Weapons found in RU BCL leader鈥檚 room
Locally made weapons and drugs were recovered from the room of a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader at Nawab Abdul Latif Hall of Rajshahi University on Sunday...
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72 citizens condemn wholesale arrests, torture in remand
Seventy two eminent citizens in a statement on Tuesday strongly condemned the wholesale arrests of students via block raids and the reported torture under the guise of remand following the countrywide student protests...
Night-time block raids spark panic
Fear gripped many families having young members in Dhaka as law enforcement agencies continued their night-time block raids and door-to-door searches in residential areas to arrest people...
Crackdown on聽opposition, students continues
Filing of new cases, arresting political opposition and students through night-time block raids, and regular drives by law-enforcing agencies have continued across Bangladesh in the...
The fear of truth
TRUTH is defiant. It finds its way to be in public circulation. Sometimes quietly. That has been the case since July 18, when the government suspended all internet services in Bangladesh apparently to 鈥榗ontain violence surrounding the student protest for quota reform鈥�. Public, however, thinks otherwise. Words on the streets are that the...
Quota protesters block Shahbagh breaking police barricade
Students who have been staging demonstrations demanding reform in the quota system resumed their 鈥楤angla Blockade鈥� in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Thursday afternoon despite DMP鈥檚 warning against road blockade....
Air passengers suffer due to anti-quota blockade
Air passengers, especially those departing for overseas jobs, have suffered because of blockade of roads and railways by anti-quota protesters across the country on Wednesday as many had to reach the airport in Dhaka hours before their scheduled journeys...
Student protests aganist quota intensify
Thousands of students in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on Thursday continued their street protests by blocking the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh intersection and major highways...
Shah Rukh Khan to be honoured at Locarno Film Fest
Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be honoured with the Pardo alla Carriera Ascona-Locarno Tourism award at the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, reported ndtv.com....
UPs to get administrator if election not held in time
The Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was passed in the parliament on Monday, introducing a provision for appointing administrators to union parishads after the elected representatives鈥� five-year tenure expires...
Budget allocation for public univs reduced
The budget allocation for the country鈥檚 55 public universities has been reduced for the financial year 2024-25...
Govt must make national document issuance fail-safe
THE High Court has asked the Election Commission and a number of government authorities that include the Local Government Division and the Office of the Registrar General, Birth and Death Registration, to establish the number of the Rohingyas that have been registered as voters and the...
INDIA bloc offered PM post to Nitish Kumar: JDU
Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar was offered the prime ministerial post by the opposition INDIA bloc after the Lok Sabha election results were announced, party leader KC Tyagi claimed in an exclusive interview with NDTV...
HC questions legality of locked docks
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to explain the constitutionality of a rule following which locked docks were established in every courtroom in the country in 2009 to prevent escape of the accused...
Gaza: fate of western civilisation
BLACKENED smoke in the background, the raging inferno ripped through tents long after Israel had bombed another designated 鈥榮afe鈥� zone for evacuated civilians from north of Gaza. A charred body, of a boy or a girl, pulled from the wreckage, still burning...
Pension to remain in social safety allocations in new budget
The government is unlikely to separate the allocations for pension from the social safety net programme in the new national budget which, according to economists, is done intentionally to show the overall programme fat...
Govt, ACC must investigate people Dubai Unlocked speaks of
THE findings of an investigation of the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and the Norwegian news site E24 that 532 Bangladeshis own real estate in Dubai could be a ground for Bangladesh authorities to carry forward the investigation and act accordingly...
Celebrities face 鈥榖lock out鈥� for remaining silent over Gaza
Celebrities who have remained silent on the crisis in Gaza are feeling the wrath of angry fans wielding the 鈥榙igital guillotine鈥� to block them on social media and streaming platforms...
UPs to get administrator if election not held in time
The Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Bill 2024 was tabled in Jatiya Sangsad to make a provision for appointing administrators at union parishads on the expiry of the five-year tenure of the elected representatives...
ADB sets record with $1.42b net income allocation from ordinary capital resources in 2023
The board of governors of the Asian Development Bank on Sunday approved the bank鈥檚 2023 financial statements and a $1.42 billion net income allocation from its ordinary capital resources, the highest in ADB鈥檚 history...
Continued subsidy for power sector is no answer
THE government鈥檚 plan for the highest amount of subsidy allocation for the energy sector in the 2024鈥�25 financial year, defying public opinions for improved support for education, health, and agricultural sectors...
From victimhood to apartheid statehood
THE tapestry of Jewish myths and history spans over two millennia. The Jewish saga of 鈥榙iaspora鈥� to 鈥榓liyah鈥�, of migrations and pogroms, of persecution and the Holocaust is woven with elements of both myths and history...
