A courtroom of tears and prayers
From the early hours, the air inside the courtroom of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 felt thick with anticipation and grief.
17 November 2025, 18:17 PM
Hasina sentenced to death
ICT also hands down capital punishment to ex-home boss Asaduzzaman; ex-IGP Mamun, who turned a state witness, given 5yrs
17 November 2025, 18:14 PM
663 cases against Hasina to proceed as usual
Hasina is additionally facing three more ICT cases
17 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Crimes against humanity: Trial proceedings of four cases likely to be wrapped up in Dec
Trial proceedings in four crimes against humanity cases, excluding the one against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two aides which is set for verdict on November 17, are expected to be completed by December.
15 November 2025, 18:10 PM
Bullet took his voice, future
Once a cheerful boy, whose father dreamed he would become a pilot one day, Basit Khan Musa now sits silent in a wheelchair, a feeding tube in his nose and paralysis gripping the right side of his body.
27 October 2025, 18:46 PM
July Uprising Cases / Formal charges against 45 accused soon
The prosecution will soon press formal charges against 45 accused, including 18 high-profile political figures, as investigations near completion, ICT Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam said yesterday.
15 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Once power brokers, now defendants
Smiles, whispers, and uneasy silence as 16 former ministers and high officials brought to ICT-1
15 October 2025, 10:09 AM
25 former, serving military officers charged at ICT
The prosecution yesterday formally charged 28 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 23 top and mid-ranking current and former army officers, at International Crimes Tribunal-1 in two cases of enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture in the 15 years of her rule.
8 October 2025, 18:23 PM
DU Students’ Vaccination: 43pc jabbed as DU prepares to reopen
Around forty-three percent of Dhaka University students got Covid shots until yesterday and the university authorities are thinking about reopening dormitories in the first week of next month.
16 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Prof Najma Chowdhury passes away
Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Najma Chowdhury died yesterday, just a few days after testing positive for Covid-19.
8 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Road Dividers in Dhaka: Exotic plants outnumber local species, finds survey
Majority of the plants -- 56 percent -- on the capital’s road dividers are exotic species, which is detrimental to the environment and disrupting the ecosystem, found a recent survey.
31 July 2021, 18:00 PM
45pc DU students don’t want online exam, finds survey
Around 45 percent students of Dhaka University don’t want to take part in online exams because of network issues, lack of proper devices, and unfavourable domestic environment, a recent survey has revealed.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Dreams ended too soon
Sumon Hossen was buried at his native village in Jhenaidah on Friday. He was 22 years old. With his death, the hopes and dreams of his parents, which revolved around their son, were also shattered.
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM
The struggle for a seat in a DU dorm
Mir Lokman has been a well-known face on Dhaka University (DU) campus since his first-year as a student. He was the founding president of "DU Mime Action" and staged at least 300 mime dramas at that time at various government and non-government institutes.
4 July 2021, 18:00 PM
DU readies guideline to hold online exams
As the Covid-19 situation has deteriorated in the country, Dhaka University (DU) authorities have decided to take its postponed examinations online instead of in-person.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Change of plans for building a new TSC
Dhaka University’s Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) is set to be built anew, in line with directives provided by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
DU students charged dorm, transport fees despite closure
Though they didn’t use dormitory and transport facilities for around a year and half, Dhaka University students will have to pay for those.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Narcos now out to create LSD market
Narcotics smugglers have long been trying to create a market for the hallucinogenic drug called LSD in Bangladesh, targeting college and university students as consumers.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Greenery being erased for beautification!
A project was undertaken to develop the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan and make it greener, but authorities are seemingly contradicting one of their own goals, as under the same project, they are felling old trees to construct buildings.
28 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Buet introduces preliminary tests for admission
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) has decided to hold a preliminary entrance test for the 2020-21 honours academic session. This will be held before aspirants sit for the final admission test.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Small vendors, floating people fear the worst
Ramiz Uddin had become jobless during last year’s shutdown. To carry on with his life, he had taken Tk 2 lakh loan from a bank and invested the money in coconut business.
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM
DU syndicate divided over naming building
The Dhaka University (DU) administration has become divided over naming a to-be-constructed building of University Medical Centre.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM