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Magura rape victim’s condition worsens: CA press wing

Psychical condition of critically ailing Magura rape victim girl has deteriorated, chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Wednesday.

BREAKING THE CYCLE: Change means women leading, not only bleeding

REVOLUTIONS have long been nourished by the blood and defiance of women, yet when the dust settles, their voices are drowned out by the very structures they fought to dismantle. Bangladesh’s July uprising is no exception. In the euphoria of...

Blaming victims, shielding mob

THE March 3 protest at Lalmatia that Bangladesh Against Rape and Harassment held was not just a response to a single event but the culmination of growing disappointment with the government’s failure to protect women from escalating violence. The demonstrators, predominantly woman activists and concerned citizens, burnt an effigy of the home affairs adviser...

Govt prioritising price stability in Ramadan: press secy

The chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Saturday said that the prices of most essential commodities had now reached a tolerable level compared with the previous Ramadan due to various measures adopted by the interim government to stabilise the prices of essentials during Ramadan...

Starlink being launched to stop online shutdown forever in Bangladesh: Alam

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said the main reason Elon Musk’s Starlink was invited and being launched in Bangladesh is to stop the business of online shutdown forever.

None can survive by means of corruption: Jamaat amir

Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh’s party chief Dr Shafiqur Rahman at a meeting in Lakshmipur on Saturday said that none could be survived by adopting corruption and misrule.

Mostafizur appointed as DMD of Citizens Bank

Md Mostafizur Rahman has been appointed as deputy managing director of Citizens Bank PLC, said a press release...

Hasina’s extradition is govt’s top priority: CA press secy

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Tuesday said the main aim of the government was to repatriate Sheikh Hasina from India and put her on trial.

Rafiq Azad’s birth anniv today

Today is the 84th anniversary of birth of poet and freedom fighter Rafiq Azad.

Shafiqual Haque Choudhury’s death anniv today

Today is the fourth anniversary of death of the founder of non-government organisation Association for Social Advancement, Md Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, said a press release...

Artist Nazma Kabir depicts current time, nature

Artist Nazma Kabir has depicted the July-August mass upsring, city life and beauty of nature in her second solo exhibition titled Brushstrokes of Nature under way at the Safiuddin Shilpalay of Dhanmondi in Dhaka...

Tackling fertiliser and energy bill crisis

BANGLADESH is grappling with overdue fertiliser and energy bills, driven by $800 million in unpaid dues to international suppliers and compounded by limited foreign reserves and inflation. These challenges, worsened by poor decisions of the previous government, such as costly, poorly planned projects like the Adani Power deal and the...

Govt raises VAT to make tax-GDP ratio healthy: CA press secretary

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said the government was trying to take the country’s tax-GDP ratio to a healthy state by imposing a simplified 15 per cent VAT in a bid to ensure the country’s economic growth.

July proclamation: Govt to discuss with political parties to prepare draft: CA press wing

The chief adviser’s press secretary, Shafiqul Alam, on Sunday said that the interim government would hold discussion with political parties soon to prepare the proclamation of the July uprising based on national consensus.

Shafiqul for paying minimum basic salary to journalists

Bangladesh’s interim government chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday said the owners of media outlets must provide a minimum basic salary to journalists.

Helal Hafiz buried with state honours

Renowned poet Helal Hafiz, widely known as poet of rebellion and love, was laid to rest at the Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard at Mirpur in Dhaka on Saturday...

People pay last tribute to poet Helal Hafiz at Bangla Academy

People from all walks of life paid their tributes to eminent poet Helal Hafiz on Bangla Academy premises on Saturday morning...

Poet Helal Hafiz passes away

Renowned poet Helal Hafiz died in the capital Dhaka on Friday.

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Swechchhasebak League leader handed over to police

A group of BNP leaders and activists detained professor PM Shafiqul Islam, vice-president of the central committee of Bangladesh Awami Swechchhasebak League, and handed him over to police on Saturday in Rajshahi...

Exhibition Impression of Surroundings ends

The seventh edition of the exhibition titled Impression of Surroundings ended on Tuesday at Safiuddin Shilpalay at Dhanmondi in the capital...

Restriction imposed on vehicular movement inside cantonment on Nov 21

Restriction has been imposed on vehicular movement inside the Dhaka cantonment on November 21 marking Armed Forces Day, says a press release.

Journalist Rafiq Uzzaman receives award in US

Journalist Rafiq Uzzaman has received the Bronx Community Award in New York in the United States USA recently...

Attack on media won’t be tolerated: govt

Chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said that the interim government would not tolerate any attack on any newspaper.

Taskin, Mustafiz shine in Sharjah 

Pacers Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman led the way as Bangladesh restricted Afghanistan to 235-9 in the first ODI at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Wednesday, despite...

Kalim Sharafi’s death anniv today

Today is the 14th anniversary of the death of Independence Award-winning cultural activist-Tagore exponent Kalim Sharafi.

Politics of gender in post-uprising Bangladesh

GENDER’ is always a thorny topic at times of mass uprising. Historically, leaders of countless mass uprisings around the world decided to put away the gender question for dealing with later. The ‘mass’ had been typically framed as a body that does not have any gender in the common imagination, only to eventually reveal...

Conviction warrant against Shafik Rehman withdrawn

A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday withdrew its conviction warrant issued for sending journalist Shafik Rehman to jail to 7-year sentence on charge of conspiracy to abduct and kill deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy...

Elected representatives enough to reform state: Hafiz

Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Sunday said that the elected people’s representatives were enough for the reforms of the state.

Shafik’s sentence suspended, Mahmudur sent to jail

The government on Sunday suspended the sentence of journalist and writer Shafik Rehman for one year while a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court sent former Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman to jail in a case filed nine years ago...