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The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday took cognisance of charges against eight police officers for crimes against humanity, marking a significant step forward in the trial process over offences committed during last year’s July uprising.

Bangladesh’s role in regional peace must go beyond ceremonial diplomacy.

Nine months have passed since the July Uprising, yet its human toll continues to surface—survivors left scarred, jobless, and crushed by mounting debt. Among the most visible yet overlooked are those who lost their eyesight—many now living with permanent disability and fading hope.

The government is set to construct a July Memorial Monument at Osmani Udyan in Dhaka to commemorate the July uprising.

They have been charged with murder, attempted murder, unlawful assembly, rioting, abduction, vandalism, extortion, assault, and in certain cases, genocide, and crimes against humanity.

The prospects for change are not without hope in Bangladesh.

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has found the involvement of eight police personnel, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman, in crimes, including killings, committed during last year’s mass uprising in the capital’s Chankharpool area.

Last year, 17-year-old Nur Mostofa, like many of his peers, took to the streets, standing shoulder to shoulder with the masses to protest the killings of hundreds at the hands of law enforcers during the July uprising and to demand the resignation of then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Pahela Baishakh is the biggest non-communal and soulful festival of Bangalees.

Democracy, though globally dominant since the fall of communism, is far from a one-size-fits-all system.

Right now, there are two major issues: progress of reforms, and the prospect of election

The 1971 Liberation War was the culmination of a long struggle for a democratic, secular, and egalitarian society.

BNP’s adversarial politics hurts more because it was expected to lead a new culture of politics.

The two platforms became largely inactive after they floated their political party -- National Citizen Party (NCP) and student body Democratic Student Council

The prosecution of international crimes, whether at the international or domestic level, is a serious matter.

From actively participating in protests to strategising and coordinating activities, women contributed at every level

Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina told Nitor doctors neither to treat those injured in the July uprising nor to release those who were hospitalised, said Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam at the International Crimes Tribunal.

In at least seven instances, two separate murder cases have been filed over the death of one July uprising victim, with conflicting information, and different accused and witnesses.

Both the previous government (Awami League) and opposition groups recruited, paid, and used children in violence during the July uprising, a United Nations Fact-Finding Mission has reported.