Awami League must be tried as a party: Asif Mahmud | News

DHAKA, Oct 9, 2025 (BSS) - Adviser to Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan today said Awami League should be held accountable as a party for the killings carried out during the July-August 2024 uprising. "We believe the Awami League must be tried as a party for the massacres it carried out during the July 2024 uprising," he said. Asif Mahmud was responding to a journalist's query this afternoon at the International Crimes Tribunal premises, following his testimony as a prosecution witness (PW) in a case lodged over the killing of six civilians in the city's Chankharpul area on August 5, 2024. He said "Many who benefited under Awami League rule are now trying by various...