3 ex-lawmakers sued in Sherpur for killing of students
Three former lawmakers from Sherpur have been sued in separate cases over deaths of two students during the student movement on August 4, and attack on a BNP leader鈥檚 rice mill.
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AL leader MA Latif placed on three-day remand in Chattogram
A Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Court placed former lawmakers for Chattogram-11 and Awami League leader MA Latif on a three-day remand on Saturday.
4 more die, 11 bodies in morgues still unclaimed
Four more people, who were either shot or suffered burn injuries on August 5 during the mass uprising overthrowing the Hasina regime, succumbed at various city hospitals...
Physical assaults, checking mobile phones violation of rights, law: Sarjis Alam
A key coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination platform, Sarjis Alam, on Friday said that stripping someone, launching physical assault, checking...
Around 650 killed from July 16 to Aug 11 in Bangladesh, UN says
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a preliminary report released on Friday, said that about 650 people were killed during...
Why children killings won鈥檛 be probed by int鈥檒 body: HC
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to explain why the killings of children by gunshot from helicopters during the Student Movement Against Discrimination would not be...
Students for聽bringing back Hasina, putting on trial
Students under the platform of Student Movement Against Discrimination on Thursday observed the 鈥楻esistance Week鈥� programme for the third consecutive day demanding trial of...
Students stage protest as activities of AL-leader owned university halted
The students of the Global University Bangladesh in Barishal, owned by Awami League leader and former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, staged protest on Thursday as the authorities had...
UN to send fact-finding team next week to probe Bangladesh atrocities
The United Nations was sending a fact-finding team next week to probe atrocities committed during the student revolution in July and early this month, said...
Probe into violence against children demanded
Human rights activists and researchers at a discussion on Wednesday called on the interim government to hold probe into incidents of killing, injury and detention of children during the street protests since the middle of July for reform of the quota system in government jobs...
Students demand Hasina鈥檚 speedy trial
Students under the Student Movement Against Discrimination platform on Wednesday demanded speedy trial of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and others involved over the killings carried out during the mass uprising led by students...
Specific charges against people of AL govt for all crimes must
THE police on August 13 arrested Salman F Rahman, who was the private industries and investment adviser to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and Anisul Huq, who was law minister in the deposed prime minister鈥檚 cabinet, at Sadarghat in Dhaka reportedly when they were trying to flee using a boat. Student protests for reforms in civil service job...
JnU student shot during student movement dies
A student of Jagannath University who sustained bullet injuries during the student movement in Mirpur area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on August 4 died on Wednesday....
UN experts to probe into killings of protesters soon, UN rights chief tells Yunus
The UN human rights chief, Volker T眉rk, has made a phone call to Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and said a UN-led investigation will be launched very soon to probe the killing of the protesters during the 鈥楽tudent Revolution鈥�...
Families demand justice for victims in student movement
Members of the families of those killed during the quota reform movement on Wednesday held a human chain at the Central Shaheed Minar demanding trial of Sheikh Hasina and those who ordered the shooting during the movement...
Students renovate sculpture in Kushtia
The Student Movement Against Discrimination students have recently renovated a sculpture titled Swadhikar Theke Swadhinata in Kushtia.
Hasina, aides to be tried at ICT
The interim government has decided to hold trials for the 鈥榤ass killing鈥� committed during the Student Movement Against Discrimination between July 1 and August 5 under the International Crimes Tribunal Act...
Liaison committee holds meeting with student organisations
The liaison committee of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on Monday held a meeting with political student organisations at the auditorium of the Dhaka University鈥檚...
Students launch 鈥榬esistance week鈥� for speedy trial
The Student Movement Against Discrimination launched a 鈥楻esistance Week鈥� program on Tuesday to press home four demands, including the formation of a special tribunal to...
Quota protests: result of social inequality
THE current student movement in Bangladesh highlights the nation鈥檚 ongoing struggles with inequality, poor governance and political manipulation. The events have resulted in significant casualties, raising concerns about the country鈥檚 democratic fabric and the government鈥檚 handling of dissent. The movement and reform efforts have broader...
NSU stands by Khairul injured in quota reform movement
The North South University authority is monitoring a former student of the university, Khairul Alam, who is on life support at a hospital in Dhaka after he was injured on August 5 while participating in the student movement for quota reform...
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...
Ex-MP, 102聽others accused of killing 3 students
A murder case was filed on Sunday against 103 people, including a lawmaker and Awami League leaders and activists, in connection with shooting and killing of three students during...
Bangladesh interim govt to compensate families of killed, injured
The interim government took a number of decisions on Sunday, including helping the families of the deceased protesters, making a list, and bearing the treatment costs of the injured during...
NU, JnU VCs resign among others
The vice-chancellors of National University and Jagannath University resigned on Sunday...
Metro rail services to resume from Aug 17
After around a month, metro rail services are scheduled to resume on August 17.
JnU students give ultimatum to VC, proctorial body, provosts to resign
The students of Jagannath University gave a 24-hour ultimatum to vice-chancellor Sadeka Halim, registrar, full proctorial body and hall provosts to step down by 3:00pm on Monday.
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.
Those involved in internet shutdown will face action, adviser Nahid says
Adviser for posts, telecommunications, and information technology Nahid Islam on Sunday said that action would be taken against the officials, involved in shutting down internet, during the recent student protests...
Bullet ends Ibrahim鈥檚 dream of house for his mother
Ibrahim who worked as an apprentice at a furniture shop had always dreamt of building a two-storey house for his mother, a single parent who had raised him, along with his elder brother Sagar...