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“We Have Not Come to Bid Farewell—Osman Hadi Will Live in the Hearts of All Bangladeshis”

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Chief Adviser at Janazah “We Have Not Come to Bid Farewell—Osman Hadi Will Live in the Hearts of All Bangladeshis” Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said, “Brave Osman Hadi, we have not come here to bid you farewell. You live within our hearts, and as long as Bangladesh exists, you will remain in the hearts of all Bangladeshis—no one can erase that.” He made the remarks on Saturday afternoon while speaking ahead of the janazah of Inqilab Mancha Convener Sharif Osman bin Hadi at the South Plaza of the National Parliament. The chief adviser said, “Dear Hadi, we have not come today to say goodbye; we have come to make a promise to you—that we will fulfill what you stood for.” He added that people across the country have praised Hadi’s political vision, which must remain alive in everyone’s minds and be followed. Professor Yunus further said that Hadi left behind a mantra the nation will never forget— ‘Chiro Unnata Momo Shir’ (Ever Upright Is My Head). “That head will never bow. We m...
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Hasina, Joy, and Putul Convicted in Purbachal Plot Allotment Corruption Cases — Sentences Explained

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Hasina, Joy, and Putul Convicted in Purbachal Plot Allotment Corruption Cases — Sentences Explained

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul have been handed prison sentences in three separate corruption cases involving irregularities in plot allocations under RAJUK’s Purbachal New Town Project.

In the three cases, Sheikh Hasina received seven years’ imprisonment in each, amounting to a total of 21 years.
Sajeeb Wazed Joy was sentenced to five years in prison and fined Tk 100,000 in one of the cases.
In another case, Saima Wazed Putul was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.

The verdicts were delivered this afternoon, Thursday, by Judge Md Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court No. 5. Arguments from both prosecution and defence concluded on 23 November, and the court had scheduled 27 November for announcing the verdicts.

Across the three cases, there are 47 charges filed against 23 individuals. In addition to Sheikh Hasina and her two children, the remaining accused include former state minister for housing Sharif Ahmed; several former RAJUK officials; high-level officers from the Ministry of Housing and Public Works; military engineer Major (retd.) Shamsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury; and Sheikh Hasina’s former personal secretary Mohammad Salauddin.

Among all defendants, only one—Saiful Islam Sarkar, an administrative officer at the Ministry of Housing and Public Works—was acquitted in all three cases.

Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused currently in custody, received one year of imprisonment in each case, totaling three years.

Deposition in all three cases concluded on 17 November. Prior to that, charges were framed on 31 July, officially beginning the trial. One of the cases lists 12 accused including Sheikh Hasina; another names 17 accused including Hasina and Joy; the third lists 18 accused including Hasina and Putul.

In January, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed six separate cases involving allegations of corruption in plot allotments. In addition to Hasina, Joy, and Putul, the accused included Sheikh Rehana, British MP Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Radwan Mujib Siddiq, Azmyna Siddiq, and others. Verdicts in three of those six cases were delivered today.

Separately, on 17 November, the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death in a crimes against humanity case. Former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun—who served as a state witness—was sentenced to five years.


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