DU to reintroduce vehicle restrictions at entry points from today
The University of Dhaka authorities have again decided to restrict vehicular movement at seven entry points on the university campus from today...
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Where does the national political future lie?
BANGLADESH won its second freedom on August 5, 2024, after a bloody mass movement against the authoritarian rule of Sheikh Hasina, who has been in power for 16 years. In a desperate attempt to cling to power, Hasina and her government unleashed a brutal crackdown, resulting in the deaths of as many as 1,400 people between July 15 and August 5, 2024...
Tarique urges parties to prioritise public issues over reforms
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday urged political parties to present proposals to the nation to address public issues, rather than focusing only on reforms to the state structure and institutions...
Medical interns to go for tougher movement
Intern physicians on Sunday announced that they would go for a tougher movement from Monday over their five-point demand, including reserving the title 鈥榙octor鈥� exclusively for holders of MBBS or BDS degrees...
4 arrested for kidnap, extortion impersonating SAD members
The Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested four individuals in connection with abduction of a garment factory official and his driver, who were taken hostage for ransom by perpetrators posing as representatives of the Student Against Discrimination.
Uprising leaders float party aiming at second republic
Student leaders of the successful July-August mass uprising against the Awami League regime on Friday launched a new political party, the National Citizens鈥� Party, aiming at establishing a second republic.
Students Against Discrimination coordinator attacked in Thakurgaon
A coordinator of the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination was attacked and injured by unidentified assailants with sharp weapons in Thakurgaon early Saturday.
Amar Ekushey observed
The nation on Friday observed Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day paying homage to the memory of the Language Movement martyrs, who made the supreme sacrifices in the 1952 Language Movement.
LANGUAGE MOVEMENT: More than language
THE history of Bangladesh鈥檚 independence is deeply rooted in the Language Movement of 1952, a struggle that set the stage for an eventual liberation from the oppressive regime of West Pakistan. This movement was not merely a fight for linguistic recognition; it was the first organised resistance against the systematic political, cultural, and economic subjugation...
Mother tongue and beyond
FEBRUARY 21, 2025 marks the first observance of the historic language movement since the July 2024 mass uprising in Bangladesh. The groundbreaking political change brought about by last year鈥檚 student-led movement is likely to provide new or more nuanced ways of reflecting on the language struggle of the Pakistan period that, among other things, fundamentally...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Few titles on Language Movement
Ekushey programmes at the ongoing month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 began with a 10-day theatre festival on the Mukta Mancha stage on the Suhrawardy Udyan premises on Wednesday, with only a few books on the Language Movement...
Nation set to observe Amar Ekushey
The nation is set to observe Amar Ekushey on Friday, paying rich tributes to the language movement martyrs of 1952 who made the supreme sacrifices to establish Bangla as a state language...
New student body to be launched by some mass uprising leaders
A group of leaders of the anti-discrimination student movement that led the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024 on Monday announced that they would form a new student organisation.
Women demand justice, ban on AL for July atrocities
Women who actively participated in the July movement on Sunday demanded that Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League be banned, accusing them of committing mass killings during the uprising.
Musk and the myth of USAID
WHAT hath the make America great again movement wrought? I doubt the archest of Donald Trump鈥檚 arch-enemies ever imagined that in his second term he would take things this far in the direction of dangerous or dumb or both...
Students besiege Naogaon Sadar Hospital over irregularities
Hundreds of students under the banner of the Anti-Discrimination Students鈥� Movement laid siege to the Naogaon 250-bed General Sadar Hospital on Tuesday, protesting against alleged irregularities, corruption and mismanagement.
Returned migrants issue 10-day ultimatum
Expatriate workers who were sent back from different countries, including the United Arab Emirates, for supporting the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination in the July-August uprising suspended their protest with a 10-day ultimatum on Monday...
PHQ seeks uprising photos, footage
The police headquarters on Sunday called upon all to upload still images and video footages of the July-August movement on the website 鈥榓ndolonerchobi.police.gov.bd鈥�...
Ex-AL MP put on remand over Shibir activist murder
A Chattogram court on Sunday put former Awami League lawmaker from Chattogram 15 constituency Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin Nadvi on two-day remand in connection with the murder of an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist during the quota reform student movement...
July uprising student leaders to launch party by February
The Students鈥� Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagarik Committee at a press conference in Dhaka on Wednesday said that they would announce the formation of a new moderate political party by February, following a week-long campaign titled 鈥楢pnar Chokhe Natun Bangladesh鈥�...
Commuters鈥� woes deepen as Bangladesh Railway workers vow to carry on strike
The protesting leaders of the running staff members of the Bangladesh Railway on Tuesday said that they would not withdraw their strike until their demand was met...
Sarjis files cyber bullying case
Sarjis Alam, a key coordinator of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement and the chief organiser of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee, on Thursday filed a case against the administrators of two Facebook pages for spreading propaganda and cyber bullying...
Mass Uprising Day today
The historic 鈥楳ass Uprising Day鈥�, commemorating the 1969鈥檚 movement for autonomy from the then East Pakistan that eventually led to the Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971, will be observed on Friday in a befitting manner...
New political party to be launched by Feb: Akhtar
Member-secretary of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee Akhtar Hossain said that a new political party was going to be launched in the country by February next...
Student Movement leader beaten in Rajshahi聽
A coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination was beaten in his room at a rented hostel in Rajshahi city on Tuesday night...
7 injured in clash at Anti-Discrimination Student Movement central office
At least seven students, including a woman, who were involved in the July uprising, were injured in a clash reportedly with the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement members at its central office on Tuesday...
Amal Sen鈥檚 death anniversary today
The 22nd anniversary of the death of Tebhaga Movement leader and Workers Party of Bangladesh founding president Amal Sen will be observed today...
KILLING OF MUGHDHO, JAMAAT LEADER: Complaints filed with ICT
The elder brother of Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho, who was shot dead during the demonstrations of the Student Movement Against Discrimination on July 18, 2024, filed a complaint on Thursday with the International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor...
148 killed on July 19 alone
At least 148 people were killed in gunfire by the members of law enforcement agencies and the then ruling Awami League leaders and activists on July 19, 2024 during the student movement for quota reform...
We鈥檒l break pens supporting fascism: Hasnat
Hasnat Abdullah, convenor of the anti-discrimination student movement, reaffirmed their firm stance against media outlets that support fascism...