Beximco workers block highway for pays
The workers of Beximco Industrial Park in Gazpiur continued their protests for the seventh day running on Thursday, demanding salaries and allowances...
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Beximco workers continue protest for arrears
Workers of Beximco Industrial Park in Gazpiur continued their protests for the sixth day on Wednesday demanding their arrears...
A life with lost meaning
Anwar Hossain, 55, has had an unbearable life since 2020, when he lost his 18-year-old daughter to Covid 19...
Drive against polythene postponed amid protests
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...
Protests in DU against聽JCD Nov 7 posters
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...
Samaritan shot and dead
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.
Hit with bullet, dead in custody
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鈥檚 exclusion reflects govt鈥檚 patriarchal bias
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 plunges in plight
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.
Security tightened around Bangabhaban as protests for president鈥檚 resignation continues
In response to escalating protests calling for the resignation of president Mohammed Shahabuddin, security measures have been significantly ramped up around Bangabhaban in Dhaka...
Bullet-hit child Musa sent to Singapore
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...
3 deceased AL leaders named in case
Three deceased Awami League leaders, who died much earlier, have been prosecuted over the attack on the recent anti-quota student protests in Cumilla...
An astute strategic prism
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...
Reforms in education should be priority agenda of govt
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...
PUST VC visit families of martyrs in July protests
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...
50 RMG units suspend operations amid unrest
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...
Fulfilment of Aragalaya in Lanka presidential election
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...
Fresh labour unrest shuts 70 apparel factories in Bangladesh
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...
Support for victims, families
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...
Chinese medical team to arrive Sunday
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 at DU, JU lynching continue
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 erupt as two beaten to death at DU, JU
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...
Three shot at in a house, two survive
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...
Technical instt students鈥� protest in Tejgaon triggers traffic congestion in Dhaka
Students of different polytechnic institutes, including Dhaka Polytechnic Institute and Dhaka Mohila Polytechnic Institute, held demonstrations demanding end of discrimination against them in...
Kenya protest against Adani鈥檚 airport deal could turn into anger against India: Congress leader
The Indian National Congress on Tuesday cautioned that protests against Adani Group 鈥榯aking over鈥� operations of Kenya鈥檚 Nairobi airport could turn public sentiment in the African nation against India, after members of Kenya Aviation Workers Union had called for protests over plans by the Kenyan government to strike an investment deal with India鈥檚 Adani Group to...
Complex tapestry of Bangladesh-India relations
THE departure of the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to India on August 5 against the backdrop of the student protests for civil service quota reform causing the murder of several hundred people has triggered the relations between Bangladesh and India for another paradigm shift. Although Hasina sought and obtained political asylum after the...
Ex-chief whip ASM Feroz placed on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Saturday placed former chief whip and six-time Awami League lawmaker ASM Feroz on a three-day fresh remand in a murder case filed with the...
Murder case filed against Hasina in Munshiganj
A case has been filed on Friday with Munshiganj Sadar police station against 313 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over the killing of Dipjol Sardar during the student protests.
Tipu Munshi placed on 4-day remand in murder case
A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Thursday remanded former commerce minister Tipu Munshi in police custody for four days in a murder case filed with...
BB to donate Tk 28 crore for victims of flood, student protests
Bangladesh Bank will donate Tk 5 crore to the foundation formed for those injured and killed in the recent student protests.