AL leader MA Latif placed on three-day remand in Chattogram
A Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Court placed former lawmakers for Chattogram-11 and Awami League leader MA Latif on a three-day remand on Saturday.
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Indian doctors mourn rape and murder聽of colleague
Crowds of Indian doctors dressed in white coats came as if ready for work on Saturday but instead stood outside hospitals demanding justice after the rape and murder of...
Probe into violence against children demanded
Human rights activists and researchers at a discussion on Wednesday called on the interim government to hold probe into incidents of killing, injury and detention of children during the street protests since the middle of July for reform of the quota system in government jobs...
Specific charges against people of AL govt for all crimes must
THE police on August 13 arrested Salman F Rahman, who was the private industries and investment adviser to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and Anisul Huq, who was law minister in the deposed prime minister鈥檚 cabinet, at Sadarghat in Dhaka reportedly when they were trying to flee using a boat. Student protests for reforms in civil service job...
Quota protests: result of social inequality
THE current student movement in Bangladesh highlights the nation鈥檚 ongoing struggles with inequality, poor governance and political manipulation. The events have resulted in significant casualties, raising concerns about the country鈥檚 democratic fabric and the government鈥檚 handling of dissent. The movement and reform efforts have broader...
Venezuela opposition calls for global protests for election 鈥榯ruth鈥�
Venezuela鈥檚 opposition called Sunday for worldwide protests on August 17 to show support for its claimed victory in last month鈥檚 election over president Nicolas Maduro, who was declared the winner...
Bangladesh interim govt to compensate families of killed, injured
The interim government took a number of decisions on Sunday, including helping the families of the deceased protesters, making a list, and bearing the treatment costs of the injured during...
NU, JnU VCs resign among others
The vice-chancellors of National University and Jagannath University resigned on Sunday...
Metro rail services to resume from Aug 17
After around a month, metro rail services are scheduled to resume on August 17.
Those involved in internet shutdown will face action, adviser Nahid says
Adviser for posts, telecommunications, and information technology Nahid Islam on Sunday said that action would be taken against the officials, involved in shutting down internet, during the recent student protests...
Bullet ends Ibrahim鈥檚 dream of house for his mother
Ibrahim who worked as an apprentice at a furniture shop had always dreamt of building a two-storey house for his mother, a single parent who had raised him, along with his elder brother Sagar...
We are worried
WE ARE worried. We are worried after the interim government says that there is no need for the citizens to be worried about its tenure. We are worried because people are still in the dark about the intention and the terms of reference of the interim government. An interim government everywhere in the world is a transitional government under...
Protesters throng SC, demand resignation of CJ, AD judges
Several hundred protesters, including students and lawyers, gathered on the Supreme Court premises and demanded the resignation of the chief justice and the judges of the Appellate Division on Saturday.
Fahmin鈥檚 homecoming turns into his journey to eternity
After protests sparked at most of the educational institutes in Dhaka and other parts of the country on July 18, Sheikh Fahmin Jafor told his father over the phone that he was coming home as there would be no classes and/or examinations at the college for the day...
Death toll rises to 377 as one more bullet injured dies
The death toll from the student protests rose to 377 as a bullet injured youth died on Friday while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Neuro Sciences and Hospital in Dhaka...
New govt must make clear issues people do not know of as yet
AN INTERIM government has finally been sworn in and portfolios of the government have already been distributed. The government, with Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as the chief adviser, has 16 other advisers, including two leaders of the student protests that ultimately brought about the downfall of the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League...
Retired police demand trial of those involved in killing, torture
Bangladesh Retired Police Welfare Association in a statement on Thursday demanded trial of those members of the police involved in killings and torture of protesting people, including students, during protests for quota reform in government jobs...
Death toll rises to 376 as 3 more die from injuries
Three more injured persons died while undergoing treatment in Rajshahi, Dhaka and Feni taking the death toll from the recent violence during student protests to at least 376 till Thursday...
Activities at secretariat start on limited scale
Activities in the country鈥檚 administrative hub Bangladesh Secretariat remained quite limited for the second day on Thursday after the student-led mass protests ousted Sheikh Hasina from power on Monday...
Protests erupt at banks amid political change
Protests erupted at several banks on Thursday with officials alleging that those who were not aligned with the government or bank owners and those who refused to engage in illegal activities had faced harassment and termination...
Nigeria arrests 7 Poles in protests
Nigerian security forces have arrested seven Polish nationals accused of playing a 鈥榮uspicious role鈥� in protests against government policies and economic hardship, the national security agency said on Thursday...
Pakistan expresses solidarity with people of Bangladesh
Pakistan, in its first reaction to Bangladesh's political developments after the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government following student protests, stated on Wednesday that it stood in solidarity with the people of Bangladesh.
Hardly any activities in secretariat for 2nd day
Activities in the country鈥檚 administrative hub Bangladesh Secretariat remained almost suspended for the second day on Wednesday after student-led mass protests ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday...
Death toll rises to 151 in violence since Hasina deposed
Nine more bodies were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital raising the death toll to 151 till filing of this report at 6:00pm Wednesday since the forced resignation of Sheikh Hasina amid mass uprising triggered by student protests for quota reform in government jobs...
How will I survive: Imran鈥檚 widow
鈥楬ow will I survive with the child, who will now look after him,鈥� lamented Shanta Maria, the widow of Imran Hosain, who was killed in firing on student protests for government job quota reforms on July 19...
RMG factories reopen Wednesday
Bangladesh鈥檚 export-oriented readymade garment factories are going to resume its operations today after a two-day closure amid unrests centring student protests against discrimination...
Protesters urge int鈥檒 communities to stand by common people of Bangladesh
In a statement sent out by Abdul Kader, a coordinator of Student Movements Against Discrimination, a platform for protesting students, on early Monday, urged the international community to stand by the common people of Bangladesh and create international pressure to oust this government before the ongoing series of massacres takes the form of genocide...
Houses of state minister, 3 lawmakers attacked in 3 dists
Houses of at least four lawmakers came under attack in Barishal, Lakshmipur and Sirajganj on Sunday during the student protests with their one-point demand for the resignation of the government...
Imran puts onus of apology on army for his detention
Former prime minister Imran Khan has claimed that the army owes an apology to him since he was 鈥榓bducted鈥� by the Rangers on May 9, 2023...
A mutiny rooted in history?
MULTIPLE assumptions emerged from the furious anti-job quota protests that recently catapulted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to her worst encounter during her last 15-years of uninterrupted rule. The number of deaths swirled beyond two hundred as of this writing; overwhelming brutalities, rampant arson, prolonged curfews...