Dollar price rises to Tk 121.5 on kerb market
The dollar rate on the open market, also known as the kerb market, rose by over Tk 1.5 to reach Tk聽121.5 a dollar on July 25 amid unrests centring quota reform protests across the country...
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139 people arrested in 11 cases filed over quota protests in Sylhet
Police arrested 139 people, including Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat activists in connection with the violence amid students鈥� protests demanding reformation in government job quota in Sylhet...
Banks to operate from 10:00am to 3:00pm till July 30
Bangladesh Bank has instructed banks in the country to keep their branches open from 10:00am to 3:00pm in accordance with the reduced curfew hours.
Prime minister visits NITOR to see victims of quota protests
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday morning visited National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation to see the injured people who came under attacks during the recent countrywide protests...
Wholesale arrests, night-time block raids continue across Bangladesh
Law enforcement agencies have continued arrests, and night-time block raids in many areas of Dhaka and other places across the country as part of their special drive against...
2 more injured victims die at DMCH
Two more critically injured people died on Friday while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, taking the death toll from the recent violence during...
Prime minister visits BTV Bhaban to inspect damage
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday morning visited Bangladesh Television Bhaban to see the extent of damage after it came under attack during the recent protests...
1,300 more arrested across Bangladesh in聽24 hours
Police on Thursday arrested at least 1,307 suspects, mostly opposition leaders and activists, across the country in connection with violence and vandalism during...
Hospital visits reveal 209 deaths during deadly protests in Bangladesh
Hospitals in the capital Dhaka and 10 other districts reported at least 209 killings during the violent student protests for quota reform in the past 10 days across the...
Diplomats confront FM over violence
Diplomats in Dhaka questioned the government鈥檚 deadly response to widespread student protests following a presentation by the foreign minister that laid the blame for recent violence at demonstrators鈥� feet, diplomatic officials said Monday...
Many killed, hurt at home, workplaces during deadly protests in Bangladesh
Many ordinary people, including children, were killed and wounded at home and workplaces in allegedly indiscriminate firing by the security agencies on roads and in residential areas to disperse the clashing protesters from different locations in the capital as student protests for quota reform turned violent...
Prices of vegetables, eggs remain high
The prices of vegetables and eggs remained high on Monday on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka...
UN rights chief urges probe of Bangladesh protest 'crackdown'
The United Nations high officials have called on Bangladesh to urgently disclose the details of the past week鈥檚 crackdown on protests amid accounts of 鈥榟orrific violence鈥�, calling for...
US senate majority leader weighs in on protests
Top US Democratic senator Chuck Schumer weighed in on the situation surrounding the quota protests in Bangladesh...
8 unidentified bodies handed over to Anjuman
The police on Wednesday handed over eight unidentified bodies from Dhaka Medical College Hospital in connection with the quota reform movement to Anjuman Mufidul Islam for burial...
Massive manhunt continues across Bangladesh after deadly protest
Police continued the countrywide arrest drives as 641 more people were arrested in Dhaka city on Wednesday in connection with violence and vandalism during student protests for quota reform for government jobs that left at least 162 killed...
SC sets 7pc quota in govt job amid protests
The Appellate Division on Sunday scrapped the High Court verdict on quota in government job and ordered a 7 per cent quota 鈥� 5 per cent for the children of freedom fighters, 1 per cent for national minorities, and 1 per cent for people with disabilities and third genders...
13 more killed as violence continues
At least 13 more people were killed as protests and violence continued for the second day of the nationwide curfew on Sunday...
People worried as internet blackout goes on
People鈥檚 sufferings exacerbated as the shutdown of internet continued on Sunday amid the countrywide protests and demonstrations against the killing of students amid the movement for quota reform in government jobs...
Edn instts to reopen after ensuring students鈥� security: minister
Education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury on Sunday said that educational institutions would be reopened in appropriate time after ensuring the security of students...
125 arrested on sabotage charge during quota protests
At least 125 people have been arrested so far over their alleged involvement in sabotage during the quota reform system movement in the government job across the country...
The wound will cast a long, indelible shadow
THE Appellate Division coming to revoke the July 5 High Court verdict that asked the government to reinstate 30 per cent quotas in government jobs for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters, sparking massive student protests, does not, and will not, heal the wounds that have been inflicted on the nation since July 15...
Govt destroys evidence of killings: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday alleged that the Awami League government was destroying the evidences of killings and attacks during the countrywide...
Govt to see if judicial probe can be widened
Law minister Anisul Huq said on Tuesday that the government would consider empowering the judicial inquiry commission that was formed to probe into the killings of six people on...
Some int鈥檒 media outlets circulate false, fabricated reports: FM聽
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said that some international media outlets including Qatar-based Al Jazeera circulated false, distorted and fabricated reports on...
Police on arrest spree after student protests
Authorities launched a countrywide arrest drive after dozens of cases were filed on charges of acts of sabotage after violent student protests that left at least 157 killed in the past...
Business community must rise above partisan position
AMID the curfew imposed on July 20 for an indefinite period apparently to contain violence centring student protests for quota reforms, businesspeople at a meeting with the prime minister on July 22 urged the government to immediately reopen factories. Most business leaders who attended applauded the government for creating...
Govt must stay off disinformation campaign and act responsibly
THE foreign minister Hasan Mahmud briefed foreign diplomats in Dhaka on July 21 and screened a 15-minute video for them which was focused on the damage allegedly caused by the protesters who sought reforms in civil service job reservations. What the government showed to the ambassadors is half-truth, which is at times worse than lies...
Hapless parents, relatives wail as bodies pile up at DMCH聽
Hasi Begum was crying sitting on the floor outside of the emergency room at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday as she lost her son Md Rakib, 22, who died in a clash during...
Over 110 killed in protests in four days
At least 110 people were killed and several thousand others were injured in clashes in the past four days of quota protests across the country, starting from...