Aaqib Md Shatil

It was the BNP in 2001 who asked for the direct election of women in reserved seats. The party is now opposing the idea.

The high-profile report alleges Hasina personally ordered killings

As Hasina fled, Jatrabari became a killing field with police firing indiscriminately, enraging marchers toward her residence. The mob burned down the station, resulting in six policemen killed. A witness from the station's lock-up recounts the bloodbath from inside.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) denied its helicopters being deployed on crowds were to blame for people’s deaths during July-Aug protests. But a boy’s death suggests otherwise.

The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council’s claims that the deaths of nine Hindu men in August were part of anti-Hindu “communal atrocities” in Bangladesh don’t hold up to scrutiny.

19 UN experts and the top UN human rights official release back-to-back statements condemning the Bangladesh government’s violent crackdown on protests.