On the morning of July 27, 2024, Sheikh Hasina stood silently at the podium at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR), also known as Pongu hospital, in Dhaka. For nearly 14 seconds of the eight-minute emotional speech, the deposed prime minister said nothing. Bitter pain etched onto her face, as if weighed down by the enormity of the bloodshed since July 16, the day police killed Abu Sayed in Rangpur using lethal weapons. Five more lives were lost that day in violence in Dhaka and Chattogram. By the time Hasina stood at the NITOR podium, at least 162 people had been killed over the last two weeks, many of them gunned down with military-grade lethal weapons by state forces, according to The Daily Star’s findings. “I seek justice from my fellow citizens. What crimes have I committed to deserve this?” Hasina,77, said, after visiting some injured victims at
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স্বরাষ্ট্র উপদেষ্টা লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল (অব.) মো. জাহাঙ্গীর আলম চৌধুরী বলেছেন, কোনও বিদেশি নাগরিককে অবৈধভাবে বাংলাদেশে থাকতে দেওয়া হবে না। রোববার সচিবালয়ে স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়ের সম্মেলন কক্ষে বড় দিন ও থার্টি ফার্স্ট
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স্বরাষ্ট্র উপদেষ্টা লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল (অব.) মো. জাহাঙ্গীর আলম চৌধুরী বলেছেন, কোনও বিদেশি নাগরিককে অবৈধভাবে বাংলাদেশে থাকতে দেওয়া হবে না। রোববার সচিবালয়ে স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়ের সম্মেলন কক্ষে বড় দিন ও থার্টি ফার্স্ট
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