THE police on August 13 arrested Salman F Rahman, who was the private industries and investment adviser to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and Anisul Huq, who was law minister in the deposed prime minister鈥檚 cabinet, at Sadarghat in Dhaka reportedly when they were trying to flee using a boat. Student protests for reforms in civil service job...
THE current student movement in Bangladesh highlights the nation鈥檚 ongoing struggles with inequality, poor governance and political manipulation. The events have resulted in significant casualties, raising concerns about the country鈥檚 democratic fabric and the government鈥檚 handling of dissent. The movement and reform efforts have broader...
Venezuela鈥檚 opposition called Sunday for worldwide protests on August 17 to show support for its claimed victory in last month鈥檚 election over president Nicolas Maduro, who was declared the winner...
The interim government took a number of decisions on Sunday, including helping the families of the deceased protesters, making a list, and bearing the treatment costs of the injured during...
The vice-chancellors of National University and Jagannath University resigned on Sunday...
After around a month, metro rail services are scheduled to resume on August 17.
Adviser for posts, telecommunications, and information technology Nahid Islam on Sunday said that action would be taken against the officials, involved in shutting down internet, during the recent student protests...
Ibrahim who worked as an apprentice at a furniture shop had always dreamt of building a two-storey house for his mother, a single parent who had raised him, along with his elder brother Sagar...
Members of the minority Hindu community on Saturday held a rally blocking Shahbagh for the second day in protest against attacks on their homes, businesses, and places of worship in various parts of the country...
WE ARE worried. We are worried after the interim government says that there is no need for the citizens to be worried about its tenure. We are worried because people are still in the dark about the intention and the terms of reference of the interim government. An interim government everywhere in the world is a transitional government under...
Several hundred protesters, including students and lawyers, gathered on the Supreme Court premises and demanded the resignation of the chief justice and the judges of the Appellate Division on Saturday.
After protests sparked at most of the educational institutes in Dhaka and other parts of the country on July 18, Sheikh Fahmin Jafor told his father over the phone that he was coming home as there would be no classes and/or examinations at the college for the day...
Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi at a protest rally on Friday urged the interim government to take steps to stop countrywide attacks and killing...
The death toll from the student protests rose to 377 as a bullet injured youth died on Friday while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Neuro Sciences and Hospital in Dhaka...
Hundreds of people from the Hindu community took to the streets in the capital鈥檚 Shabagh area on Friday afternoon to protest against the attacks on them that had occurred since August 5, following the fall of Sheikh Hasina...
AN INTERIM government has finally been sworn in and portfolios of the government have already been distributed. The government, with Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as the chief adviser, has 16 other advisers, including two leaders of the student protests that ultimately brought about the downfall of the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League...
Bangladesh Retired Police Welfare Association in a statement on Thursday demanded trial of those members of the police involved in killings and torture of protesting people, including students, during protests for quota reform in government jobs...
Three more injured persons died while undergoing treatment in Rajshahi, Dhaka and Feni taking the death toll from the recent violence during student protests to at least 376 till Thursday...
Activities in the country鈥檚 administrative hub Bangladesh Secretariat remained quite limited for the second day on Thursday after the student-led mass protests ousted Sheikh Hasina from power on Monday...
Protests erupted at several banks on Thursday with officials alleging that those who were not aligned with the government or bank owners and those who refused to engage in illegal activities had faced harassment and termination...
Nigerian security forces have arrested seven Polish nationals accused of playing a 鈥榮uspicious role鈥� in protests against government policies and economic hardship, the national security agency said on Thursday...
Pakistan, in its first reaction to Bangladesh's political developments after the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government following student protests, stated on Wednesday that it stood in solidarity with the people of Bangladesh.
Thirty-one cultural organisations on Wednesday paid tribute to student protesters of the quota reform movement who achieved historical one-point demand...
Activities in the country鈥檚 administrative hub Bangladesh Secretariat remained almost suspended for the second day on Wednesday after student-led mass protests ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday...
Nine more bodies were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital raising the death toll to 151 till filing of this report at 6:00pm Wednesday since the forced resignation of Sheikh Hasina amid mass uprising triggered by student protests for quota reform in government jobs...
鈥楬ow will I survive with the child, who will now look after him,鈥� lamented Shanta Maria, the widow of Imran Hosain, who was killed in firing on student protests for government job quota reforms on July 19...
The Amnesty International and Human Rights Development Centre on Tuesday urged the authority to investigate into all the alleged violation of human rights issues during the student protest that killed over 300 students and people...
Bangladesh鈥檚 export-oriented readymade garment factories are going to resume its operations today after a two-day closure amid unrests centring student protests against discrimination...
THE authoritarian government of the Awami League has been overthrown by the democratically oriented student and mass movement and the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has fled the country in half an hour after her resignation. Earlier, several hundred people were killed, several thousand people, including student protesters and...
At least seven people were declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in Bangladesh capital on Monday after clashes between members of law enforcement agencies and protesters at Jatrabari and Old Dhaka in the city....
