Formal charge filed against Hasina over July crimes against humanity
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 1 Jun 2025
Report that ICT prosecutors filed formal charges naming Sheikh Hasina, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.
View sourceHasina, Kamal ordered shooting of July protesters
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 2 Sep 2025
Report on former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun's ICT testimony naming political and security figures in alleged July-uprising crackdown decision-making.
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 sourceBangladesh election marred by voter suppression
ReviewedTIME · 31 Dec 2018
TIME reported pre-election violence, opposition pressure, and allegations of voter suppression and vote rigging surrounding the December 2018 parliamentary election.
View sourcePolls violence intensity higher this time: Home minister
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 22 Dec 2018
The Daily Star reported Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan's comments about election violence and threats involving election officials before the December 2018 poll.
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