Implementation of mass uprising spirits demanded
Politicians, researchers and activists on Friday at a discussion meeting in Dhaka said that the interim government, headed by professor Muhammad Yunus, should work to implement the spirit of the...
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Grandmother dead, grandchild in ICU
Musa Khan, seven years old, was the apple of his grandmother鈥檚 eye. Maya Islam, who used to deal with all his tantrums, had almost always been with her grandchild.
Bangladesh chief adviser Yunus to highlight heroism of student-led uprising at UNGA
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is expected to address the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 27.
Metro rail services now available on Friday in Bangladesh
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has launched the Friday operation of metro rail.
Father seeks justice for son
Sajib Sarkar, a lecturer at Brahmanbaria Medical College, shouldered all the responsibilities for his family as his father struggled with the limited income from a government job.
Ex-justice Manik shown arrested in another murder case
A Dhaka court on Thursday showed retired justice of the Appellate Division AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik arrested in a case lodged over the murder of Abdul Motalib in the capital during anti-discrimination student-led mass uprising...
Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina seen with daughter, strolling around Delhi park
Ousted prime minister of Bangladesh and president of Awami League Sheikh Hasina was seen spending time with her daughter and taking walks at a park in Delhi, India.
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...
Fragile unity and challenges ahead
REVOLUTIONS or mass uprisings have been both triumphs and tragedies in history鈥檚 archives, marked by the inevitable complexities that follow the overthrow of entrenched regimes. The July uprising, which brought down the Awami League鈥檚 16-year autocratic rule, is no exception. This student-led uprising was hailed as a watershed moment for democracy in Bangladesh,...
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...
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.
Ex-minister Farhad, ex-MP聽remanded in murder cases
Separate metropolitan magistrate courts in Dhaka on Sunday placed former public administration minister Farhad Hossain and ex-Awami League lawmaker for Barishal-2 constituency...
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.
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...
Women vanguard of student-led mass uprising: discussion
Writers, teachers and activists said on Saturday that women were the vanguard of the student-led mass uprising and their participation in reforms of the state must be ensured.
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...
Renaissance for new awakening and progress
IN THE 1960s East Bengal, now Bangladesh, witnessed a huge uprising in political and cultural awareness. This period is generally referred to as a political and cultural renaissance, driven by a deep desire for autonomy, democracy, the freedom of speech, secularism and justice. This collective awakening among the people of East Bengal laid the foundation for a non-sectarian, progressive society, which culminated in the 1969 mass uprising and played an important role in Bangladesh鈥檚 independence in 1971...
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...
Separate lists of people murdered in uprising unveiled
A human rights body Human Rights Support Society on Friday unveiled a list of martyrs revealing that 875 people were killed in the student-led mass uprising that brought Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 autocratic regime to an end.
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.
