Martyr Abu Sayeed鈥檚 father admitted to Dhaka CMH
Maqbul Hossain, father of martyr Abu Sayeed, has been admitted to the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital for advanced cardiac care following a heart attack...
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Student movement leaders鈥� vehicle attacked by muggers
A microbus carrying eight leaders of the Student Movement Against Discrimination was allegedly attacked by muggers on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Narayanganj鈥檚 Sonargaon upazila early Monday, police said...
Mass uprising leaves 55pc children traumatised: study
Ever since the July-August student-led mass uprising, 55 per cent primary schoolchildren have been living in a state of fear struggling with serious mental health consequences, according to a study revealed on Monday in the capital...
DUCSU elections likely early next year: DU proctor
The long pending elections to Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and its hall unions are expected to take place by late January or early February next year, after a six-year gap since the last DUCSU polls in 2019...
Police uniform still strikes fear: Sarjis
Sarjis Alam, a coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination and also general secretary of the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation, said that police uniforms continue to strike fear due to the...
BUP pays tribute to July uprising martyrs
The Cultural Forum of Bangladesh University of Professionals organised a commemorative session and cultural event at the BUP Swadhinata Auditorium in Dhaka on Thursday...
No compromise聽with India on sovereignty: student leaders
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination on Tuesday said that India will not be given minimum concession on the question of the country鈥檚 sovereignty and integrity.
AL turned Bangladesh into kleptocratic state: Debapriya聽聽聽聽聽聽
Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Monday said that a kleptocracy was established from crony capitalism in the past 15 years under the Awami League regime ousted by a student-people uprising on August 5.
Govt has arduous job to put economy back in shape
THE white paper on the state of the Bangladesh economy that a 12-member committee formed by the interim government has come up with presents a more appalling picture of the economy during the Awami League regime than was feared. The white paper, in short, has shed light on the dark side of the development narrative that the Awami League government, toppled by a student-mass uprising...
Primary students to get all books in Jan: adviser
Primary and mass education adviser professor Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder said that primary level students would receive 100 per cent textbooks in January, but there would be no celebrations before...
JU students protest at admission quota, demand reforms
A group of Jahangirnagar University students staged a demonstration on JU campus, calling for reforms to what they described as a discriminatory quota system in university admissions, on Sunday...
CPD plays big role in shaping mindset for uprising: Yunus
Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said that Centre for Policy Dialogue鈥檚 research and public awareness activities played a huge role in creating the mindset for the recent student uprising...
Illicit money flow, rampant corruption plagued Bangladesh economy under AL regime
The country lost $16 billion annually on an average between 2009 and 2023 because of the illicit fund flow amid systemic tax evasion, misuse of exemptions, and poorly managed public finances under...
Flawed, wholesale cases may hinder justice
The filing of flawed and wholesale cases over the murders of and attacks on protesters during the student-people uprising is likely to hinder justice and pave the way for perpetrators to escape punishment.
Full list of martyrs, injured people鈥檚 treatment demanded
People injured in the student-led July-August mass uprising, academics and other speakers on Saturday demanded a full list of those martyred in the movement. They also demanded timely treatment and rehabilitation for the injured...
65 Bangladeshi students win Top in World award
Sixty-five Bangladeshi students have been honoured with 鈥楾op in the World鈥� awards at the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards 2024, a prestigious event co-hosted by the British Council and Cambridge International Education at a hotel in the capital on Saturday...
5 Mahila AL leaders arrested
The police arrested five Mohila Awami League leaders on Thursday in connection with an attack on an anti-discrimination student protest during the student-mass uprising in Dhaka鈥檚 Pallabi area.
UAE releases 75 more expats arrested over July protest
The United Arab Emirates on Friday released 75 more Bangladeshi nationals who were arrested for holding protests in that country, expressing solidarity with the Student Movement Against Discrimination in July-August.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan to perform at charity concert in Dhaka
Celebrated singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan will perform at a charity concert for supporting families of victims of the student-led mass uprising in December in Dhaka.
Suspended Lalmonirhat assistant commissioner Urmi gets bail upon surrender
A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to Taposhee Tabassum Urmi, a Lalmonirhat assistant commissioner who was suspended over comments about the government, in a defamation case...
Jatiya Nagorik Committee protests at deadly attack on Hasnat, Sarjis
Jatiya Nagorik Committee staged a protest on Wednesday night at Dhaka University鈥檚 Raju Sculpture, condemning the attempted murder of Anti-Discrimination Students Movement conveners Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam...
Justice for mass killing demanded
The Democratic Students鈥� Alliance on Wednesday afternoon held a demonstration demanding justice for mass killings during the July uprising, and financial assistance for families of the martyrs...
Student violence goes against July uprising spirit
THE streets of Dhaka, long bustling with the vigour of youth and the promise of intellectual pursuits, were transformed into battle zones over the past week. What should have been a celebration of academic heritage turned into a shameful display of student violence. The clashes between students of Dhaka College and City College, as well as the broader unrest involving other institutions such as...
Students vow not to allow AL in polls
University students who actively participated in the 2024 student-mass uprising unanimously said they would not allow the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina or any member of Awami League to participate in the next elections...
9,000 students sued over Demra clash
A case was filed against 8,000 to 9,000 students over allegations of attacking students and teachers of Dr Mahbubur Rahman Molla College and vandalising and looting the college properties...
Govt should find out quarters at play and take lawful action
A GATHERING of people, reported to have been falsely promised loans, converging from across the country at Shahbagh in Dhaka on November 25 prompted police intervention. The city police say that the organisers had promised the people, mostly low-income people from villages, help in getting more than Tk 100,000 in loans without interest and brought...
Poetry for upholding mass uprising spirit held at BSA
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy held a poetry recitation programme to uphold the spirit of the recent student-led mass uprising at its National Art Gallery Auditorium in Dhaka on Sunday...
College students clash leaving 100 injured
At least 100 people, including students, were injured in a series of clashes among the students of three colleges, Kabi Nazrul College, Shaheed Suhrawardy College and Dr Mahbubur Rahman Molla College, in the capital鈥檚 Demra on Monday...
Bullet removed from beggar鈥檚 left leg
A bullet from the left leg of Ayesha Begum, an elderly beggar, was removed on Saturday, 110 days after she was shot in the leg during the anti-quota student movement in Munshiganj.
JL activist held聽for firing 28 gunshots聽at protesters
The police arrested an alleged activist of Juba League, the youth organisation of the Awami League, for firing 28 rounds at anti-discrimination student protesters and a聽 crowd in Chattogram...