Serbian police said on Monday they had cleared barricades that anti-government protesters had set up at the weekend, after clashes between officers and demonstrators demanding early elections...
Former president Jair Bolsonaro said Sunday he was prepared to 鈥榗hange Brazil鈥檚 destiny鈥� as he addressed thousands of supporters in Sao Paulo, even while facing decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup...
Protests erupted in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on Sunday as Thursday night鈥檚 rape of a 21-year-old woman in a village under Muradnagar upazila in Cumilla came to light after a video went viral on social media Saturday night...
Export and import activities through ports and revenue collection across the country came to a halt on Sunday due to the 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� and 鈥楳arch to the NBR鈥� programmes enforced by National Board of Revenue staff for the second consecutive day, demanding the removal of the NBR chairman...
Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic insisted Sunday that he would not cave in to the 140,000 protesters who rallied in the capital overnight demanding early elections, vowing more arrests after clashes broke out...
People from the Hindu community at a protest rally on Saturday demanded the immediate reconstruction of the makeshift temple that the railway authorities have demolished at Khilkhet in Dhaka city...
THE historic July mass uprising of 2024 was not merely a political reckoning, it was a moral awakening. Sparked by growing inequality, youth frustration and lack of access to basic services, the protests united citizens across classes and districts. The people demanded justice, not just in law but in livelihood. They did not ask for luxury, they asked for education...
Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in the Thai capital Bangkok on Saturday, demanding prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resign after a leaked diplomatic phone call stirred public anger...
The death toll from protests in Kenya to mark the anniversary of a massive crackdown on anti-tax demonstrations has risen to 19, with another 15 people missing, the national human-rights commission said Friday...
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Thursday said that they had asked the protesting officials and employees of the National Board of Revenue to suspend their programme immediately...
At least 16 people died in the previous day鈥檚 protests across Kenya, Amnesty International said on Thursday, as businesses and residents were left to clean up the devastation in聽the capital and beyond...
Marches in Kenya to mark a year since massive anti-government demos turned violent on Wednesday, with two killed and running battles between protesters and police, who flooded Nairobi鈥檚 streets with tear gas and sealed off government buildings with barbed wire...
A section of protesters of about 20,000 unsuccessful candidates of the latest non-government teacher鈥檚 registration examinations on Tuesday demanded resignation of the Non-Government Teachers鈥� Registration and Certification Authority chairman...
Students of the Dhaka Medical College on Monday continued their protest on campus to press their demand for safe accommodation, defying the DMC authorities鈥� directive to vacate hostels...
Government employees from different ministries and divisions at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday observed a two-hour strike demanding the repeal of the 鈥楪overnment Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 that introduced stricter disciplinary measures along with a provision that lists activities considered 鈥榤isconduct鈥�...
The police sprayed water and hurled sound grenades to disperse a section of protesters of about 20,000 unsuccessful candidates of the latest non-government teacher鈥檚 registration examinations in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka Sunday morning...
Dhaka Medical College on Saturday suspended all academic activities for an indefinite period amid ongoing student protests to press home their five demands.
Local Government, Rural Development and cooperatives adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, said on Thursday that a decision would soon be made about the Dhaka South City Corporation as the protest halting its services entered its 36th day...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami nayeb-e-amir Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher on Wednesday said that their party had boycotted Tuesday鈥檚 National Consensus Commission dialogue in symbolic protest against the joint statement issued and the press conference held after the London meeting between the interim government chief adviser and the acting chair of the Bangladesh Nationalist party...
The government employees continued their protest at the Secretariat on Wednesday, demanding the immediate repeal of the recently promulgated government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 that made the process of dismissal of public servants for misconduct less complicated...
A giant orange balloon depicting Donald Trump in a diaper towered over one 鈥楴o Kings鈥� protest Saturday, as hundreds of thousands thronged streets across the United States to decry the president鈥檚 policies...
Armed Marines arrived on the streets of Los Angeles Friday, part of a large deployment of troops ordered by Donald Trump that has raised the stakes between the US president and opponents criticising him of growing authoritarianism...
Three rights and student activists who addressed a rally in Kawkhali upazila town in Rangamati demanding justice for Kalpana Chakma were attacked allegedly by a group of unidentified Bengali people at Betchari under the upazila Thursday afternoon...
The screening of newly released film titled 鈥楾aandob鈥� halted on Tuesday afternoon at Auliabad in Tangail鈥檚 Kalihati due to security concerns amid protests allegedly by a local Islamist group...
Los Angeles police began arresting people in the city鈥檚 downtown late Tuesday, as groups gathered in violation of an overnight curfew after a fifth day of protests against Donald Trump鈥檚 immigration crackdown...
Left political parties will hold Dhaka-Chattogram road march in June 27鈥� 28 in protest at the interim government鈥檚 move to lease out the management of the New Mooring Container Terminal of Chittagong Port to foreign operator...
THE budget for the 2026 financial year that the finance adviser to the interim government has proposed appears rhetorical, with largely no direction on how to achieve the goals that the budget puts forth. The interim government, which assumed office in August 2024 against the backdrop of a student led mass uprising that had sprung from protests against...
Government officials staged demonstrations for the 11th consecutive day at the Secretariat on Tuesday, demanding the repeal of the Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025...
Left student organisations on Sunday condemned recent attacks on and threats to left student leaders and activists during demonstrations in Rajshahi and Chattogram rejecting the Supreme Court鈥檚 May 27 verdict acquitting Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of 1971 war crimes charges...
The government employees at the secretariat continued their protests on Sunday, demanding the cancellation of newly promulgated Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 that allows dismissal of public servants for misconduct in an easier way...