Politics

Following the conclusion of his six-day remand in police custody in connection with the murder of trader Abdul Wadud in the capital, Awami League advisory council member and AL-led alliance coordinator Amir Hossain Amu was condemned to jail by a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday.

In a notice published in the local gazette on Sunday night, Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh, announced the appointment of three special assistants with the rank of state minister.

A group of people have set fire to Jatiya Party’s central office in Dhaka’s Bijoynagar area, amid growing tensions between members of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement and the political party.

Police on Tuesday night arrested former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid in the capital’s Uttara area.

Two writs have been filed in the High Court seeking directions to restrain Awami League from all kinds of political activities. Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam, co-coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, filed the writ on Monday (October 28). Senior lawyer Advocate Ahsanul Karim said that this writ has been issued so that the party cannot conduct political activities. He said two writs have been filed on their behalf.

The Islami Chhatra Shibir, has reported a 14-member committee for its Jagannath University unit. The declaration was made through the unit`s official Facebook page final night.

The Interim Government today banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student front of Bangladesh Awami League under Anti-Terrorism Act- 2009.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) issued arrest warrants today for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 people, including top Awami League officials, in relation to alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July-August rebellion.

The Awami League on Thursday demanded the arrest of those who attacked the party leaders and activists and vandalised, looted and set fire to their establishments on and after August 5, the day when the AL government was ousted amid a student-led mass uprising.

President Sahabuddin Chuppu should be removed, according to Hasnat Abdullah, the coordinator of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, which led the massive movement that overthrew the Awami League government.

Asif Mahmud, advisor to the interim government`s youth and sports ministry, dismissed the rumors today that a new political party called the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement was being formed.

In the district`s Sadar upazila Friday night, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) conducted a raid and took former Jhenaidah-1 politician Nayeb Ali Joarder into custody.