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Left parties protest at leasing out port facilities

Several left-leaning political organisations, professional bodies and citizens on Saturday staged a protest rally in Chattogram against the government move to lease out different facilities of Chattogram port, including container terminals, to foreign companies...

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Morocco to prosecute 1,500 over GenZ protests

More than 1,500 people are facing prosecution in Morocco over recent GenZ 212 protests demanding better public education and health care, a local NGO said Friday...

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RU students stage protests for Teesta project

Students of Rajshahi University on Tuesday held a cultural gathering and protest rally on the campus, demanding immediate implementation of the long-stalled Teesta River Master Plan...

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MPO teachers, employees begin fast unto death

Non-government teachers and employees on the monthly pay order scheme on Monday morning began their fast unto death programme at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka city, demanding pay hikes...

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Protesters out in force for anti-Trump rallies across United States

Huge crowds took to the streets in all 50 states of the United States at ‘No Kings’ protests on Saturday, venting anger over president Donald Trump’s hardline policies, while Republicans ridiculed them as ‘Hate America’ rallies...

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Govt raises house rent, protests on

Non-government teachers and employees on the monthly pay order scheme on Sunday continued their protest for the seventh day running, rejecting the government measure for increasing their house rent allowance.

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Govt gives Tk 7.7cr to families of 77 killed

The government on Saturday disbursed Tk 7.70 crore to the families of 77 people killed in the 2013 Shapla Square rally of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and the 2021 protest against Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh...

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MPO teachers to march to Jamuna today

Teachers and employees under the government’s monthly pay order system on Wednesday announced that they would march to the chief adviser’s official residence Jamuna in the capital Dhaka today to press for their one-point demand for nationalisation of their jobs.

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MPO teachers vow to block Shahbagh today

The teachers and employees under the government’s monthly pay order system on Tuesday announced that they would block the capital’s Shahbagh crossing area at 12:00 noon today if the government failed to meet their demands for pay hike by that time.

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Teachers under MPO system start sit-in in Dhaka

Teachers of the secondary-level schools under the government monthly pay order system on Monday started a non-stop sit-in on the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Dhaka, demanding pay hike...

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MPO teachers threaten strike, sit-in from today

Teachers of the secondary-level schools under the government monthly pay order system on Sunday threatened to go for countrywide work abstention for an indefinite period and a non-stop sit-in in the capital Dhaka from today, demanding pay hike.

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Morocco’s GenZ 212 pauses protests

Morocco’s GenZ 212 youth collective said Saturday it was temporarily suspending protests after two weeks of demonstrations calling for reforms in health and education.

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Madagascar soldiers join protestors

Groups of Madagascar soldiers joined thousands of protestors in the capital Saturday, AFP reporters said, after announcing they would refuse any orders to shoot demonstrators.

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Days of violent anti-govt protests grip Pak Kashmir

Days of violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police have gripped Pakistan’s Kashmir on the border with India, with nine confirmed killed among scant news to emerge after an internet blackout...

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Madagascar anti-govt protesters call for general strike

Anti-government protesters in Madagascar called on Wednesday for fresh demonstrations and a general strike, seeking to force president Andry Rajoelina to step down, after nearly a week of action by the youth-led movement...

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Protests at Khagrachari rape, attack continue

Socio-political organisations and citizens on Tuesday continued to protest against the rape of a Marma girl in Khagrachari and subsequent eruption of violence killing at least three national minority people there...

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New protests in Madagascar despite govt’s dismissal

Protesters in Madagascar held new demonstrations Tuesday, facing a heavy police presence and teargas, AFP journalists saw, a day after president Andry Rajoelina sacked his government in a bid to quell days of unrest that the UN said has killed 22 people...

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Protests against Khagrachari violence spread

Different socio-political organisations on Monday continued to protest against the rape of a Marma girl in Khagrachari and violence that killed at least three national minority people there.

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Peru anti-govt protesters clash with police

Hundreds of anti-government protesters clashed with police in the Peruvian capital Lima on Saturday, throwing stones and sticks as officers fired tear gas on the demonstrators, AFP journalists reported.

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RU suspends admission quotas for staff children amid protests

Rajshahi University authorities early Sunday suspended admissions under the controversial ward quota, renamed as ‘institutional facilities’, after days of student protests and an unprecedented scuffle between students and teachers.