Activities in the country鈥檚 bureaucratic enclave have remained limited within routine works after the student-led mass protest toppled the past political regime on August 5 and unleashed shockwaves among administrative officers at the secretariat...
THE main grievance of student protesters against the Awami League that led to its downfall was direct and indirect recruitment and appointment in ranking positions in public services and educational institutions on partisan considerations, which became the norm. In majority of cases, especially in public universities, vice-chancellors and others in...
A Dhaka court on Saturday placed former chief whip and six-time Awami League lawmaker ASM Feroz on a three-day fresh remand in a murder case filed with the...
A case has been filed on Friday with Munshiganj Sadar police station against 313 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over the killing of Dipjol Sardar during the student protests.
A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Thursday remanded former commerce minister Tipu Munshi in police custody for four days in a murder case filed with...
Bangladesh Bank will donate Tk 5 crore to the foundation formed for those injured and killed in the recent student protests.
An Afghan woman sings in a video showing just a sliver of her face, one of dozens of women taking part in an online protest against a law that bans women from raising their voices in public...
One more youth who sustained bullet injuries during the student-led mass uprising died while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday night...
Thousands of protesters clashed in India鈥檚 eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiralled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals...
Police in India fired tear gas and water cannon on Tuesday as they clashed with thousands of protesters seeking justice for a doctor who was raped and murdered in Kolkata this month...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police in a public announcement on Sunday night banned all kind of meetings, rallies, processions and protests near the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence Jamuna and...
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said his team鈥檚 first win in Test cricket against Pakistan on Sunday was a tribute to people killed during protests that toppled former premier...
Ansar members have agreed on Sunday to suspend their ongoing protest and return to work following discussions with home affairs adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam.
Protesting Ansar members positioned themselves in front of the secretariat and its various gates, effectively sealing off the administration hub after 12:00noon on Sunday.
Home ministry in a circular on Friday asked the police not to deny or delay recording cases, general diaries and first information reports as the ministry came to know of reports of alleged incidents from mass media and other sources.
People suffered on roads due to protests held by various groups blocking busy streets in the Dhaka city since Wednesday morning, which created heavy traffic congestion amid rain...
THE education ministry has decided not to hold the remaining Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations deferred in the changed reality that had emerged in the middle of July out of the student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations. The examinations were scheduled to begin on June 30 and end on August 21...
A case has been filed against 87 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader in connection with attacks on protesters on August 4 in Sylhet city鈥檚 Bandarbazar area.
Although all he can see is darkness, Bangladeshi student Omar Faruq believes the future of his country is bright.
The Human Rights Support Society, a non-government human rights organisation, said in a report that at least 819 people were killed during student protests and its aftermath across the country between July 16 and August 18...
Chairman of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission Nurul Amin on Tuesday resigned in the face of the movement of officials and employees...
Inter-Services Public Relations on Tuesday protested the report on army chief facing anger from young officers that published in different media outlets...
At least 50 named and 1000 to 1200 unnamed leaders and activists of Bangladesh Awami League, including its presidium member and Rajshahi City Corporation former mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, were sued in a case for killing a student in indiscriminate firing during recent student protests...
A youth organisation, Juba Bengali, on Monday demanded justice for those killed, including its central organiser Asif Iqbal, during student protests seeking quota reform in the...
Thousands of outraged Indian protesters, including arch-rival football fans and lawyers, called for justice on Monday after the rape and murder of a doctor as widespread strikes by healthcare workers entered a second week...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police have suspended Shahbagh police station inspector (operations) Arshad Hossain, who was photographed gagging a student protester during a demonstration on July 31...
A Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Court placed former lawmakers for Chattogram-11 and Awami League leader MA Latif on a three-day remand on Saturday.
Crowds of Indian doctors dressed in white coats came as if ready for work on Saturday but instead stood outside hospitals demanding justice after the rape and murder of...
The United Nations has urged the security forces in Bangladesh to ensure the safety of people holding peaceful assemblies and protests.
Human rights activists and researchers at a discussion on Wednesday called on the interim government to hold probe into incidents of killing, injury and detention of children during the street protests since the middle of July for reform of the quota system in government jobs...
