Polytechnic students continue protests
Polytechnic students in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country continued their protests on Saturday for the fourth day and staged demonstrations titled 鈥楻ISE in RED鈥� to press home their six-point demand...
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Polytech students threaten tougher movement as meeting fails
The protesting students of different polytechnic institutes across the country have decided to go for a tougher movement as their meeting with education ministry officials on Thursday failed to meet their demands...
Protests continue for 4th day
Protests against Israel鈥檚 military offensive in Palestine continued for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday in Dhaka and elsewhere across the country, demanding an immediate end to the bombardment and mass killings...
Pro-Gaza protests continue for 3rd day
Protests against Israel鈥檚 military offensive in Gaza continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in Dhaka and other parts of the country, demanding an immediate end to the bombardment and mass killings in the besieged enclave...
Anti-Trump rallies draw thousands across US
Thousands of people descended Saturday on Washington鈥檚 National Mall and other cities across the United States in opposition to the policies of Donald Trump, in the largest protests since he returned to the presidency...
Trump threatens $9 bn in Harvard funding over 'anti-Semitism'
The US government will review $9 billion of funding for Harvard University over alleged anti-Semitism on campus, authorities said Monday, after it cut millions from Columbia University, which has also seen fierce pro-Palestinian student protests.
Protests against Israeli attack on Palestine continue
Different political parties and student organisations on Saturday continued holding rallies in Dhaka protesting against Israeli attacks on Palestine, especially on Gaza...
Govt should, rather, attend to procedural issues to stop rape
THE government鈥檚 high-handedness in dealing with the outrage manifest in protests sparked off the recent bout of rape incidents is not what the government should show. It should, rather, get down to work, rooting out the causes that create the space for such crimes and amend the laws to deterrently stop the recurrence of such incidents. Protests, which have continued for...
Anti-rape protests continue to spread
Countrywide protests against rape and all other forms of violence against women and children continued for the eighth day running on Friday demanding that capital punishment must be made sure for rapists and safety must be ensured for women and children.
Anti-rape protests erupt across Bangladesh as Magura girl dies聽
Protests against rape sparked again in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country as the eight-year-old rape victim died at Combined Military Hospital in the capital on Thursday.
Protesters sued, anti-rape protests on
A case was filed against anti-rape protesters on Tuesday night as protests against rape and other forms of violence against women continued for the fifth day in a row on Wednesday in Dhaka and elsewhere across the country, demanding capital punishment for rapists...
Workers stage protests in Gazipur
The country鈥檚 major industrial hub, Gazipur, witnessed a daylong workers鈥� protest in various parts of the districts, which resulted in a halt in traffic on the Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways...
More people join protests against rape
Countrywide protests against rape continued for the third day in a row on Monday with more people joining the demonstrations with roads being blocked, human chains formed and rallies held, demanding capital punishment for...
Anti-rape protests spread across Bangladesh
Protests against rape spread across the country on Sunday demanding capital punishment for perpetrators and safety for women.
200 attend Pro-Palestine protests near Columbia University
More than 200 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered Tuesday in front of Columbia University in New York to demonstrate against former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, who was at the campus for a speaking engagement...
Trump for funding cut for US schools allowing 鈥榠llegal鈥� protests
US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will cut funding for schools that allow 鈥榠llegal protests,鈥� his latest threat to turn off the flow of federal money to the country鈥檚 education system...
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 18th day
Assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order on February 6, continued their protest for 18 days in a row on Sunday demanding their appointments...
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 15th day
Assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order on February 6, continued their protest for 15 days in a row on Thursday demanding their appointments...
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 14th day
Assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order, continued their protest for 14 days in a row on Wednesday demanding their appointments...
Sher-e-Bangla Medical College students continue protests
Students of Barishal Medical College continued protest for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding immediate end of teachers鈥� shortage to ensure smooth operation of academic activities...
Delhi should show neighbourly attitude on Teesta water plans
THE protests that thousands of people, mostly of Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari and Rangpur have held are a rightful reaction to India鈥檚 unilateral withdrawal of water of the River Teesta which causes a gradual desertification of Bangladesh鈥檚 north. The people have sat in for two days on the river bank in Lalmonirhat, marched along a four-kilometre stretch...
RIGHTS ABUSE DURING JULY PROTESTS:聽Hasina regime hid abuses by state
The United Nations Human Rights Office in a fact-finding report has stated that it did not find any genuine efforts by the Sheikh Hasina government to investigate any of the serious violations and abuses committed by the state鈥檚 security forces...
RIGHTS ABUSES DURING JULY PROTESTS: UN for bringing perpetrators to book
The United Nations Human Rights Office in its fact-finding report on rights abuses related to July-August protests in Bangladesh has called for suspending officials, including those at the command and leadership level...
Sacked BDR members suspend protests
The members of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, who were dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, and their families on Wednesday suspended their protests demanding reinstatement of their jobs and the release of the detained BDR members...
Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina ordered protesters鈥� killing, body hiding: UN
The ousted prime minister and Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, herself ordered security forces to kill protesters and hide their bodies to quell the student-led protests in July 2024 in Bangladesh, according to a report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...
Another girls鈥� football match halted amid Islamists鈥� protests
Another inter-district girls鈥� football match was halted amid protests by leaders and activists of Islami Andolan Bangladesh at Taraganj in Rangpur Thursday afternoon...
BNP for stripping law enforcers of power to open fire on protesters
Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday called for a permanent ban on the law enforcement agencies鈥� authority to open fire on any political programmes and protests...
Sacked police members during AL regime hold demo in front of HC
Several hundred of sacked police members, who were dismissed from their jobs during the Awami League regime, ousted in August 2024, staged a demonstration in front of the High Court on Sunday demanding the reinstatement of their jobs...
Titumir students continue road blockade
The students of Government Titumir College in Dhaka blocked the road in front of the college for the third consecutive day and continued their hunger strike for the fourth day on Saturday demanding the...
Pakistan outlaws disinformation with 3-year jail term
Pakistan criminalised online disinformation on Tuesday, passing legislation dictating punishments of up to three years in jail and prompting journalist protests accusing the government of quashing dissent...