Ban on political activities of AL, allies sought
Three key coordinators of the Students Movement Against Discrimination on Sunday filed two writ petitions seeking ban on political activities of the Awami League and its 10 allies...
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Women鈥檚 exclusion reflects govt鈥檚 patriarchal bias
WOMEN have played a pivotal role in the student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reformation flared into a mass uprising against the authoritarian Awami League government, but their contribution and voice have been largely ignored in the post-uprising political affairs and public narrative...
Bangladesh鈥檚 ICT asks jail authorities to produce 14 politicians, 6 ex-security officials over crimes against humanity
The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday ordered jail authorities to produce 14 political leaders, a retired Supreme Court judge, five former police officers, and a dismissed army officer before it...
Boy who wanted to stand out
Nasib Hasan Riyan, the second of three children of Golam Razzak and Sammi Akter, had a constant drive to stand out, in clothes or in action. He had a dream of becoming a pilot.
867 students still in 10 CMHs
At least 867 students, who were injured during protests led by the Student Movement Against Discrimination in July and August, are still undergoing treatment at 10 combined military hospitals.
JP stages protests against Sarjis鈥檚 visit in Rangpur
The Jatiya Party, ousted Awami League regime鈥檚 close ally, on Saturday staged demonstrations in Rangpur protesting at the visit of Student Movement Against Discrimination central coordinator Sarjis Alam...
Students to sell essential commodities in Khulna today
Members of anti-discrimination students鈥� movement will sell vegetables and essential commodities at fair price in Khulna city from Sunday aimed at breaking syndicate and restoring comfort among the common people...
Women鈥檚 role聽in July-Aug mass uprising in Bangladesh largely ignored
Female protesters of the student-led mass uprising expressed their disappointment as women鈥檚 contribution to the uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India has not been...
President removal uncertain as BNP yet to decide
The decision regarding the issue of the president鈥檚 removal appears to have become uncertain as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday took time to discuss the matter in its own forum, while...
Aklima plunges in plight
Aklima Begum has plunged in a plight since her husband Akhter Hossain died after being shot in clashes on July 19 that broke out over student protests.
Ex-minister Zakir, ex-secys Helal, Kamal on remand
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Friday allowed the police to take former primary and mass education affairs state minister Zakir Hossain, home ministry鈥檚 former senior secretary...
44 police personnel killed in Bangladesh during July-August uprising: CA office
The office of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Friday said that 44 police personnel were killed in July-August student-led mass uprising.
Bangladesh鈥檚 ousted PM Hasina now living in Lutyens' Delhi
Bangladesh鈥檚 ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now living in a Lutyens' Bungalow in India鈥檚 New Delhi after fleeing the student-led mass uprising in Dhaka on August 5.
Former state minister for primary, mass education Zakir arrested in Dhaka
The police on Wednesday arrested Bangladesh鈥檚 former state minister for primary and mass education Zakir Hossain from Mohammadpur in Dhaka.
Protests staged for Cox鈥檚 Bazar judge withdrawal
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, the platform that spearheaded the student-led mass uprising, demanded withdrawal of the judge protesting at bail of the Awami League leaders...
Bangladesh protesters call for political consensus on president's removal
Student Movement Against Discrimination and Jatiya Nagarik Committee on Wednesday jointly called for national unity for the removal of the president and the cancellation of the constitution, while...
Students confines Mymensingh board officials again
A group of students who failed in this year鈥檚 Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations on Tuesday again confined employees of the Mymensingh education board for...
Bullet-hit child Musa sent to Singapore
Seven-year-old Musa Khan, who was shot in the head inside the garage of his Rampura house on July 19 during student protests demanding quota reform in government jobs, was sent to...
No complete list of injured protesters yet
The interim government has yet to make a complete list of the people killed and injured during the student-led mass uprising in July and August that ousted the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime on August 5.
Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination announces new committee
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, the platform that headed student-led uprising, on Tuesday announced a new central committee.
Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination issues 鈥楩ive Demands of Students and People鈥�
The Students' Movement Against Discrimination issued five demands titled 鈥楩ive Demands of Students and People' on Tuesday.
Students stage demo in Dhaka demanding Bangladesh president鈥檚 resignation, ban on BCL
Students demanded the resignation of Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin over his controversial remarks regarding the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister at a demonstration programme held at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Ex-MP Suman arrested, remanded in attempted murder case
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday allowed the police to take former Juba League leader and ex-independent lawmaker for Habiganj-4, Syed Sayedul Haque Suman...
Hasina made ousted, no question of resignation: Hasnat
Hasnat Abdullah, coordinator of the anti-discrimination student movement, on Monday said that Sheikh Hasina had been ousted. So, there was no question about...
JU students demand resignation of Bangladesh president
Students of Jahangirnagar University brought out a torch procession on the campus on Monday night demanding the resignation of Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin.
Bangladesh president urges people to avoid controversy over Hasina鈥檚 resignation
Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin has urged the people to refrain from creating any further controversy surrounding the resignation of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
ZI Khan Panna granted bail, plaintiff for dropping him
The High Court on Monday granted pre-arrest bail to human rights defender and Supreme Court lawyer ZI Khan Panna in an attempted murder case.
ZI Khan Panna granted pre-arrest bail in attempt to murder case
The High Court in Bangladesh on Monday granted pre-arrest bail to prominent human rights defender ZI Khan Panna in an attempted murder case.
Improvement of mental health stressed
Educationists and education activists at an exchange of views in Dhaka on Sunday said that all stakeholders should work together to improve the mental health of the primary students...
Curfew held parents off dying daughter
Liza, a 21-year-old household services worker, was shot in the abdomen as on hearing gunshots, she rushed onto the seventh-floor balcony of a building in the Shantinagar crossing in...