling the verdict biased and politically motivated.
View sourceHow Sheikh Hasina's iron grip unravelled
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 5 Aug 2026
Analysis article tracing electoral controversies, centralisation of executive authority, democratic-space concerns, repression allegations, economic-development claims, and the student-led uprising that ended Hasina's rule.
View sourceBasic Bank scam: ACC files 59 cases against Bacchu, 146 others
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 12 Dec 2023
Report that the ACC filed cases against former Basic Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu and others over alleged loan irregularities.
View sourceBasic Bank loan scam case reporting
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 12 Dec 2023
State news report on ACC case activity involving former Basic Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu and others.
View sourcePK Halder, 13 others jailed for 22 years
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 8 Oct 2023
Court report that PK Halder and 13 others were sentenced in a money-laundering case.
View sourcePK Halder, 13 others jailed for 22 years
ReviewedDhaka Tribune · 8 Oct 2023
Court report on sentencing in the PK Halder money-laundering case.
View sourceHallmark scam: Tanvir, his wife, others jailed for life
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 28 May 2024
Court report that Hall-Mark Group managing director Tanvir Mahmud, chairperson Jesmin Islam, and others were sentenced in a Sonali Bank loan-scam case.
View sourceHallmark scam: Tanvir, his wife, others get life
ReviewedDhaka Tribune · 28 May 2024
Court report on sentencing in a Hall-Mark loan-scam case.
View sourceDestiny MD Rafiqul, 11 others get 12 years jail in money laundering case
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 12 May 2022
Court report that Destiny Group MD Rafiqul Amin and others were sentenced in a money-laundering case.
View sourceDestiny MD Rafiqul Amin, 11 others jailed for 12 years
ReviewedDhaka Tribune · 12 May 2022
Court report on the Destiny money-laundering sentence.
View sourceEvaly CEO Rassel, wife arrested
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 16 Sep 2021
Report on arrest of Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel and chairperson Shamima Nasrin in e-commerce fraud case context.
View sourceEvaly CEO Rassel gets bail in all cases
ReviewedDhaka Tribune · 6 Apr 2023
Report on Mohammad Rassel's bail status in Evaly-related cases.
View sourceEvaly chairman Shamima Nasrin gets bail
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 6 Apr 2022
Report on Shamima Nasrin's bail in an Evaly-related case.
View sourceShapla Chattar killings: Tribunal issues arrest warrant for Hasina, other absconding accused
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 27 Jul 2026
The report says ICT-2 took cognisance of formal charges against Sheikh Hasina and 40 others over the 2013 Hefazat rally and reported prosecution claims concerning 58 deaths.
View sourceICT-2 accepts charges against Hasina, 40 others in ‘Shapla Chattar’ crackdown case
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 27 Jul 2026
BSS reports that ICT-2 took cognisance of the formal charge over the May 5, 2013 crackdown and ordered accused in custody to be produced while warrants remained outstanding for absconding accused.
View sourceICT accepts charges against Hasina, 40 others over 2013 Shapla Chattar crackdown
Reviewedbdnews24.com · 27 Jul 2026
The report describes the complaint filed in 2024, the tribunal's acceptance of charges in 2026, 31 absconding warrants, and competing prosecution accounts of the death toll.
View sourceShapla Chattar incident: ICT issues arrest warrants for Hasina, 4 others
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 12 Mar 2025
The Daily Star reports arrest and production warrants in the Shapla Chattar proceeding and attributes allegations about planning and responsibility to the prosecution.
View sourceICT permits interrogation of accused in Shapla Chattar case
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 24 Aug 2025
BSS reports an ICT order permitting interrogation of several accused in the Shapla Chattar proceeding and describes the complaint brought on behalf of Hefazat leaders.
View sourceBlood on the Streets: The Use of Excessive Force During Bangladesh Protests
ReviewedHuman Rights Watch · 1 Aug 2013
Human Rights Watch documented the 2013 protest violence through interviews and described the casualty and force accounts as contested and requiring independent investigation.
View source61 killed in Shapla Chattar drive: Odhikar
DisputedOdhikar, reported by Dhaka Tribune · 15 May 2013
The report attributes a total of 61 deaths to Odhikar's account of the May 2013 operation; this figure is presented as a rights-group claim rather than an established judicial finding.
