Denmark boosts border checks with Sweden amid gang violence
Denmark said Friday it was beefing up its border controls with Sweden following a resurgence of Swedish gang violence that has spilled over into Denmark in recent weeks...
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Strict measures against violence, attacks, looting demanded
Nagarik Odhikar Surakkha Jote at a press conference on Thursday urged the interim government to take strict measures against all forms of violence, attacks, and looting across the country...
Authorities must attend to jailbreak, violence
THE incidents of and attempts at jailbreak in a number of districts after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 point to an alarming law and order. At least six inmates of the Kashimpur central jail in Gazipur were killed and about two dozens were injured as prison guards shot them when the inmates attempted to break free on August 7...
Amzad鈥檚 widow left without any shelter
Violence during the countrywide student movement for quota reform in government jobs has left many families in grief and sorrow after having lost their family during clashes with police and other forms of roadside violence...
7 US soldiers injured in Iraq attack
A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded seven Americans, a US official said on Tuesday, with Washington blaming an Iran-backed militia group and saying such violence will not be tolerated...
ICCB for ensuring safety of production units
The International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh on Wednesday said that it wanted immediate restoration of law and order and safety of production units amid reports of violence and arson attacks on factories in the past two days following the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
6,000 police ready to quell UK riots
The UK government said on Tuesday that 6,000 specialist police officers were ready to deal with far-right rioting that broke out following the murder of three children, triggering a week of violence...
Authorities, people must stand against violence, vandalism
VIOLENCE, vandalism and looting in many places across the country after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina on August 5 are shocking and unacceptable. The incidents have left a few dozen dead while many establishments and houses have been burnt. Awami League leaders and the police appear to have been particularly targeted by the mob while...
Ahmadiyas face attacks in Bangladesh
Members of the Ahmadiya community in Bangladesh have been attacked after the deterioration of law and order in the country following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina and her departure from the country on Monday.
Photographers express solidarity with students鈥� one-point demand
Photographers and rights activists of the country on Sunday at a solidarity rally with the one-point demand of the students urged people of the country to prevent violence, wholesale arrests, and reform of the state...
Talks must go beyond hostage negotiations
AS THE war on Gaza rages unabated, European diplomats must step up and use their experience of multiparty diplomacy. The truth is perhaps an uncomfortable one for many: that a genuinely workable solution to this conflict requires an inclusive approach 鈥� one that recognises Hamas鈥檚 role in Palestinian sovereignty...
Juvenile court rejects bail of 17-year-old student Faiyaz
A Dhaka juvenile court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Dhaka College student Hasnatul Islam Faiyaz in a case filed over the killing of a police constable during violence centring on the quota reform movement in Jatrabari area on July 19...
People in fear as arrest drives on
Police continued the countrywide arrest drives as at least 150 more people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with cases filed on charges of violence during the student protests against the quota system in the civil service...
Govt must honour and heed demands for justice
THE government is still showing an unwillingness to bring those responsible for the death of more than 200 students and people, including at least 16 children, mostly in indiscriminate police firing during the student protests to justice. The government is still continuing with the wholesale arrest of students and people in cases of 鈥榲andalism and violence鈥�...
Intimidation of injured victims at hospitals inhumane
AMIDST the global and national call for an immediate end to the ongoing violence against student protests seeking reforms public service quota that left more than 200 dead and...
Lives lost during violence over quota protests will never come back: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the lives lost during the recent quota reform violence can never be brought back even though the destroyed structures were rebuilt...
S&P lowers Bangladesh credit rating
US-based credit ratings agency S&P Global downgraded Bangladesh鈥檚 credit rating on Tuesday, citing pressures on external metrics and the ongoing violence in the country...
Bangladesh protests death toll rises to 213 as one more dies
One more critically injured person died on Sunday while undergoing treatment in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, taking the death toll from the recent violence during countrywide student protests to at least 213...
Playing to the gallery does not always pay
The government, which forced peaceful protests for a legitimate cause into violence that left more than 200 people dead, now appears to be playing to the gallery in what might be called a damage control effort. The prime minister on July 28 distributed financial assistance to families of 34 people killed in during the protests...
Govt takes note of concerns of int鈥檒 partners: MoFA
Taking note of the concerns expressed by some international partners, including civil society organisations and media, over the recent incidents of violence in Bangladesh, the government in a statement has intended to assure all that the overall situation was turning to normalcy...
Repression and propaganda
THE wholesale arrest of dozens of students and hundreds of leaders, activists and supporters of opposition parties in cases filed in connection with violence and vandalism during the student protests for reforms in government job quota is another misstep of the government, the like of which forced a peaceful protest into a violent one...
Rallies held worldwide over student movement in Bangladesh
Solidarity rallies and protests were held in various countries worldwide in response to the student movement and violence in Bangladesh over quota reform in public services in the past week...
People want to know exact figure of casualties in student movement: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party said on Friday that people wanted to know the exact figure of deaths and injured persons during the week-long deadly violence...
Yunus urges world to 鈥榚nd violence鈥� in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi nobel peace prize laureate Muhammad Yunus urged the international community on Monday to stop the deadly violence that has wracked his country since students started protesting against civil service hiring rules...
Diplomats confront FM over violence
Diplomats in Dhaka questioned the government鈥檚 deadly response to widespread student protests following a presentation by the foreign minister that laid the blame for recent violence at demonstrators鈥� feet, diplomatic officials said Monday...
Judicial commission seeks info of July 5-16 violence
The judicial inquiry commission on Wednesday requested the people to provide information by August 6 about 鈥榲iolence, arson attacks, looting and criminal activities鈥� that took place across the country in between July 5-16 during the students鈥� quota reform movement...
Everyone involved in recent violence to be brought to justice: Arafat
The state minister for information, Mohammad A Arafat, said on Wednesday that everyone involved in recent violence would be brought to justice following a thorough investigation by the judicial inquiry commission...
Narayanganj passport office burnt in attack
A total of 7,500 passports of overseas workers were burnt to ashes as miscreants set ablaze on Narayanganj regional passport office during the recent violence...
Massive manhunt continues across Bangladesh after deadly protest
Police continued the countrywide arrest drives as 641 more people were arrested in Dhaka city on Wednesday in connection with violence and vandalism during student protests for quota reform for government jobs that left at least 162 killed...
13 more killed as violence continues
At least 13 more people were killed as protests and violence continued for the second day of the nationwide curfew on Sunday...