Students demand roadmap for reforms
The Student Movement Against Discrimination platform on Thursday demanded the immediate announcement of a roadmap for state reforms.
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Return to classrooms, Yunus urges students
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday called upon the students to return to their classrooms and campuses as a well-educated and competent generation was required to reap the benefits of the revolution...
Govt to look after families of those killed in uprising, Nahid says
Bangladesh's interim government information and broadcasting adviser Nahid Islam on Thursday said that the government had the responsibility to look after the families of the people who were killed during the students-led mass uprising.
Students, teachers for space for dissent, democracy at universities
Students and teachers on Tuesday at a discussion said effective academic practice, space for dissent and democracy with functioning students鈥� union could create a flourishing environment at universities in the country.
鈥楽haheedi March鈥� held across Bangladesh
The Anti-discrimination Student Movement on Thursday brought out the 鈥楽haheedi March鈥� across Bangladesh to honour the martyrs of the student-people uprising, marking one-month of the fall of the autocratic Awami League regime...
Food prices at JnU TSC reduced
The price of food items at the Teacher Student Centre of Jagannath University have been revised downward significantly...
Students to hold `shaheedi march鈥� today
Students under the platform of the Student Movement Against Discrimination on Wednesday announced that they would hold the 鈥楽haheedi March鈥� today across the country marking the one-month of ousting of the Awami League government by the student-led mass uprising...
Complex tapestry of Bangladesh-India relations
THE departure of the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to India on August 5 against the backdrop of the student protests for civil service quota reform causing the murder of several hundred people has triggered the relations between Bangladesh and India for another paradigm shift. Although Hasina sought and obtained political asylum after the...
Murder case filed against Ivy, others in Siddhirganj
A murder case was filed on Tuesday night against over 430 people, including Selina Hayat Ivy, the former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation, over the death of Monirul Islam, who was killed during the student-led mass uprising in Siddhirganj...
Indian high commissioner optimistic about future of Dhaka-Delhi ties
The Indian high commission in Dhaka hosted a send-off event on Wednesday for Bangladeshi students leaving for India to pursue higher studies with ICCR scholarships...
Countrywide joint operation begins
The first day of the countrywide joint drives to recover illegal arms and bring drug dealers to book apparently was a lackluster one...
Get ready for reform, CA asks secretaries
Chief adviser to the interim government Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday gave a host of directives to secretaries for building a new Bangladesh in the spirit of the recent mass uprising that ousted the Awami League-led regime...
Three more murder cases filed against Hasina, aides
Three more murder cases have been filed against deposed prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and her aides, taking the number of cases against her to 95 after her resignation and fleeing to India amid a mass uprising led by students on August 5...
Two ex-IGPs Shahidul, Mamun on remand
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Wednesday placed two former inspectors general of police AKM Shahidul Haque and Chowdhury Abdullah-Al-Mamun on seven-day and eight-day remand respectively on charges of murder during the student-led mass uprising...
Perils of forced resignations
In the aftermath of a student mass uprising that saw the resignation of Sheikh Hasina and the dissolution of parliament, Bangladesh鈥檚 educational institutions are now dealing with unprecedented changes. A wave of resignations across universities and colleges, with vice chancellors, pro-vice chancellors, proctors, registrars, and provosts has followed...
Mechanism to record complaints against AL regime must
THE main grievance of student protesters against the Awami League that led to its downfall was direct and indirect recruitment and appointment in ranking positions in public services and educational institutions on partisan considerations, which became the norm. In majority of cases, especially in public universities, vice-chancellors and others in...
Student bodies for safe campus, end to depoliticisation
The Democratic Student Alliance has called for the prevention of depoliticisation conspiracies across the country and the establishment of safe and democratic environment in campuses.
26 people at risk聽of losing complete vision after deadly protests in Bangladesh
At least 26 patients are at risk of losing their complete vision in both eyes from injuries they sustained in violence during the movement spearheaded by the Student Movement Against Discrimination...
Ex-chief whip ASM Feroz placed on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Saturday placed former chief whip and six-time Awami League lawmaker ASM Feroz on a three-day fresh remand in a murder case filed with the...
112 workers killed in mass uprising in Bangladesh
At least 112 working-class people were killed in violence during the movement of the Student Movement Against Discrimination platform and the subsequent student-led mass uprising...
Limbs of 23 people amputated at NITOR, DMCH
At least 23 people, including students, injured in the violence during the movement of the Students Against Discrimination and the subsequent student-led mass uprising, have had their...
Murder case filed against Hasina in Munshiganj
A case has been filed on Friday with Munshiganj Sadar police station against 313 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over the killing of Dipjol Sardar during the student protests.
Over 1000 people killed, 400 lost eyesight in movement, health adviser says
The interim government鈥檚 health adviser Nurjahan Begum said over 1,000 people had been killed and over 400 students lost their eyesight in the recent student-led mass uprising in Bangladesh.
Student leaders urge ACC to regain people鈥檚 confidence
Leaders of the Student Movement Against Discrimination on Thursday urged the Anti-Corruption Commission to work with integrity in order to regain people鈥檚 confidence...
DU students demand ban on politics on campus
Students of the University of Dhaka on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the vice-chancellor, demanding ban on politics of teachers, students, officers, and employees of the university on the campus.聽...
Tipu Munshi placed on 4-day remand in murder case
A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Thursday remanded former commerce minister Tipu Munshi in police custody for four days in a murder case filed with...
Five more cases filed against Hasina, aides
At least five more cases, including one on genocide charge and four on murder charges, were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides on Wednesday night and Thursday.
BB to donate Tk 28 crore for victims of flood, student protests
Bangladesh Bank will donate Tk 5 crore to the foundation formed for those injured and killed in the recent student protests.
Two RU students assaulted for taking part in movement
Leaders and workers of Bangladesh Awami League and its students鈥� wing Bangladesh Chhatra League assaulted two students of Rajshahi University as they took part in the Anti-discrimination student movement...
Ensure proper treatment injured students: BSMMU VC
The vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman, on Wednesday visited the students and people injured in the Students Movement Against Discrimination, and gave necessary instructions to the concerned to ensure better and proper treatment...