NBR to conduct drive against illegal tobacco trading
The National Board of Revenue has decided to conduct drive against illegal tobacco trading in the market to secure revenue collection from the sector...
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GAZIPUR ATTACK: Protests spread, OC withdrawn
Leaders and activists of Students Against Discrimination and political platform Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Saturday held protest rallies and processions over the Friday night attack on students, leaving 15 people injured in Gazipur.
SI withdrawn after detention of July protesters
A sub-inspector of Uttara West police station was withdrawn early Wednesday, hours after Tuesday evening鈥檚 detention of three students of the Students Against Discrimination in the capital鈥檚 Uttara...
PROTESTING AGAINST EVICTION DRIVE: Petrol pump owners withdraw strike after 8 hours
The Bangladesh Petroleum Dealers, Distributors, Agents and Petrol Pump Owners Association withdrew its strike eight hours after it had called for an indefinite strike in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions from Wednesday morning protesting against a Roads and Highways Department鈥檚 recent eviction drive in Naogaon...
Attacks on police show public order failure
A SERIES of mob attacks on the police and their stations centring on attempts at snatching away the detained that have taken place recently, the latest having happened in Dhaka at night on February 4, are deplorable on a couple of counts. Such incidents taking place one after another harm law enforcement and the public perception about law enforcement. The...
Violence against journalists must end
THE assault on four journalists near the deputy commissioner鈥檚 office in Shariatpur by miscreants is alarming. The attack, reportedly in retaliation for news exposing medical negligence in a local hospital, highlights the growing hostility towards the press and the lack of security of journalists, especially those who work in districts. Witnesses say that...
Environment drives should be adequately supported
THE violent attack on a Department of Environment director during a drive against illegal polythene production at Chawkbazar in Dhaka is worrying as it indicates a weak enforcement mechanism. The director was assaulted on January 26 and had a fractured nose after he had sealed off a factory illegally producing polythene bags. A similar violent attack took...
BRAC University holds lecture on crimes against humanity in Myanmar
The Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University has recently organised a public lecture titled Crimes Against Humanity in Myanmar: Challenges and Way Forward for IIMM on its campus in Dhaka...
PROTESTS AGAINST ADMISSION QUOTAS: 7-college聽 students block Science Lab crossing
The students of Dhaka University-affiliated seven colleges blocked the Science Laboratory crossing Sunday evening to press home their five demands, including the abolition of unreasonable quota in admission tests...
Students protest against rape, murder of Bangladeshi in India
The Students Against Discrimination on Saturday staged a demonstration on the Dhaka University campus in the capital demanding justice over Friday鈥檚 rape and murder of a 28-year-old Bangladeshi woman in India鈥檚 Bengaluru.
PERSECUTION OF WOMEN: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders
The International Criminal Court鈥檚 chief prosecutor on Thursday said he was seeking arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity...
Student Movement leader beaten in Rajshahi聽
A coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination was beaten in his room at a rented hostel in Rajshahi city on Tuesday night...
MBL holds money laundering prevention training
Mercantile Bank Training Institute has organised a daylong workshop on 鈥楶revention of money laundering and combating financing against terrorism鈥� at its premises recently, said a press release...
Layered approach needed to head off economic violence
COMPLAINTS of economic violence against women have, as statistics with the National Helpline Centre for Violence against Women and Children suggest, increased for four years, with 460,358 calls having been received in 2024, which account for more than a half of all the calls, 939,700, in connection with violence against women of any forms received that..
Complaints of economic violence against women on rise
Complaints of economic violence against women are on the rise in the past four years, according to National Helpline Centre for Violence against Women and Children data.
Admin cadre鈥檚 supremacy manifests fascism: speakers
Speakers at a seminar held in Dhaka on Saturday condemned arbitrary suspension of officials from education, health, fisheries and livestock cadres, and the public administration reform commission鈥檚 negligence in listening to the voice of those protesting against inter-cadre discrimination...
KILLING OF MUGHDHO, JAMAAT LEADER: Complaints filed with ICT
The elder brother of Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho, who was shot dead during the demonstrations of the Student Movement Against Discrimination on July 18, 2024, filed a complaint on Thursday with the International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor...
Biden warns of Trump 鈥榦ligarchy鈥� in farewell speech
US president Joe Biden urged Americans Wednesday to stand guard against a 鈥榙angerous鈥� oligarchy forming under Donald Trump as he delivered a dark farewell address before stepping down next week...
Controversial officials being held gradually: home adviser
The government is intensifying its drive against controversial officials within law enforcement agencies and other government agencies, said home affairs adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday...
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: ICT orders detention of APBn constable Sujan
The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday ordered detention of Armed Police Battalion constable Md Sujon Hossain in a case concerning crimes against humanity during the student-led mass uprising at Chankharpool in Dhaka on August 5, 2024...
Sacked trainee SIs hold protests again for reinstatement
Sacked trainee police sub-inspectors on Monday held a sit-in programme in front of the secretariat, the country鈥檚 administrative headquarters, in Dhaka, demanding reinstatement of their jobs...
PROCLAMATION WEEK:聽Student platforms hold mass聽contact progs
The Students Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Friday distributed leaflets and conducted nationwide mass contact programmes as part of their weeklong campaign...
JULY PROCLAMATION:聽Liberation charter or compromise document?
THE announcement of the Students Against Discrimination and its National Citizens鈥� Committee that the proclamation of the July uprising would be made at the Central Shaheed Minar on...
Students Against Discrimination forms July Uprising Cell
The Students Against Discrimination platform has established a July Uprising Cell to ensure medical care for the injured and to support the rehabilitation of the martyrs鈥� families, document the events of the...
JULY PROCLAMATION WEEK: Leaders continue leaflet distribution, rallies
The Students Against Discrimination and Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Wednesday continued leaflet distribution and rallies in Dhaka city and elsewhere as part of their weeklong nationwide campaign demanding the July uprising proclamation by January 15...
鈥楶roclamation Week鈥� begins with rally, leaflet distribution
The Students Against Discrimination and Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Monday began a weeklong nationwide campaign through holding a rally and distributing leaflets, demanding the July uprising proclamation by January 15.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HC JUDGES: President directs Supreme Judicial Council to probe
The president has directed the Supreme Judicial Council to investigate allegations of misconduct against several High Court judges, according to a statement posted on the Supreme Court鈥檚 website on Monday...
鈥楶roclamation Week鈥� announced in Jan 6鈥�11
The Student Movement Against Discrimination and Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Saturday jointly announced 鈥楶roclamation Week鈥� from January 6 to 11, urging the interim government to formally...
ULAB students begin hunger strike demanding VC鈥檚 resignation
Students of the University Of Liberal Arts Bangladesh on Thursday began hunger strike, demanding resignation of vice-chancellor Imran Rahman...
Suspended student movement leader held on extortion charge
The police arrested Omar Faruk Shuvo, a suspended co-coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination, in Feni on Tuesday night on fraud charges, extortion and defamation in a case filed against him...
