Traffic chaos in city as curfew relaxes
People rushed onto roads in Dhaka on Wednesday, creating chaos and traffic congestion as authorities relaxed the curfew for seven hours in trouble-hit Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj, and Narsingdi districts...
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Everything will be under control in 3-4 days: HM
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said that law enforcement agencies had been identifying criminals one by one...
Banks partially reopen, see cash withdrawal rush
Some branches of the country鈥檚 commercial banks reopened on Wednesday as the government relaxed the ongoing curfew, allowing offices to keep open from 11:00am to 3:00pm...
13 more killed as violence continues
At least 13 more people were killed as protests and violence continued for the second day of the nationwide curfew on Sunday...
Power consumers compelled to break curfew to recharge prepaid meters
Thousands of people were compelled to break the curfew across the country on Sunday to go to the nearest electricity supply and distribution offices to recharge their prepaid power meters...
Low-income people hit hard amid curfew
People from low-income group, including rickshaw pullers and day labourers, in the capital are grappling with a scarcity of work amid the countrywide curfew imposed from midnight past Friday after at least 112 people were killed across the country in July 16鈥�19 in the movement over quota reform in government jobs...
BGMEA for keeping RMG industry out of purview of curfew
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association on Sunday urged the government to keep the apparel industry out of the purview of curfew...
Offices reopen today as curfew relaxed
The curfew on Tuesday passed a more slackened fourth day with many people seen moving on the roads and the government deciding to reopen offices from 11:00am to 3:00pm on...
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...
Business community must rise above partisan position
AMID the curfew imposed on July 20 for an indefinite period apparently to contain violence centring student protests for quota reforms, businesspeople at a meeting with the prime minister on July 22 urged the government to immediately reopen factories. Most business leaders who attended applauded the government for creating...
Govt must stay off disinformation campaign and act responsibly
THE foreign minister Hasan Mahmud briefed foreign diplomats in Dhaka on July 21 and screened a 15-minute video for them which was focused on the damage allegedly caused by the protesters who sought reforms in civil service job reservations. What the government showed to the ambassadors is half-truth, which is at times worse than lies...
Govt to brief foreign diplomats over developing situation Sunday
The foreign ministry is scheduled to hold a briefing for foreign diplomats in Dhaka at state guesthouse Jamuna today, a day after the imposition of curfew to protect people鈥檚 life and the state鈥檚 property amid the ongoing anti-quota student movement...
PM takes opinions of alliance leaders before imposing curfew
Ruling Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday took opinions of leaders of the partners of Awami League-led alliance before imposing a countrywide curfew to control 鈥榓narchies鈥� created during the ongoing student movement demanding reform in the quota system in government jobs...
31 cultural bodies demand revoking of curfew
Thirty-One cultural organisations on Saturday demanded revoking of countrywide curfew imposed on midnight past Friday after 110 people were killed in the ongoing quota protests...
Security forces target unarmed students: rights groups
The Bangladesh government has deployed the army against the protesting students, imposed shoot-on-sight curfew orders, and shut down mobile data and internet services to target unarmed students in Bangladesh, said the Human Rights Watch on Tuesday...
Protests, violence, killings mark first day of curfew
Protests, violence, killings marked the first day of curfew imposed by the government on midnight Friday while many people defied the order to go out of their homes for works and other purposes...
Many people stranded in Dhaka for curfew
A sudden curfew, imposed across the country since midnight past Friday against the backdrop of violent student protests demanding reform of quotas in government jobs, has left people who are in dire need to leave Dhaka, stranded at railway stations, launch and bus terminals...
Curfew to continue until normalcy returns: AL
The ruling Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said that the curfew would be continued until the return of normalcy in public life in the country...