Instigators of genocide to be brought to book: Nahid
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam on Wednesday said the instigators of the genocide, committed during the student-people uprising, will be brought to book...
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Ex-minister Golam Dastagir, ex-MP Selim Altaf remanded
Separate courts in Dhaka and Narayanganj on Wednesday placed former minister Golam Dastagir Gazi and an ex-Awami League lawmaker for Kushtia-4 constituency, Selim Altaf George, on remand for different terms in separate cases of murders during the recent student-led mass uprising...
Three shot at in a house, two survive
Sanjida was hit with a bullet in the lower abdomen as she turned to step inside the room with her daughter, who stepped out onto the balcony a while before...
Each family of martyrs to get 聽Tk聽5 lakh, injured Tk聽1 lakh
The executive committee of the 鈥楯uly Shaheed Smriti Foundation鈥� led by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has urged people from all sections of the society, the Bangladeshi diaspora and organisations and business firms to donate to the Foundation....
ECNEC approves 4 projects worth Tk 1,222.14cr
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Wednesday approved a total of four development projects involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 1,222.14 crore.
Youths raise 11 demands to end discrimination聽
Youths from different parts of the country on Tuesday raised an 11-point demand for establishing a non-discriminatory Bangladesh by endorsing the spirit of the recent student-led mass uprising.
Left with none to earn bread and board
Syed Mostafa Kamal Raju, a father of three, left his house at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj after he had heard helicopters hovering above and gunshots on July 20. He was shot in the head...
JU invites applications for providing treatment costs
The authorities of Jahangirnagar University have invited applications from the university students injured during the quota reform student movement for providing treatment costs...
Ratul still fighting for life
Zunayed Islam Ratul, a Class-VI student of Path Public School in Bogura Uposhahar, received splinter injuries on his head, body and eyes during student-mass movement...
University authorities should address seat crisis in halls
SEAT crisis in residential halls in public universities has been a persistent problem, with 60 per cent of students having no access to residential facilities. The halls of residence had, moreover, been under the control of ruling party student organisation that used to run seat trade and allocate them in exchange for partisan loyalty. Leaders and activists of the...
Metro rail to run on Fridays from Sep 20
The popular mode of public transport, metro rail, will run on Fridays from this week as per the demand of the passengers.
Former railways minister Sujan arrested
The police arrested former railway minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Monday in connection with a case filed with Jatrabari police station over the killing of student Imran Hossain in the capital during the student-led mass uprising.
UN team calls for info on rights abuses during July-August protests in Bangladesh
A United Nations Human Rights Office fact-finding team, which is conducting an independent and impartial investigation into alleged human rights violations that took place in Bangladesh between July 1 and August 15 this year arising from the recent protests, has sought first-hand information from all concerned.
Ex-ministers Asaduzzaman Noor, Mahbub Ali land in jail
A Dhaka magistrate court on Monday sent former cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor and former state minister for civil aviation and tourism Md Mahbub Ali to jail in a case filed over the death of hotel staff Siam Sarder in the capital鈥檚 Mirpur area during the quota reforms movement on July 18.
RAB arrests ex-lawmaker Enamul over shooting at students, people
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today arrested former Awami League lawmaker Engineer Md Enamul Haque from Adabar in Dhaka on Monday morning on charges of shooting at students and common people during student-led mass uprising at Baghmara in Rajshahi district on August 5.
DU students demand accommodation in halls
A group of female Students of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday noon held a silent human chain demanding complete residential accommodation, ensuring that every student is provided a seat in the halls...
Girl orphaned 75 days after birth
Sumaiya Akter stepped out onto the balcony at her parents鈥� house at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj in the evening of July 20 as a helicopter was flying past amidst the sound of gunshots.
DU students demand seats in dorms
A group of female students of Dhaka University held a silent human chain amid rain demanding seats in dormitories on Sunday noon.
Sarjis assures remaining beside families of people killed in uprising
Leaders of Anti-discrimination student movement on Sunday exchanged views with the families of the people who were killed and injured in the student-led mass uprising in Manikganj.
JL activist put on five-day remand for shooting at students
A Rajshahi court on Sunday placed an activist of Jubo League, the youth wing of the Awami League, on five-day remand in police custody in a case filed in connection with killing of an Islami Chhatra Shibir leader in Rajshahi on August 5...
ICT to be reconstituted soon: chief prosecutor
International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor Md Tajul Islam on Sunday said that the tribunal would be reconstituted soon...
Bangladesh interim govt head seeks US support
The interim government on Sunday sought support from the United States to bring about the reforms it had initiated in various sectors in a move to rebuild the country and...
Another injured in student movement dies
Md Sabbir, who was injured in the anti-discrimination student movement, died Saturday morning. He was 17.
Kushtia college student injured in picnic clash dies
A college student, injured in a clash between two groups at a picnic in Kushtia鈥檚 Daulatpur upazila on August 30, died to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a...
DSF committee suspended
The committees of the Democratic Student Force have been dissolved, and all activities of the organisation have been suspended.
Managing change in cultural sector
CULTURE is the聽integrated聽pattern of human knowledge, belief and behaviour, as the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines, that depends on the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations. True it is that the existence of culture depends on its power of dissemination. Dissemination of knowledge can be of two types...
Public servants should stand equal as others in eyes of law
THE police have decided not to arrest any public servants without specific information and evidence in cases filed in connection with the student-mass uprising that spanned July and August. The police have also decided to drop the names of public servants and other individuals accused in such cases if their involvement is not proved in preliminary...
Death came calling for Rabbi
Asma stared at a photograph, mounted in an album that she spread out, sitting on the bed in a rented one-room house at Dayaganj in Dhaka on September 9.
Making of July uprising
THE success of a mass uprising depends on the indomitable courage and steadfastness of its revolutionary soldiers. Just as a successful uprising requires fearless individuals, it also needs...
US delegation led by Donald Lu due Saturday
Dhaka is ready to host a comprehensive and multi-faceted discussion as it welcomes the first US high level delegation on Saturday following the formation of the interim government, led by...
