DHAKA, Nov 17, 2025 (BSS) - The national committee on reviewing harassment cases again urged the political parties to submit the FIR of the cases to the solicitor of the law ministry within November 30 to withdraw political harassment cases quickly filed during the regime of Awami League government. The solicitor wing of the law ministry already has asked the public prosecutor/city public prosecutor to send the lists of the cases which known as ‘false cases’ have been filed against the political leaders and activists between January 6, 2009 and August 5, 2024 particularly before and after the parliament elections in 2014, 2018 and 2024, said an official handout here today. Public notices have been published in the daily newspapers aiming to make the case withdrawing activities speedy and more inclusive. So, the national committee on reviewing the harassment cases has already recommended withdrawing nearly 20,000 cases.     

RANGPUR, Nov 17, 2025 (BSS) - July warriors brought out joyous processions  and distributed sweets in Rangpur after the ICT announced Sheikh Hasina's  death sentence in the case of crimes against humanity committed during the  2024 Mass Uprising.    Students of Begum Rokeya University held a joyous procession and distributed  sweets after Sheikh Hasina's death sentence was issued on Monday afternoon.    Martyr Abu Sayeed's fellow July warriors took out a joyous procession from  the campus and circumambulated Shaheed Abu Sayeed Square in front of the  university and distributed sweets among students and passersby.    They called Sheikh Hasina's death sentence another victory after the 2024  Mass Uprising and shared their joy by hugging each other.    While distributing sweets in front of the main gate of Begum Rokeya  University, Abu Sayeed's co-warrior Shamsur Rahman Sumon said, "The July  Movement took on a different form through the proud sacrifice of martyr Abu  Sayeed Bhai."   "We, the students, are very happy that the fascist Hasina, under the guidance  of whom Abu Sayeed Bhai lost his life, was sentenced to death. This verdict  has created a new history and it is an example for those in power," he said.   In addition, the July warriors of Rangpur celebrated the epoch-making verdict  against fascist Sheikh Hasina by distributing sweets in the Press Club  square, Jahaz Company intersection, Town Hall, July Memorial square and many  other places in the city.    They expressed satisfaction with the verdict and urged the interim government  to bring back Sheikh Hasina from India and implement it quickly.    July fighter Simanto Hossain fed sweets to auto drivers and pedestrians in  the Press Club square.    He said, "Through this verdict, the souls of the martyrs of the July Movement  have found some peace. Our war is successful. Let the fascist Hasina be  brought back to the country quickly and hanged."    In the afternoon, the Jatiya Chhatra Shakti brought out a motorcycle  procession that circled the important roads of Rangpur city demanding that  Sheikh Hasina be brought back to the country as soon as possible and the  verdict be implemented.    This verdict is an example for those in power.   In his reaction after the verdict was announced, Begum Rokeya University  Vice-chancellor Professor Dr Md Showkat Ali said that many people have been  martyred in the movement, and martyr Abu Sayeed is one of them.    Not only are the general students but also the general public of the country  very happy with the verdict in this case centered on martyr Abu Sayeed.    "We will also get a verdict very soon on the Abu Sayeed murder case that is  in the ICT-2. We will be indebted to the blood of Abu Sayeed forever. Whoever  comes to power in the future will work keeping this example in mind," he  said.    The three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1 led by Justice Golam Mortuza  Mozumder announced the verdict in this case on Monday afternoon.    The other two members of this tribunal are Justice Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud and  Judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury.    Along with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman  Khan Kamal, who were ousted in the July uprising, the other accused in the  case is former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.    Of the three accused, Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal are  absconding.   Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, the only accused arrested in the case, confessed  to his guilt and gave a statement to the tribunal as a royal witness.    The court sentenced Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun to five years in prison.