Police resume partial duties a week after Hasina fall
Police on Monday resumed their operations partially outside their stations in Dhaka and other places across the country six days after long-time ruler Sheikh Hasina resigned as...
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What interim govt says must not carry undertone of arbitrariness
A COUPLE of advisers to the interim government, which has yet to clearly define its tenure, reforms agenda and the terms of reference of the government installed after the downfall of the authoritarian rule of Sheikh Hasina, have聽 already given a reaction that is reflective of an apparent resent when they have been asked about the issues...
Bangladesh鈥檚 inflation in July hits 12-yr high
The overall inflation jumped to 11.66 per cent amid the food price spiral in July, which saw massive student-led demonstrations leading to the ouster of prime minister...
Students seek Hasina鈥檚 trial on genocide charges
The Student Movement Against Discrimination on Monday demanded trial of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned and fled to India on August 5, on genocide charges for...
Sajeeb urges people to pay homage to Sheikh Mujib on August 15
The ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, urged the people to pay their tributes peacefully to the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members on August 15 at Dhanmondi 32...
India blocks Bangladeshis fleeing chaotic regime change
India has arrested nearly a dozen Bangladeshis attempting to cross the border to escape violence and political tumult following deadly protests that led to the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, border officials said Monday...
Home adviser asks AL not to organise 鈥榗ounter-revolution鈥�
Home affairs adviser to the interim government retired Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hossain on Monday warned the Awami League for not attempting any 鈥榗ounter revolution鈥� as it would cost hundreds of lives...
Foreign ministry to write to India for Hasina return if law ministry seeks: adviser
Foreign affairs adviser to the interim government, Md Touhid Hossain, on Sunday said that his ministry would act as regards to a move for bringing back deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina from...
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina contacts party people after fleeing to India
Ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India last week after submitting her resignation amid a student-led mass uprising, started communicating with Awami leaders back at...
HC to resume proceedings on limited scale today聽
The High Court will resume its proceedings on limited scale from Monday, one week after the fall of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 government, while High Court Judge Syed Refaat Ahmed was...
It鈥檚 mob rule, not reform: Joy
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, said that there was no rule of law in Bangladesh where even the Supreme Court was not safe...
UK minister Tulip facing question over living in 拢2m house
Tulip Siddiq, a senior Labour minister of the United Kingdom and niece of Bangladesh鈥檚 deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was facing urgent questions Saturday night after it emerged that she is living in a 拢2 million house owned by a close political ally of her aunt, London-based the Daily Mail reported on Sunday...
Initial attacks contained and no space for playing Hindu card
WHILST some attacks on the Hindus, many actively involved with the Awami League, and their establishments have, indeed, taken place in some areas soon after the downfall of the authoritarian rule of Sheikh Hasina, they have now been contained. The Muslims along with the Hindus immediately started guarding the Hindus and their establishments...
NU, JnU VCs resign among others
The vice-chancellors of National University and Jagannath University resigned on Sunday...
Hasina hints US鈥� hand in her ouster, says resigned to avoid further violence
The former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, hinted that the US had a hand in her ouster and said that she had resigned to avoid further violence and human casualties, reported Hindustan Times on Sunday referring to The Economic Times.
Hasina鈥檚 son Joy terms Bangladesh鈥檚 current situation as 鈥榤ob rule鈥�
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Bangladesh鈥檚 ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has alleged that there is no rule of law in Bangladesh where even the Supreme Court is not safe...
10, including five army personnel, injured during AL protest in Gopalganj
At least 10 people, including five army personnel and journalists, were injured as Awami League leaders and activists allegedly attacked army members and other people while protesting at Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 鈥榝orced resignation鈥� from the post of the prime minister of Bangladesh and demanding her return to the country...
Joy demands election within 90 days
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, demanded the interim government to hold parliament election within 90 days since the parliament was dissolved...
Army attacked, vehicles set on fire in demanding Hasina鈥檚 return
At least 10 people, including army personnel and journalists, were injured as the ruling Awami League leaders and activists allegedly attacked army members and other people while protesting at the prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 forced resignation and demanding her return to the country...
Police fail to start operations outside stations for 5th day
The police could not start operations outside the police stations for the fifth consecutive day on Saturday after prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 fall amid the student-led mass uprising...
BNP people grab many AL local offices
The leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its associate bodies have allegedly started grabbing local level offices of the Awami League after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising...
Surge after political change sends stocks soaring in past week
Dhaka stocks saw a big increase in the past week, thanks to a surge in the last three trading sessions of the week as investors started to regain confidence in the market after the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5, market operators said...
We are worried
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...
Hasina did not 鈥榦fficially resign鈥� before leaving Bangladesh: Sajeeb
Sajeeb Wazed, the son and adviser of Bangladesh鈥檚 ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has said that his mother did not officially resign as the prime minister before fleeing Bangladesh amid escalating anti-government protests...
100 of Hindus block Shahbagh to protest at attacks on them
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...
AL to participate in election under interim govt, says Sajeeb
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, said that the Awami League would participate in the next election under the interim government...
How razakars are made and remade
IT鈥橲 such a relief that Bangladesh is now free from Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 15-year autocratic rule! Bangladeshis at home and abroad awaited this well-deserved freedom without knowing when or how it could materialise. Finally, it鈥檚 delivered by an unpredicted group in a way that was also unanticipated. It鈥檚 a case of leadership without leaders, spearheaded...
DSE market capitalisation increases by Tk 58,468cr in 3 days
The Dhaka Stock Exchange has experienced a significant increase in its market capitalisation, by Tk聽58,468.47 crore, in its past three sessions, as investors heavily bought shares following the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5...
Reinvestigation into BDR rebellion cases demanded
Families of the retired border force personnel on Thursday demanded impartial re-investigation into the killing of 75 people, including 57 army officers, in the Bangladesh Rifles rebellion in 2009...
People start returning looted govt assets in Rajshahi
Rajshahi city people on Thursday started returning things they took away from various government establishments following the resignation of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday...
