Officials of the health and education cadres are planning to make louder their protests against the public administration reform commission鈥檚 proposals, including separating the health and education sectors from the Bangladesh Civil Service, in the coming weeks...
Fitch Ratings downgraded Georgia鈥檚 outlook to negative from stable on Friday, citing sharply increased political risks following disputed October parliamentary elections that have sparked widespread protests in the Caucasus nation...
Police stopped the joint procession of the affiliated organisations of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party near Rampura Bridge on Sunday as it was marching towards the Indian high commission in Dhaka from the party鈥檚 central office at Naya Paltan...
Thousands of protesters marched in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Saturday for the 10th day of rallies sparked by a disputed election and the government decision to shelve EU accession talks...
Protests over the attack on the Bangladesh assistant high commission in India鈥檚 Agartala rolled into the fourth consecutive day on Thursday in Dhaka city and some other places in the country.
The Appellate Division on Monday issued a one-month status quo on the High Court order that banned the unauthorised and unlicensed battery-run rickshaws from plying the Dhaka city streets amid protests...
Rastra Sanskar Juba Andolan on Saturday protested at the miscreants鈥� attack on the July movement leader Md Ariful Islam and demanded punishment for the attackers immediately...
The workers of Beximco Industrial Park in Gazpiur continued their protests for the seventh day running on Thursday, demanding salaries and allowances...
Workers of Beximco Industrial Park in Gazpiur continued their protests for the sixth day on Wednesday demanding their arrears...
Anwar Hossain, 55, has had an unbearable life since 2020, when he lost his 18-year-old daughter to Covid 19...
The Department of Environment-led joint drives against manufacturing illegal polythene bags were postponed halfway on Wednesday amid protests by polythene factory workers at Kamalbagh of Chawk Bazar in Old Dhaka...
Some Dhaka University students on Wednesday night staged a procession on the campus, protesting at pasting posters by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal marking 鈥楴ational Revolution and Solidarity Day鈥� with...
Md Kamrul Islam came to be shot in the neck at Mirpur 10 on August 4 when he was carrying another person, wounded by a gunshot, during the uprising born out of the student protests that had continued since July 1.
Md Mamun, a security guard, was shot at in the chest on a road near his workplace in Narayanganj at 4:00am on July 22 during the curfew imposed to quell student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations...
WOMEN have played a pivotal role in the student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reformation flared into a mass uprising against the authoritarian Awami League government, but their contribution and voice have been largely ignored in the post-uprising political affairs and public narrative...
Aklima Begum has plunged in a plight since her husband Akhter Hossain died after being shot in clashes on July 19 that broke out over student protests.
In response to escalating protests calling for the resignation of president Mohammed Shahabuddin, security measures have been significantly ramped up around Bangabhaban in Dhaka...
Seven-year-old Musa Khan, who was shot in the head inside the garage of his Rampura house on July 19 during student protests demanding quota reform in government jobs, was sent to...
Three deceased Awami League leaders, who died much earlier, have been prosecuted over the attack on the recent anti-quota student protests in Cumilla...
THE sweeping protests in July-August that ousted Bangladesh鈥檚 prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 authoritarian rule, won the country an innovative brand 鈥� the 鈥榥ew鈥� Bangladesh minus the earlier steamroller governance. In the wake of that upheaval, which still rings throughout the country, two hot-button disputes re-emerged from its not-so-hidden...
ISSUES of national education have recently come to the fore, with the cancellation of a textbook review and revision committee on September 28 apparently amidst opposition by some right-wing Islamist groups after it was formed on September 15. The process of national education also came to be questioned when the authorities cancelled the...
Pabna Science and Technology University vice-chancellor professor SM Abdul Awal on Wednesday visited families of the martyrs and the injured in the July-August anti-discrimination student movement in Pabna and Sirajganj...
At least 51 readymade garment factories in Ashulia and Gazipur suspended operations on Saturday, primarily after lunch, as workers staged protests over arrears, the reopening of factories, and demands for a wage increase...
THE extraordinary events that took place during 2022 have reached their denouement at the recently concluded presidential election. The Aragalaya protests that lasted for over three months in the middle of 2022 that were spearheaded by youth and became a mighty protest movement by tens of thousands of people from all walks of life and all parts of...
The authorities of at least 70 industrial units, including 59 readymade garment factories in Savar, Ashulia, and Gazipur, were forced to suspend operations on Monday as fresh workers鈥� protests broke out...
NEARLY a month after taking office, the chief adviser of the interim government, Dr Muhammad Yunus, announced through a televised speech on September 11 that the families of the martyrs, as well as the students and citizens injured during the July uprising, will receive rehabilitation and their treatment costs will be covered...
A Chinese national emergency medical team will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday to provide advanced medical treatment to individuals severely injured during the July-August protests in Bangladesh...
Protests continued on Friday over the lynching of two people on the campuses of Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University, while six activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of...
Protests erupted in Dhaka on Thursday as two men were beaten to death in separate incidents on the campuses of Dhaka University in the city and Jahangirnagar University in...
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...