View sourceSupreme Court judgment in BDR carnage death reference and appeals
Primary source verifiedSupreme Court of Bangladesh · 27 Nov 2017
The judgment records the 25-26 February 2009 Pilkhana incident, 74 deaths including 57 army officers, the roles of public officials in the crisis response, and criminal-case findings against convicted BDR personnel.
View sourceA summary of the national probe report on the BDR mutiny
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 28 May 2009
The published summary describes the national inquiry committee's mandate, interviews, reported grievances, and its account of planning and leadership within the mutiny.
View sourceThe Fear Never Leaves Me: Torture, Custodial Deaths, and Unfair Trials after the 2009 Mutiny
ReviewedHuman Rights Watch · 4 Jul 2012
Human Rights Watch documented allegations of torture, custodial deaths, and fair-trial concerns after the mutiny through interviews with families, BDR members, officials, lawyers, and journalists.
View sourceBangladesh: Looking for justice: Mutineers on trial
ReviewedAmnesty International · 1 Apr 2009
Amnesty International described the deaths during the mutiny and called for justice under internationally recognized fair-trial standards, while recording reports of torture after the event.
View sourceGovt announces full-fledged commission to reinvestigate BDR carnage
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 24 Dec 2024
BSS reported the gazette formation of a seven-member National Independent Investigation Commission to reinvestigate the February 25-26, 2009 Pilkhana massacre and identify perpetrators and related responsibility.
View sourceGovt halts plan for BDR mutiny commission amid pending appeals
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 15 Dec 2024
The report says the government told the High Court that two related BDR cases were under appeal at the Appellate Division when the commission question was being considered.
View sourceHome Minister vows justice over Pilkhana carnage, rules out new probe commission
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 25 Feb 2026
BSS reported that several Pilkhana appeals remained pending before the Appellate Division and that the government planned phased implementation of the independent commission's recommendations.
View sourceCommission finds AL collectively involved in the killings
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 30 Nov 2025
The report attributes to the National Independent Investigation Commission findings that the attack was planned and involved the then government; these are commission findings and remain distinct from a criminal court judgment.
View sourceAmnesty International urges govt to end crackdown on student protesters
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 6 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported Amnesty International's call to end the crackdown on student protesters after two students were killed and others injured by a speeding bus, and described the movement's safe-road demands.
View sourceBangladesh: Stop Attacks on Student Protesters, Critics
ReviewedHuman Rights Watch · 6 Aug 2018
Human Rights Watch reported attacks on student protesters and critics, arrests of students and journalists, and government promises concerning reckless driving, traffic regulation, and a new Road Safety Act.
View sourcePolice arrest 97 in 51 cases over student protests for safe roads
Reviewedbdnews24.com · 16 Aug 2018
bdnews24.com reported police figures of 97 arrests in 51 cases after the road-safety movement, including cases under the ICT Act; the report described the procedural arrest record rather than a finding of guilt.
View sourceRoad Safety Movement: Four years on, road fatalities keep rising
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 29 Jul 2022
The Daily Star reviewed the 2018 road-safety movement, subsequent government directives, and continuing road-safety concerns without treating the movement's disputed outcomes as settled fact.
View sourceStudents' demands logical, will be implemented: Home minister
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 1 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported comments by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal describing the students' demands as logical, alongside Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader's comments on the proposed transport law.
View sourceEvil political forces infiltrating student protest
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 4 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported that Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader urged students to remain alert to political exploitation and spoke about the safety of protesters.
View source3 ministers slam BNP over protest
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 2 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported public comments by Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, and Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan during the road-safety movement.
View source21 August grenade attack: 24 years on, justice still elusive
ReviewedProthom Alo · 21 Aug 2025
Prothom Alo reported that at least 24 people, including Awami League leader Ivy Rahman, were killed and about 300 injured in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack.
View sourceBangladesh: Probe Recent Attacks
ReviewedHuman Rights Watch · 26 Aug 2004
Human Rights Watch called for an investigation and prosecution after the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka.
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