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Chinese doctors visit聽injured protesters
The members of the Chinese National Emergency Medical Team on Monday visited the patients who suffered severe injuries during the student-led mass uprising and assured them...
Bangladesh Ex-minister Mannan, ex-MP Enamul, journalist Shyamal sent to jail
Different courts in Dhaka, Sunamganj and Rajshahi on Monday sent former planning minister MA Mannan, journalist Shyamal Dutta and former Awami League lawmaker Enamul Haque to jails in cases over incidents during the student-led mass uprising that ousted the AL regime on August 5...
Bangladesh ousted PM Hasina, sister sued over killing of garment worker
Bangladesh ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her younger sister Sheikh Rehana and 69 others were accused in a murder over the killing of garment worker Md Fazlu.
Single mother lost only child
Baby, a single mother, reared her only child, Emon Hossain Akash, after her husband had abandoned her when the child was one year old.
Classes resume at DU after four months
After about four months, academic activities at Dhaka University resumed on Sunday...
Blanket murder cases continue worryingly
DESPITE concern raised by various quarters, including political parties, and assurances from the authorities, blanket murder cases against Awami League leaders, activists, aides and, even, professionals close to them have continued. Such cases and detention in connection with the cases after the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5 amid the student-mass uprising...
Govt should expedite support for July uprising victims
AS THE government struggles to make a complete list of the people injured during the student-mass uprising in July-August, let alone provide holistic support for the victims, another ordinary citizen wounded with a bullet died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital on September 20. The health ministry on September 21 reported that at least 1,423 people...
UN to support Bangladesh reforms, flood rehab measures聽
The United Nations will support Bangladesh in wide-ranging areas including police and election reforms as the interim government rolls out major restructuring of the country鈥檚 institutions, the UN鈥檚 resident coordinator said on Sunday...
Compensation for families of affected workers in mass uprising sought
Leaders of the Socialist Labour Front, the labour wing of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh, on Sunday urged the interim government to prepare a complete list of slain and wounded workers in the recent student-led mass uprising....
Bangladesh politicians Inu, Menon, Ex-IGP Mamun shown arrested in 2 cases
Bangladesh politicians Hasanul Haq Inu, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president and former information minister, Rashed Khan Menon, Workers Party of Bangladesh president and former tourism minister, and former IGP Abdullah Al Mamun were shown arrested in two murder cases on Sunday.
Chinese medical team arrives in Bangladesh at invitation of CA Yunus
Chinese national emergency medical team arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sunday.
Father wants a safe Bangladesh
Abdul Ahad, a three-year-old boy, woke up in the afternoon of July 19 to the noise of two groups pelting each other with stones and went out onto the balcony on the seventh floor of the...
I felt very close to death: bullet-hit Sujon
Khaled Mahmud Sujon, a 12th grade student, said that he had been seeing death closely when he had sustained bullets in his body...
Ex-AL lawmaker Selim Altaf, two cops remanded afresh
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Saturday placed former Awami League lawmaker from Kushtia-4 constituency, Selim Altaf George, and two police personnel on fresh remand in two cases filed for incidents during the student-led mass uprising...
DU forms body on demands for DUCSU, outsider-free campus
The authorities of Dhaka University on Saturday formed a committee to evaluate different demands of the students, including activation of the central students鈥� union by banning partisan politics, a campus free from outsiders, and actions against those involved in attacking students during the mass uprising...
BBS should in no way tweak data for cosmetic face of economy
THE Bureau of Statistics has come to be criticised and its calculation of nationally, and internationally, important figures questioned for years during the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League, overthrown on August 5 through a student-mass uprising, for the manipulation of data that has been nothing short of deceit...
One more bullet injured dies at DMCH
One more person hit by bullets during the student-led mass uprising died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday.
Implementation of mass uprising spirits demanded
Politicians, researchers and activists on Friday at a discussion meeting in Dhaka said that the interim government, headed by professor Muhammad Yunus, should work to implement the spirit of the...
Grandmother dead, grandchild in ICU
Musa Khan, seven years old, was the apple of his grandmother鈥檚 eye. Maya Islam, who used to deal with all his tantrums, had almost always been with her grandchild.
Bangladesh chief adviser Yunus to highlight heroism of student-led uprising at UNGA
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is expected to address the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 27.
Metro rail services now available on Friday in Bangladesh
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has launched the Friday operation of metro rail.
Father seeks justice for son
Sajib Sarkar, a lecturer at Brahmanbaria Medical College, shouldered all the responsibilities for his family as his father struggled with the limited income from a government job.
Ex-justice Manik shown arrested in another murder case
A Dhaka court on Thursday showed retired justice of the Appellate Division AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik arrested in a case lodged over the murder of Abdul Motalib in the capital during anti-discrimination student-led mass uprising...
Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina seen with daughter, strolling around Delhi park
Ousted prime minister of Bangladesh and president of Awami League Sheikh Hasina was seen spending time with her daughter and taking walks at a park in Delhi, India.
Ex-minister Golam Dastagir, ex-MP Selim Altaf remanded
Separate courts in Dhaka and Narayanganj on Wednesday placed former minister Golam Dastagir Gazi and an ex-Awami League lawmaker for Kushtia-4 constituency, Selim Altaf George, on remand for different terms in separate cases of murders during the recent student-led mass uprising...
Three shot at in a house, two survive
Sanjida was hit with a bullet in the lower abdomen as she turned to step inside the room with her daughter, who stepped out onto the balcony a while before...
Fragile unity and challenges ahead
REVOLUTIONS or mass uprisings have been both triumphs and tragedies in history鈥檚 archives, marked by the inevitable complexities that follow the overthrow of entrenched regimes. The July uprising, which brought down the Awami League鈥檚 16-year autocratic rule, is no exception. This student-led uprising was hailed as a watershed moment for democracy in Bangladesh,...
Each family of martyrs to get 聽Tk聽5 lakh, injured Tk聽1 lakh
The executive committee of the 鈥楯uly Shaheed Smriti Foundation鈥� led by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has urged people from all sections of the society, the Bangladeshi diaspora and organisations and business firms to donate to the Foundation....
ECNEC approves 4 projects worth Tk 1,222.14cr
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Wednesday approved a total of four development projects involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 1,222.14 crore.