Role of students, masses in state reconstruction
HILE many may not agree to label the July-August uprising as a revolution, I view it as a potentially revolutionary mass movement. However, after the fall of the Hasina government on...
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Malaysian PM leaves Dhaka for home
Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim left Dhaka for Kuala Lumpur on Friday evening wrapping up his brief visit to Bangladesh.
Ex-minister Sadhan, Krishak League president Samir on remand
Two metropolitan magistrate courts in Dhaka on Friday placed former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder and Awami League鈥檚 farmer wing Bangladesh Krishak League president...
Ganosamhati Andolan seeks implementation of spirits of student, people movement
The Ganosamhati Andolan, a partner of Ganatantra Mancha, on Friday sought implementation of spirits of the recent students and people movement that ended fascist rule of the...
Bangladesh interim chief holds one-on-one talk with Malaysian PM
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held a brief one-to-one talk with visiting Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday.
DB arrests ex-AL lawmaker Shahidul Islam
Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested former Awami League-backed lawmaker Shahidul Islam Milon, elected from Jashore Sadar constituency, from Dhaka鈥檚 Gulistan area on Thursday.
17 JU student movement leaders resign for 鈥榙eviation from goal鈥�
A total of 17 coordinators of the Student Movement Against Discrimination from Jahangirnagar University resigned amid the student platform鈥檚 alleged deviation from its goal of upholding the spirit of a discrimination-free state...
Coordinator Hasnat demands president鈥檚 removal
Hasnat Abdullah, one of the key coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, demanded president Mohammed Shahabuddin be removed from his post on Thursday.
Reforms in education should be priority agenda of govt
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 happy return home turns sad in minutes
Meherun Nesa went to Ganabhaban, the residence of the prime minister, in the afternoon of August 5 as countless others did to celebrate Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 fall.
Failure of interim govt would increase chances of Hasina鈥檚 return: Time
Political observers and analysts in Bangladesh and abroad said that dysfunction in Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government would considerably boost the chances of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚...
PUST VC visit families of martyrs in July protests
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...
Body positive about age limit extension
The committee appointed to review the age limit for entry into the civil service jobs has expressed positive views about raising the limit as demanded by a section of students...
Complaint filed at ICT accuses AL, 14-party allies of committing genocide
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...
JU students besiege admin building for classroom crisis
A group of students of the law and justice department of Jahangirnagar University laid siege to the administrative building of the university on Tuesday, demanding an end to the severe classroom crisis.
Ex-secretary Jahangir Alam placed on 5-day remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat and home ministry Md Jahangir Alam on five-day remand in connection with a case filed over the killing of a teenager Abdul Motalib during student-led mass uprising on August 4.
Brother left alone with father
Ashikur Islam Ashik and his younger brother Atikul Islam Atik, who lost their mother in their childhood, were raised by their father Md Chan Mia, a farmer, and grandmother, Ichimon.
Ex-MP Henry, husband arrested
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday placed former lawmaker Sultan Mohammad Monsur Ahmed on a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of a Juba Dal leader, Shamim Mia, in the capital鈥檚 Paltan area...
Two more succumb to injuries
Two more youth who sustained bullet injuries during the student-led mass uprising died while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Monday...
Justice seekers face hurdle in absence of PPs, GPs
Justice seekers across the country are facing prolonged delays due to the persistent absence of public prosecutors and government pleaders, appointed under the overthrown Awami League regime, from lower courts since the fall of the AL government amid a student-mass uprising on August 5...
Bangladesh's interim head Prof Yunus envisions a new nation in conversation with NPR
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus saw the trajectory of his life change after student-led mass uprising this summer resulted in his installation as the interim leader of Bangladesh.
Govt should engage, coordinate with political parties
THE apparent indifference of the interim government to engage or coordinate with political parties to address the pressing issues that the country faces and the reforms that the country needs is concerning on a couple of counts. The distance between the government and the political parties also suggests a distance between the government and the...
BUET bans student politics on its campus again
The authorities of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology have banned student politics on its campus again...
DU committee to probe violence on campus from July 15 to Aug 5
A four-member fact-finding committee was formed on Sunday evening by the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, Niaz Ahmed, to identify those involved in the violent incidents that took place on Dhaka University campus during student-led mass uprising between July 15 and August 5, 2024.
JU students demand punishment of teacher
Jahangirnagar University environmental sciences department students on Sunday staged a sit-in in front of the department, demanding punishment for a teacher of the department, Amir Hossain Bhuiyan, who is alleged to have sexually harassed several female students of the department...
India opens barrage on Teesta without prior notice: rally
Member secretary of the National Citizens鈥� Committee and former social welfare secretary of Dhaka University Central Student Union, Akhter Hossen, at a rally on Sunday said that India used to open barrage on Teesta without prior notice...
Southeast Bank gets new chairman after 20yrs
The chairman of Southeast Bank has been replaced after 20 years.
Budding cricketer walks the path聽to martyrdom
Maruf Hossain, who once dreamed to live the life of a successful cricketer, eventually embraced martyrdom to bring better days for his country and people.
1,581 killed in mass uprising: students
The health affairs sub-committee of the Student Movement against Discrimination at a press conference on Saturday said that they prepared a list of 1,581 people who were martyred in the...
Govt urged to form commissions over killings
Rights activists, lawyers and politicians on Saturday urged the interim government to form separate commissions to investigate the BDR Mutiny carnage in 2009, Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh rally in 2013 and students-led mass uprising in July-August this year...