Juba Dal leader killed in Barishal over establishing supremacy
A Juba Dal leader was hacked to death allegedly by a Swechchhasebak Dal leader in Barishal鈥檚 Kaunia housing area on Sunday night...
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Expelled Sylhet Juba Dal leader arrested
Police arrested Joydev Chowdhury Madhav, the recently expelled joint organising secretary of the Sylhet city unit of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Sunday in a case filed against him for extortion.
Bangladesh tennis team returns home from Bahrain
The Bangladesh boys鈥� team returned home from Bahrain on Sunday, concluding the ITF World Junior Tennis Competition 2025 campaign by securing third place.
ICT orders to produce 4 on April 9 over killing of Abu Sayed
The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday asked the jail authorities to produce four arrested suspects before the court on April 9 in connection with a case of crimes against humanity committed in Rangpur during the July-August mass uprising.
GOVT SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMISSION:聽Family members of July uprising victims to get quota facility
The interim government has decided to keep quota for family members of the July mass uprising victims 鈥� injured or martyred 鈥� along with children of the freedom fighters and martyred freedom fighters for admission in the...
Govt requisition of buses for NCP launch criticised
The government鈥檚 requisition of buses for people to attend the launch of the National Citizens Party in Dhaka on Friday has sparked criticism...
Sylhet Juba Dal leader expelled for extortion
A leader of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, youth front of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was expelled from the organisation midnight past Friday on charge of demanding extortion from hawkers in Sylhet city...
Inclusive politics is not about making rhetorical claims
JULY uprising student leaders on February 28 launched a political party, the National Citizen Party, with the aspirations of establishing a second republic. Coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination platform, formed seeking reforms in public service job reservations, and members of the National Citizens鈥� Committee, another platform formed after the fall of the...
New political party draws mixed reactions
Three political parties and a student organisation on Friday gave mixed reactions to the formation of a new political party by leaders of the student-led July-August mass uprising that ousted the authoritarian Awami League regime.
Uprising leaders float party aiming at second republic
Student leaders of the successful July-August mass uprising against the Awami League regime on Friday launched a new political party, the National Citizens鈥� Party, aiming at establishing a second republic.
Thousands gather at Manik Mia Avenue for launch of new political party
Thousands of people with procession have joined the launching of a new political party of student activists of the July Uprising, at Manik Miah Avenue in Dhaka.
Bangladesh boys exit from semis of ITF World Junior Tennis
Bangladesh鈥檚 boys鈥� team has been eliminated from the semi-finals of the ITF World Junior Tennis Competition 2025 after suffering a 0-2 defeat to Hong Kong in Isa Town, Bahrain, on Friday.
Allowance for uprising victims likely from March
The interim government on Thursday announced that the government was likely to start from March the distribution of monthly allowance for the victims of July mass uprising...
Govt trying to unearth July martyrs buried in unmarked graves: CA press secy
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said the interim government was trying to unearth the July martyrs who were buried in unmarked graves.
Judicial independence key to democracy: Justice Farah Mahbub
Senior judge of the High Court Division, Justice Farah Mahbub, on Thursday, emphasised that judicial independence was fundamental to democracy and hailed the chief justice鈥檚 recently proposed roadmap for judicial reform...
Narsingdi Juba Dal leader 鈥榓ssaults鈥� railway staff over 鈥榚xtortion鈥�
Some staff of Narsingdi railway station have been physically assaulted allegedly by Mahmudul Hasan Chowdhury Sumon, convener of Narsingdi district town unit Juba Dal, for not paying extortion...
Bangladesh reach boys doubles qtrs of ITF World Junior Tennis
Bangladesh confirmed their place in the quarter-finals of the boys' doubles event of the ITF World Junior Tennis Competition 2025 with a 2-0 match win over Nepal in Isa Town, Bahrain, on Thursday.
Injured of mass uprising continue demo in front of CA鈥檚 office for 2nd day
A group of people injured in the July-August mass uprising staged a sit-in for the second consecutive day in front of the chief adviser鈥檚 office at Tejgaon in Dhaka on Thursday, demanding removal of Category C from the list created by the interim government for the uprising injured...
ATTACK ON UPRISING PROTESTERS: RUET expells 4 BCL leaders, punishes 44
The authorities of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology on Wednesday took disciplinary actions against 48 students, including the permanent expulsion of four leaders and activists of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, on various charges, including attacking protesters during the July-August uprising and cheating in examinations...
Profiteers hurt handloom industry: Bashir
Textiles and jute adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Wednesday said that some profit-mongers hampered the normal pace of country鈥檚 handloom industry misusing the government facilities given to this industry for its development...
BEPZA to launch employment injury scheme
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority is going to introduce a project named 鈥楨mployment Injury Scheme鈥� in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation to provide aid to the garment sector workers of Export Processing Zones, said a press release...
Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad launched amid scuffle
A group of leaders of the Student Against Discrimination that led the July-August mass uprising on Wednesday launched a new student organisation, the Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad, amid protests and scuffles at the launching venue in Dhaka.
July uprising protesters shot at point blank in some cases: UN report
State security forces and Awami League men were involved in crimes against humanity during the July uprising as the security forces in some cases shot defenceless protesters from point blank range to kill them, said a United Nations report...
Juba Dal leader killed in internal clash in Sherpur
A Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed Juba Dal leader was killed and his two associates were injured in an attack allegedly by rivals over establishing supremacy in Sherpur Sadar on Tuesday night...
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: Mayer Dak files 100 ICT complaints
Mayer Dak, a platform of families of enforced disappearance victims, on Tuesday submitted formal complaints to the office of the chief prosecutor at the International Crimes Tribunal, about 100 cases of enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing...
Manifesto, programmes of students鈥� party not finalised
The manifesto and the programmes of the new political party of the students who led the July-August mass uprising are yet to be finalised though the party is going to be floated on February 28.
Govt should deliver justice for BDR carnage
WHILE the 2009 carnage in the Bangladesh Rifles, later renamed as Border Guard Bangladesh, remains a shocking incident, leaving an indelible scar, the failure to establish the motive and the plotters of the incident and to bring them to justice is unsettling. The rebellion, which began in the border guard headquarters on February 25 and spilled over to some other sector...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Titles on July uprising attract readers
Books on the July uprising have attracted readers, mostly young ones, at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 organised by the Bangla Academy...
CALL FOR UN ENGAGEMENT: Investigating violence against minoritised communities
WHEN the chief advisor professor Muhammad Yunus extended an official invitation to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to conduct an independent fact-finding into human rights violations committed during the July mass uprising, it was highly commended by rights organisations and civil society alike, except for those sections of...
Musk says all US govt staff must justify their work or lose jobs
Elon Musk, the billionaire advisor to Donald Trump, said Saturday that all US federal employees must justify their work or lose their jobs, hours after the president pushed him to be 鈥榤ore aggressive鈥� in slashing government spending...