22 prisoners injured in clash at Gazipur jail
At least 22 inmates were injured after some prisoners of Gazipur district jail tried to revolt on Thursday.
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Families demand return of disappearance victims
Families of victims of enforced disappearance demonstrated outside the Detective Branch鈥檚 office in the capital鈥檚 Minto Road on Wednesday night, demanding return of their missing relatives and holding the perpetrators accountable...
Russia says fighting off Ukrainian border attack
Russia said Tuesday it was holding off Ukrainian troops, tanks and armoured vehicles trying to break across the border into its Kursk region, the latest in several such attempted incursions throughout the conflict...
Victory brings huge opportunities of reforming state structure: Shujan
Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik at a press conference on Tuesday said that the fall of dictator Sheikh Hasina brings huge opportunities for the country to reform the state structure into a welfare state...
Democracy now, democracy always
The fall of a dictator is always destined. So it was with Sheikh Hasina, who ruled the country for the last 16 years, destroyed all public institutions, and became an absolute authoritarian...
Miscreants break Sherpur district jail, 500 inmates escape
Miscreants stormed into the Sherpur district jail, allowing 500 inmates to flee...
Immediate, long-term support for flood victims must
INCESSANT monsoon rain over a few days has flooded many parts of the country, leaving thousands stranded with no coordinated relief efforts. In Feni, one of the worst affected districts, the River Matamuhuri was flowing 220cm above the danger mark, submerging at least 10 villages. In Cox鈥檚 Bazar, roads, cropland and households in five...
Prison to be renovated soon: div commissioner
The Dhaka divisional commissioner Md Sabirul Islam said on Saturday that the Narsingdi district jail would be renovated soon to make it liveable for inmates...
India marks Kargil conflict
Indian soldiers and top brass gathered Friday in the remote Himalayan foothills to commemorate a battle fondly remembered among compatriots for imposing a...
2 more prisoners arrested, 156 surrender
The police on Wednesday arrested two female prisoners who were among 826 inmates of Narsingdi district jail who broke free on Friday, increasing the number of the arrested to 97...
SC sets 7pc quota in govt job amid protests
The Appellate Division on Sunday scrapped the High Court verdict on quota in government job and ordered a 7 per cent quota 鈥� 5 per cent for the children of freedom fighters, 1 per cent for national minorities, and 1 per cent for people with disabilities and third genders...
Cinema halls suffering amid curfew
Cinema halls owners and managers on Tuesday said that due to the ongoing curfew, they were suffering financially and hoped that the government would revoke the restrictions as soon as possible...
SC set to hear appeal against quota verdict this morning
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is set to hear the government appeal against the High Court verdict on quota in civil service recruitment at 10:00am today just as the curfew ends...
Eviction without rehabilitation is unacceptable
THE Dhaka South City Corporation鈥檚 attempt to evict cleaners from their colony in the Old Town of Dhaka, going against a High Court decision, that has left many injured is unacceptable. The Miranzilla Harijan Colony residents say that on July 11, the city authorities used force to evict them and supporters of the Ward 33 councillor attacked them...
Low food supply for flood victims makes a mess of relief effort
THE immediate issues that the authorities need to seriously attend to in the event of flooding are the rescue of people left dangerously marooned and the supply of food for the affected. The government appears to have failed on both the fronts. While a large number of people were waiting to be rescued even from submerged...
Bangladesh lags behind in ICT sector鈥檚 progress: ITU
Bangladesh is lagging behind in terms of making progress in the information and communication technology sector, according to a report published by the...
Press Photo Contest 2024 awards handed over
Drik Picture Library lifted the curtain on Bangladesh Press Photo Contest 2024 with an awards ceremony at the DrikPath Bhaban at Panthapath in the capital on...
Mithu DAKATIA鈥檚 new president, Rasel secretary
Chandpur district Chhatra Kalyan Parishad at Dhaka University DAKATIA got a new executive committee for the 2024-25 term with Mithu Chandra Shil as president and Rasel Hossian Riaz as general secretary.....
Sweepers demand registration of land ownership documents
Sweepers and left-leaning politicians on Wednesday demanded registration of land ownership documents in the name of the residents of Miranzilla Harijan Colony in Dhaka鈥檚 Bangshal area...
DNCC demolishes Sadeeq聽Agro farm
The Dhaka North City Corporation demolished the entire Sadeeq Agro dairy farm on Saturday for illegal construction along the Ramchandrapur canal and...
BSMRMU donates Gaza victims in Palestine
The vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa donated on behalf of all the faculty members, officers and staff of the university for the genocide victims in Gaza, Palestine, said a press release...
Karwan Bazar kitchen market eviction postponed
The Dhaka North City Corporation decided to suspend the eviction activities of the Karwan Bazar kitchen market for a temporary period...
Rights organisations call on govt to end torture, impunity
Different international and local rights organisations on Wednesday observed the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with a call to Bangladesh government to comply with its obligations to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill treatment, end impunity and ensure access to justice for victims...
UN sees tripling of children killed in global conflicts in one year
Global conflicts killed three times as many children and twice as many women in 2023 than in the previous year, as overall civilian fatalities swelled 72 per cent...
LDA protests against eviction of sweepers until relocation
The Left Democratic Alliance leaders on Friday at a protest rally called on the Dhaka South City Corporation authority to refrain from evicting the dwellers of the Miranzilla Harijan Sweeper Colony in the capital鈥檚 Bangshal area until their relocation...
Eviction of cleaners without rehabilitation must stop
THE eviction of cleaners from their colony in Old Town of Dhaka where they have lived since the British era with no rehabilitation plans is deplorable. Dhaka鈥檚 south city authorities have conducted the eviction drive at the Miranzilla Harijan Sweepers Colony at Bangshal since June 10 and have already demolished...
Oman lifts visa restrictions for Bangladeshis
The Omani embassy in Dhaka announced that the Sultanate of Oman had lifted temporary restrictions on 10 visa categories for Bangladeshi nationals...
Child victims of war spiked in 2023 amid Gaza, Sudan crises: UN
Violence against children in armed conflicts reached 鈥榚xtreme levels鈥� in 2023, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to a forthcoming UN report obtained by AFP on Tuesday...
Armed conflicts in 2023 highest since end of WWII: study
More armed conflicts took place worldwide in 2023 than any other year since the end of the Second World War, according to a Norwegian study published on Monday...
ICT businesses concerned over tax waiver removal
Information technology sector leaders on Sunday expressed their concerns over some provisions in the proposed budget for the 2024-25 financial year, saying that the removal of tax exemptions for cloud services and IT process outsourcing could hamper the sector鈥檚 journey toward achieving self-reliance...