Several groups, DU students hold rally demanding ban on AL
Several organisations and students from Dhaka University staged a rally on Saturday, demanding a ban on the Awami League.
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Pran Gopal Datta鈥檚 daughter harassed at BSMMU
Anindita Datta, an associate professor at the radiology and imaging department at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), was allegedly harassed by a group of people on Sunday.
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 12th day
Recommended government primary school teachers, whose appointments were cancelled through a High Court order on February 6, continued their protest programme at Shahbagh in the capital Dhaka for the 12th consecutive day on Monday, demanding their immediate appointments...
Police disperse recommended pry teachers again
Police Thursday afternoon charged batons and sprayed water through canons on the protesting assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order, after they blocked the Shahbagh crossing, demanding their appointments...
Police disperse MATS students鈥� long-march to secretariat
Police on Sunday afternoon dispersed students of Medical Assistant Training School during their long march to the Bangladesh Secretariat in front of Shikkha Bhaban in the capital Dhaka...
MASS UPRISING:聽Victim families block Shahbagh for speedy trial
The families of a number of student-led mass uprising martyrs on Thursday morning blocked the Shahbagh crossing demanding speedy trial of those involved in the massacre.
Man鈥檚 hanging body found on DU campus
The body of a man hanging from a tree was found beside the Mathematics building on the Dhaka University campus on Wednesday morning.
Two arrested in connection with attack on Faruk Hasan
Shahbagh police have arrested two individuals in connection with the assault on Faruk Hasan, spokesperson of the Gono Odhikar Parishad.
Commuters, patients suffer as doctors block road聽for pay hike
Commuters and patients seeking treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University suffered terribly on Sunday as postgraduate trainee physicians blocked the city鈥檚 Shahbagh crossing for hours pressing for pay rises.
Man found dead in Shahbagh area
The police recovered the body of a man at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh area on Saturday afternoon.
Flower trader killed being hit by bus, 2 arrested
The police arrested the driver and the assistant of a Shyamoli Paribahan bus that killed a flower trader by hitting him at Shahbagh in the capital on Thursday...
Revisiting Shahbagh events and July-August uprising
THE Shahbagh movement of 2013 and the recent July-August uprising stand as defining chapters in the evolving narrative of Bangladesh鈥檚 socio-political history. The two protests, distinct in origins and goals though, explain interwoven paths of public mobilisation, collective memory and the exercise of state power. The Shahbagh movement emerged from a nation鈥檚 quest for justice, its rallying cry demanding the...
Govt should find out quarters at play and take lawful action
A GATHERING of people, reported to have been falsely promised loans, converging from across the country at Shahbagh in Dhaka on November 25 prompted police intervention. The city police say that the organisers had promised the people, mostly low-income people from villages, help in getting more than Tk 100,000 in loans without interest and brought...
Home adviser requests all to hold demos at Suhrawardy Udyan instead of Shabagh
Home adviser retired Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday requested all to hold meetings and rallies at Suhrawardy Udyan instead of Shahbagh crossing considering people鈥檚 sufferings.
Battle for soul of Bangladesh far from over
ON A pillar of the metro station in Shahbagh, within view just after the flight of stairs by the side of the Pubali Bank, is a graffiti. While the form has drastically exploded in popularity during and after the July uprising of Bangladesh, there remains a political distinction. This one, evidently hastily sprayed on well after the fall...
Police fire tear gas shells as CA house blocked
The police on Monday afternoon lobbed tear gas shells and baton-charged the protesters who blocked the interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 official residence...
Case filed against DU hall provost, others over mob lynching of Tofazzal
A case has been filed against 15 people including the removed provost of Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall, Professor Shah Muhammad Masum, on charges of beating to death a man on suspicion of theft at the dorm of Dhaka University...
Miscreants threaten to grab Meherba Plaza, GD filed
Meherba Plaza Owners Welfare Association has filed a general dairy with the Shahbagh police station alleging that some unidentified people are threatening that they will occupy offices and land of the building...
100 of Hindus block Shahbagh to protest at attacks on them
Hundreds of people from the Hindu community took to the streets in the capital鈥檚 Shabagh area on Friday afternoon to protest against the attacks on them that had occurred since August 5, following the fall of Sheikh Hasina...
Anti-quota protests rock Bangladesh
Students from different public universities and colleges on Monday blocked rail tracks, roads, and highways in Dhaka and other places across the country, demanding reform in the...
Quota protesters block highways, announce blockade for today聽聽
Students from different public universities and colleges on Saturday blocked major highways across the country, including Dhaka-Tangail, Dhaka-Rajshahi, Dhaka-Pabna...
Police high-handedness to jobseekers unacceptable
THE police detention of 13 protesters who were demanding an increase in the age limit to apply for government jobs is unacceptable. The law enforcers detained the protesters after foiling their demonstrations in the Shahbagh crossing in the...