Moving out of being haunted by memories
When Abdullah Al Mahin was five years old, he almost got lost while he was leaving the Shishu Academy. Police personnel posted outside the academy, fortunately, recognised him...
Tags : MASS UPRISING
Nahid seeks cooperation to rehabilitate families of victims killed in uprising
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government posts, telecommunications and information technology adviser Md Nahid Islam on Sunday called for cooperation in rehabilitating the families of victims killed in the July-August student-led mass uprising and treating the injured.
Discussion addresses role of pvt univ students in mass uprising
Literary magazine Agnisetu on Saturday at Dhaka University organised a discussion to address the role of private university students in the July-August student-led mass uprising that...
Dream dies in Abdullah鈥檚 death
Abu Bakkar Siddique, aged 59, felt happy when he could put his only son, Abdullah Siddique, in charge in his business of automobile spares in July...
Committee formed for July uprising memorial museum
The government on Saturday formed a 17-member committee for July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum with writer and filmmaker Ebadur Rahman as its convenor...
Two ex-MPs among 250 AL activists sued for attempted murder
A case was filed with Munshiganj Sadar police station on Friday against more than 250 Awami League leaders and activists, including two former lawmakers, for attempting to murder a...
Khichdi loses taste for them
Safwan Akhtar, 15 years old, loved to study and sing and was interested in sports and, especially, video games that would make him dream of becoming a software engineer.
Bullet grazes girl, kills father
Hasib Ahasan, aged 50, was the cornerstone of the family. Anyone would fall back on him for everything, from money to everyday chores...
UN rights chief for strengthening presence
The United Nations fact-finding mission investigating rights abuses and atrocities committed during the July-August mass uprising is likely to finalise its report by the first week of December...
5 ex-ministers on remand
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate courts on Wednesday placed 10 people, including five former ministers, of the ousted Awami league government on different terms of remand in different cases...
Samaritan shot and dead
Md Kamrul Islam came to be shot in the neck at Mirpur 10 on August 4 when he was carrying another person, wounded by a gunshot, during the uprising born out of the student protests that had continued since July 1.
Cultural activists urged to work for people鈥檚 aspirations
Cultural activists and July martyred Farhan Faiz Ratul鈥檚 relatives said on Tuesday that cultural activists should work for fulfilling people鈥檚 aspirations and creating a discrimination-free society, the key spirit of the student-led July-August mass uprising...
Bangladesh's edu ministry waives tuition fees for all wounded students in mass uprising
The government decided to waive tuition fees for the students who were wounded in the July-August mass uprising, said an education ministry circular on Tuesday referring to a president鈥檚 order.
Hit with bullet, dead in custody
Md Mamun, a security guard, was shot at in the chest on a road near his workplace in Narayanganj at 4:00am on July 22 during the curfew imposed to quell student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations...
AL propaganda machinery spreads misinformation: discussion
Speakers including journalists and activists at a discussion in Dhaka said on Monday that the 鈥榩ropaganda machinery鈥� of the Awami League was spreading misinformation and disinformation even after the fall of the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina amid the July mass uprising...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim govt chief for fast construction of museum depicting uprising
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday asked the authorities concerned to set up a replica of Aynaghar (Mirror House) at Ganabhaban, which is set to turn into a museum to preserve the memories of July-August mass uprising...
Bangladesh鈥檚 ICT asks jail authorities to produce 14 politicians, 6 ex-security officials over crimes against humanity
The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday ordered jail authorities to produce 14 political leaders, a retired Supreme Court judge, five former police officers, and a dismissed army officer before it...
Boy who wanted to stand out
Nasib Hasan Riyan, the second of three children of Golam Razzak and Sammi Akter, had a constant drive to stand out, in clothes or in action. He had a dream of becoming a pilot.
867 students still in 10 CMHs
At least 867 students, who were injured during protests led by the Student Movement Against Discrimination in July and August, are still undergoing treatment at 10 combined military hospitals.
Women鈥檚 role聽in July-Aug mass uprising in Bangladesh largely ignored
Female protesters of the student-led mass uprising expressed their disappointment as women鈥檚 contribution to the uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India has not been...
Aklima plunges in plight
Aklima Begum has plunged in a plight since her husband Akhter Hossain died after being shot in clashes on July 19 that broke out over student protests.
Ex-minister Zakir, ex-secys Helal, Kamal on remand
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Friday allowed the police to take former primary and mass education affairs state minister Zakir Hossain, home ministry鈥檚 former senior secretary...
44 police personnel killed in Bangladesh during July-August uprising: CA office
The office of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Friday said that 44 police personnel were killed in July-August student-led mass uprising.
Bangladesh鈥檚 ousted PM Hasina now living in Lutyens' Delhi
Bangladesh鈥檚 ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now living in a Lutyens' Bungalow in India鈥檚 New Delhi after fleeing the student-led mass uprising in Dhaka on August 5.
Students begin hunger strike for justice
A group of students went on hunger strike on Thursday demanding immediate arrest of identified attackers during the student-led mass uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India.
Former state minister for primary, mass education Zakir arrested in Dhaka
The police on Wednesday arrested Bangladesh鈥檚 former state minister for primary and mass education Zakir Hossain from Mohammadpur in Dhaka.
Prosecution for transfer of all cases to ICT amid case trade allegations
The chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, Md Tajul Islam, on Tuesday announced that the prosecution would soon seek an order from the tribunal requesting transfer of all cases...
No complete list of injured protesters yet
The interim government has yet to make a complete list of the people killed and injured during the student-led mass uprising in July and August that ousted the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime on August 5.
Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination announces new committee
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, the platform that headed student-led uprising, on Tuesday announced a new central committee.
Ex-MP Suman arrested, remanded in attempted murder case
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday allowed the police to take former Juba League leader and ex-independent lawmaker for Habiganj-4, Syed Sayedul Haque Suman...
