Ex-secy Shafiqul arrested, sent to jail
The police arrested former secretary Bhuiyan Mohammad Shafiqul Islam at a resort in the Kuakata municipality area in Patuakhali early Tuesday...
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Large gatherings at Shahbagh intersection ahead of DUCSU polls result
Ahead of the DUCSU polls result, a large number of people, apparently supporters of a political party, assembled in front of the Bangladesh National Museum in the Shahbagh area and the entry gate of Dhaka University.
BUET students聽block Shahbagh
Bachelor of Science in engineering students, mostly from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, blocked the Shahbagh crossing in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon, pressing for reforms in the recruitment and promotion system...
DMP requests all to avoid Shahbagh, adjacent areas
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has requested people to avoid the Shahbagh, Central Shaheed Minar and Suhrawardy Udyan areas in the capital Dhaka today due to multiple political programmes scheduled for the day...
鈥楯uly fighters鈥� continue Shahbagh blockade
A group of protesters, claiming themselves as July fighters and family members of uprising martyrs, continued to block at Shahbagh crossing for the second day on Friday, demanding implementation of the July Charter and the July Declaration.
NCC Bank opens ATM booth at Shahbagh metro
NCC Bank has commenced rollout of ATM booths across all 16 stations of Mass Rapid Transit Line-6, beginning with inauguration of an ATM booth at Shahbagh metro rail station, said a press release...
Case filed aganist 1,200聽 unnamed people
The police have filed a case with Shahbagh police station accusing 1,000 to 1,200 unnamed people for their alleged involvement in Tuesday鈥檚 clash at the capital鈥檚 secretariat area...
Police disperse protesters blocking Shahbagh for PSC reforms
Police on Friday afternoon dispersed a group of students and jobseekers who blocked the Shahbagh crossing in the capital demanding reforms in the Public Service Commission and measures against the masterminds of government job recruitment...
JCD activists again block Shahbagh demanding justice for Shammo
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Tuesday kept the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh crossing blocked for about two hours, demanding justice for Dhaka University student Shahriar Alam Shammo who was murdered on May 13 night...
Nursing students blockade Shahbagh
Nursing students gathering from across the country in Dhaka city on Wednesday blocked the Shahbagh crossing for nearly six hours, demanding recognition of the diplomas in nursing and midwifery as equivalent to bachelor鈥檚 degree...
Police clear Shahbagh, remove barricades聽
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Sunday evening cleared the Shahbagh crossing by removing barricades as a group of injured victims of the July uprising continued their blockade at the crossing, after the main blockade was withdrawn.
Protesters seeking AL ban to return to 鈥楯uly Points鈥�, to rally at Shahbagh today
The National Citizen Party (NCP), along with several other political parties and groups, Friday night announced a series of blockade programmes and rallies to be held on Saturday at all 鈥楯uly Points鈥� in Dhaka and across Bangladesh.
Students, govt job seekers block Shahbagh for 2hrs
A group of students and government job seekers on Sunday blocked the Shahbagh intersection for around two hours demanding reforms to the Bangladesh Public Service Commission.
Several groups, DU students hold rally demanding ban on AL
Several organisations and students from Dhaka University staged a rally on Saturday, demanding a ban on the Awami League.
Pran Gopal Datta鈥檚 daughter harassed at BSMMU
Anindita Datta, an associate professor at the radiology and imaging department at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), was allegedly harassed by a group of people on Sunday.
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 12th day
Recommended government primary school teachers, whose appointments were cancelled through a High Court order on February 6, continued their protest programme at Shahbagh in the capital Dhaka for the 12th consecutive day on Monday, demanding their immediate appointments...
Police disperse recommended pry teachers again
Police Thursday afternoon charged batons and sprayed water through canons on the protesting assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order, after they blocked the Shahbagh crossing, demanding their appointments...
Police disperse MATS students鈥� long-march to secretariat
Police on Sunday afternoon dispersed students of Medical Assistant Training School during their long march to the Bangladesh Secretariat in front of Shikkha Bhaban in the capital Dhaka...
MASS UPRISING:聽Victim families block Shahbagh for speedy trial
The families of a number of student-led mass uprising martyrs on Thursday morning blocked the Shahbagh crossing demanding speedy trial of those involved in the massacre.
Man鈥檚 hanging body found on DU campus
The body of a man hanging from a tree was found beside the Mathematics building on the Dhaka University campus on Wednesday morning.
Two arrested in connection with attack on Faruk Hasan
Shahbagh police have arrested two individuals in connection with the assault on Faruk Hasan, spokesperson of the Gono Odhikar Parishad.
Commuters, patients suffer as doctors block road聽for pay hike
Commuters and patients seeking treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University suffered terribly on Sunday as postgraduate trainee physicians blocked the city鈥檚 Shahbagh crossing for hours pressing for pay rises.
Man found dead in Shahbagh area
The police recovered the body of a man at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh area on Saturday afternoon.
Flower trader killed being hit by bus, 2 arrested
The police arrested the driver and the assistant of a Shyamoli Paribahan bus that killed a flower trader by hitting him at Shahbagh in the capital on Thursday...
Revisiting Shahbagh events and July-August uprising
THE Shahbagh movement of 2013 and the recent July-August uprising stand as defining chapters in the evolving narrative of Bangladesh鈥檚 socio-political history. The two protests, distinct in origins and goals though, explain interwoven paths of public mobilisation, collective memory and the exercise of state power. The Shahbagh movement emerged from a nation鈥檚 quest for justice, its rallying cry demanding the...
Govt should find out quarters at play and take lawful action
A GATHERING of people, reported to have been falsely promised loans, converging from across the country at Shahbagh in Dhaka on November 25 prompted police intervention. The city police say that the organisers had promised the people, mostly low-income people from villages, help in getting more than Tk 100,000 in loans without interest and brought...
Home adviser requests all to hold demos at Suhrawardy Udyan instead of Shabagh
Home adviser retired Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday requested all to hold meetings and rallies at Suhrawardy Udyan instead of Shahbagh crossing considering people鈥檚 sufferings.
Battle for soul of Bangladesh far from over
ON A pillar of the metro station in Shahbagh, within view just after the flight of stairs by the side of the Pubali Bank, is a graffiti. While the form has drastically exploded in popularity during and after the July uprising of Bangladesh, there remains a political distinction. This one, evidently hastily sprayed on well after the fall...
Police fire tear gas shells as CA house blocked
The police on Monday afternoon lobbed tear gas shells and baton-charged the protesters who blocked the interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 official residence...
Case filed against DU hall provost, others over mob lynching of Tofazzal
A case has been filed against 15 people including the removed provost of Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall, Professor Shah Muhammad Masum, on charges of beating to death a man on suspicion of theft at the dorm of Dhaka University...