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GAZIPUR ATTACK: Protests spread, OC withdrawn

Leaders and activists of Students Against Discrimination and political platform Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Saturday held protest rallies and processions over the Friday night attack on students, leaving 15 people injured in Gazipur.

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SI withdrawn after detention of July protesters

A sub-inspector of Uttara West police station was withdrawn early Wednesday, hours after Tuesday evening’s detention of three students of the Students Against Discrimination in the capital’s Uttara...

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PROTESTING AGAINST EVICTION DRIVE: Petrol pump owners withdraw strike after 8 hours

The Bangladesh Petroleum Dealers, Distributors, Agents and Petrol Pump Owners Association withdrew its strike eight hours after it had called for an indefinite strike in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions from Wednesday morning protesting against a Roads and Highways Department’s recent eviction drive in Naogaon...

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46 held for attacking protesters during uprising

Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested 46 leaders and activists of Awami League, Chattra League, and Juba League for attacking protesters during the student-led mass uprising in July and August...

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Ex-GP workers protest at not getting profit share

A section of Grameenphone’s former employees gathered in front of the telecom operator’s head office on Tuesday, demanding collection of a 5-per cent share of the company’s profits and delay penalties...

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Sacked police members during AL regime hold demo in front of HC

Several hundred of sacked police members, who were dismissed from their jobs during the Awami League regime, ousted in August 2024, staged a demonstration in front of the High Court on Sunday demanding the reinstatement of their jobs...

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Titumir students continue road blockade

The students of Government Titumir College in Dhaka blocked the road in front of the college for the third consecutive day and continued their hunger strike for the fourth day on Saturday demanding the...

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Egyptians protest at Gaza border against displacement

Hundreds of people attended a protest near Egypt’s border with Gaza on Friday against a plan floated by US president Donald Trump to move Palestinians from the territory to Egypt and Jordan, Egyptian media reported.

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Pakistan outlaws disinformation with 3-year jail term

Pakistan criminalised online disinformation on Tuesday, passing legislation dictating punishments of up to three years in jail and prompting journalist protests accusing the government of quashing dissent...

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Employees of closed Bhorer Kagoj stage protests

Journalists, officials and employees of Bangla newspaper ‘Bhorer Kagoj’ staged protests in front of its office at Malibagh in Dhaka on Saturday, demanding an explanation from its management for its sudden closure and the settlement of their dues...

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CNG drivers hold street protest at Mohakhali

A group of CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers on Monday blocked the Banani road bringing traffic to a standstill in the capital’s Mohakhali area, causing immense suffering to the commuters in the city...

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Economic wake-up call: stability or chaos

BEFORE 2024, such unprecedented public protests against the Awami League government would hardly have occurred. However, people have taken to the streets, and a key reason for this, I think, is the deteriorating economy. A worsening dollar crisis and liquidity crunch pushed Bangladesh to seek early financial assistance from the...

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Admin cadre’s supremacy manifests fascism: speakers

Speakers at a seminar held in Dhaka on Saturday condemned arbitrary suspension of officials from education, health, fisheries and livestock cadres, and the public administration reform commission’s negligence in listening to the voice of those protesting against inter-cadre discrimination...

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BAPA warns of protests over VAT, gas price hikes

The Bangladesh Agro Processors Association has called on the government to withdraw the increased VAT and taxes on processed food products and cancel the proposed gas price hike within seven days...

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LESSONS FROM NORFOLK TO DHAKA: Nation’s duty to its heroes

AS THE dust settles from the July 2024 uprising, the nation stands at a fateful crossroads. The movement that overthrew Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic regime was not an exercise in protest but a monumental act of courage, resilience and unity. Hundreds sacrificed their lives while many more were left with physical and emotional scars. The protesters are not..

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Attacks on national minority student protests outrageous

THE attacks on the protests that national minority students held on January 15 and the attacks on a rally that mostly students held the next day in protest at the attacks on the January 15 protests are as unsavoury as equally outrageous. Students of national minorities, banded as the Aggrieved Indigenous Students and People, held protests at the...

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Govt should avoid blanket job reinstatement of the aggrieved

THE police personnel who lost their job during the 15 years of the authoritarian Awami League regime, toppled in a mass uprising on August 5, 2024, have held protests for a couple of days seeking their reinstatement in the job. The sacked police personnel also held a protest in front of the police headquarters in Dhaka on January 12 to press home their...

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