From snooping devices carried in backpacks to locate people through their phones to a massive infrastructure that can intercept even end-to-end encryption from a central command centre, the Awami League government had been on an increasingly aggressive trajectory towards building a powerful surveillance state.
Police arms records show the brutal truth behind the July killings; the force bought 7 times more lethal weapons than non-lethal ones in 2021-23
A desire for power, intolerance for dissent, and failure to see the writing on the wall undid Hasina's iron-fisted rule
Aviation experts and pilots, both military and civilian, yesterday questioned the rationale behind allowing military aircraft to conduct training exercises over a densely populated area like Dhaka.
The fallen Sheikh Hasina government abused the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009 the most to prosecute victims of enforced disappearance, found the commission investigating enforced disappearances.
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has found 16 secret detention centres across the country so far.
One of the main targets of this government is the recovery of stolen assets, or assets that have been pilfered abroad through capital flight.
CAAB’s own inquiry finds irregularities by training academies, raising questions about aviation safety
“They made us sign a waiver stating that we would never file any case before they handed over my brother’s body.”
Fears for physical safety and instances of judicial harassment are still profoundly visible -- only the actors have changed.
How did our media get to a place where censorship is rampant and media organisations pander to political parties?
Finds govt probe; transport sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials
Inside Gono Bhaban, a fallen dictator's palace
When images of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus inspecting three secret detention centres emerged in the media yesterday, it did not take long for survivors to recognise the places where they had been held captive.
Some former army officials are planning to bring forth a political party in March under the coordination of Brig Gen (retd) Md Shamim Kamal.
As the Bangladeshi embassy in Libya struggles to identify the bodies of the 23 migrants who have washed ashore in the northern part of the country, families back home are desperately searching for their missing loved ones.
Twenty-three bodies, believed to be of Bangladeshis, have washed up on Libya’s shores, with many more feared missing, Bangladeshi Ambassador to Libya Abul Hasnat Mohammad Khairul Bashar said in a live stream on Facebook yesterday.
