ISSUES of national education have recently come to the fore, with the cancellation of a textbook review and revision committee on September 28 apparently amidst opposition by some right-wing Islamist groups after it was formed on September 15. The process of national education also came to be questioned when the authorities cancelled the...
A section of stock market investors for the second consecutive day on Thursday protested at continued plunges in share prices on the country鈥檚 bourses...
Pabna Science and Technology University vice-chancellor professor SM Abdul Awal on Wednesday visited families of the martyrs and the injured in the July-August anti-discrimination student movement in Pabna and Sirajganj...
A section of stock market investors on Wednesday protested at a continued decline in share prices...
A complaint was on Wednesday filed with the International Crimes Tribunal seeking a 10-year ban on the Awami League-led alliance, accusing them of committing genocide and crimes against humanity during the student-led mass uprising...
Indian doctors in Kolkata said on Tuesday they had resumed a strike to protest against the brutal rape and murder of a colleague because their demands for hospital safety improvements had not been met...
Leaders of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh on Saturday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the world community to be vocal against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stop killing Lebanese people...
At least 51 readymade garment factories in Ashulia and Gazipur suspended operations on Saturday, primarily after lunch, as workers staged protests over arrears, the reopening of factories, and demands for a wage increase...
Thousands of Iranians protested on Friday in the capital Tehran and other cities to condemn Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Gaza, AFP journalists and state media reported.
Indian-administered Kashmir voted on Wednesday to elect its first government since New Delhi scrapped the Himalayan territory鈥檚 semi-autonomous status, sparking widespread protest in a region wracked by a decades-long insurgency...
THE extraordinary events that took place during 2022 have reached their denouement at the recently concluded presidential election. The Aragalaya protests that lasted for over three months in the middle of 2022 that were spearheaded by youth and became a mighty protest movement by tens of thousands of people from all walks of life and all parts of...
The authorities of at least 70 industrial units, including 59 readymade garment factories in Savar, Ashulia, and Gazipur, were forced to suspend operations on Monday as fresh workers鈥� protests broke out...
Police arrested Tanzania鈥檚 top opposition figures on Monday, their party said, as the authorities moved to block a mass protest in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.
NEARLY a month after taking office, the chief adviser of the interim government, Dr Muhammad Yunus, announced through a televised speech on September 11 that the families of the martyrs, as well as the students and citizens injured during the July uprising, will receive rehabilitation and their treatment costs will be covered...
A Chinese national emergency medical team will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday to provide advanced medical treatment to individuals severely injured during the July-August protests in Bangladesh...
Environmental activists blocked the cruise ship port in the southern French city of Marseille on Saturday to protest against the sea, air and climate pollution generated by these huge vessels...
Protests continued on Friday over the lynching of two people on the campuses of Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University, while six activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of...
Protests erupted in Dhaka on Thursday as two men were beaten to death in separate incidents on the campuses of Dhaka University in the city and Jahangirnagar University in...
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...
A group of female students of Dhaka University held a silent human chain amid rain demanding seats in dormitories on Sunday noon.
The remaining 26 Bangladeshi migrants who have been granted a pardon by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, returned on Friday.
Different sections of people continue protests as at least 25 incidents of attacks and vandalism at shrines occurred recently in different parts of the country following the ouster of the...
Several Pakistan MPs detained under new protest laws after demonstrating in support of jailed former premier Imran Khan were allowed to attend parliament on Thursday...
Mexico became the world鈥檚 first country to allow voters to elect judges at all levels on Wednesday, after protesters invaded the upper house and suspended debate on the issue...
Anti-war protesters set bins alight and threw horse manure at police during clashes in Australia on Wednesday, with officers arresting 33 people and using tear gas, stun grenades and pepper spray to disperse the crowd...
Thousands of supporters of Pakistan鈥檚 former prime minister Imran Khan gathered in Islamabad on Sunday despite authorities鈥� attempts to block the protesters鈥� main routes into the capital, AFP journalists noted...
Thousands of Mexicans, mainly court employees and law students, protested in the capital on Sunday against a controversial judicial reform proposal that would see...
Students of different polytechnic institutes, including Dhaka Polytechnic Institute and Dhaka Mohila Polytechnic Institute, held demonstrations demanding end of discrimination against them in...
The Indian National Congress on Tuesday cautioned that protests against Adani Group 鈥榯aking over鈥� operations of Kenya鈥檚 Nairobi airport could turn public sentiment in the African nation against India, after members of Kenya Aviation Workers Union had called for protests over plans by the Kenyan government to strike an investment deal with India鈥檚 Adani Group to...
THE departure of the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to India on August 5 against the backdrop of the student protests for civil service quota reform causing the murder of several hundred people has triggered the relations between Bangladesh and India for another paradigm shift. Although Hasina sought and obtained political asylum after the...
