Bangladesh claim kabaddi test series over Nepal
Bangladesh clinched the five-match kabaddi test series with one match in hand as they beat Nepal by 49-24 points in the fourth match at the Paltan Ground in the city on Wednesday...
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One-third of Musk鈥檚 DOGE staff resign in protest
Roughly a third of staffers at Elon Musk鈥檚 Department of Government Efficiency have resigned in protest, saying that they will not push through demanded changes that put the country at risk...
Protests against home adviser widen
Protests demanding the resignation of home adviser retired Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury for his failure to ensure public safety widened, as students of different educational institutions in Dhaka and...
Police obstructs protesters while marching towards home ministry
Police obstructed protesters marching towards the home ministry, demanding the resignation of the home adviser at the Shikkha Bhaban intersection in the capital on Monday...
DU students stage midnight protest demanding home adviser鈥檚 resignation
Dhaka University students on Midnight past Sunday, staged a protest march on campus demanding resignation of home adviser Lieutenant General (retired) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury...
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 18th day
Assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order on February 6, continued their protest for 18 days in a row on Sunday demanding their appointments...
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 15th day
Assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order on February 6, continued their protest for 15 days in a row on Thursday demanding their appointments...
Medical college students block road in Barishal
A section of students of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College in Barishal blocked a road in front of their college for about an hour on Thursday demanding an immediate solution to the crisis of teachers...
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 14th day
Assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order, continued their protest for 14 days in a row on Wednesday demanding their appointments...
Sher-e-Bangla Medical College students continue protests
Students of Barishal Medical College continued protest for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding immediate end of teachers鈥� shortage to ensure smooth operation of academic activities...
Delhi should show neighbourly attitude on Teesta water plans
THE protests that thousands of people, mostly of Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari and Rangpur have held are a rightful reaction to India鈥檚 unilateral withdrawal of water of the River Teesta which causes a gradual desertification of Bangladesh鈥檚 north. The people have sat in for two days on the river bank in Lalmonirhat, marched along a four-kilometre stretch...
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 12th day
Recommended government primary school teachers, whose appointments were cancelled through a High Court order on February 6, continued their protest programme at Shahbagh in the capital Dhaka for the 12th consecutive day on Monday, demanding their immediate appointments...
Two sisters detained over forgery in JU admission test
A candidate and her sister were detained for their alleged forgery in the Jahangirnagar University undergraduate admission test for 2024-2025 session on Monday. 聽...
Ex-minister, mayor sued for attack on quota protesters
A case has been filed against former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury and former Chattogram city mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, along with 127 others, in connection with an attack on a...
RIGHTS ABUSE DURING JULY PROTESTS:聽Hasina regime hid abuses by state
The United Nations Human Rights Office in a fact-finding report has stated that it did not find any genuine efforts by the Sheikh Hasina government to investigate any of the serious violations and abuses committed by the state鈥檚 security forces...
RIGHTS ABUSES DURING JULY PROTESTS: UN for bringing perpetrators to book
The United Nations Human Rights Office in its fact-finding report on rights abuses related to July-August protests in Bangladesh has called for suspending officials, including those at the command and leadership level...
Police disperse recommended pry teachers again
Police Thursday afternoon charged batons and sprayed water through canons on the protesting assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order, after they blocked the Shahbagh crossing, demanding their appointments...
JICA Bangladesh launches videography contest on MRT
The Japan International Cooperation Agency Bangladesh office on Wednesday announced the launch of a videography contest to engage the public in sharing their personal experiences with the MRT Line 6 developed with JICA鈥檚 cooperation...
Sacked BDR members suspend protests
The members of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, who were dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, and their families on Wednesday suspended their protests demanding reinstatement of their jobs and the release of the detained BDR members...
Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina ordered protesters鈥� killing, body hiding: UN
The ousted prime minister and Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, herself ordered security forces to kill protesters and hide their bodies to quell the student-led protests in July 2024 in Bangladesh, according to a report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...
Workers protest for pay hike at Chattogram EPZ
The workers of Pacific Casuals Limited staged a demonstration for an increase in food and medical allowances in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone in the district on Monday...
Starmer urges world leaders to test for HIV
Keir Starmer has urged other world leaders to take an HIV test, after becoming the first serving British prime minister and G7 leader to take a public test on camera...
Impunity sustains violence against women under interim govt, say speakers
Women from different walks of life at a protest rally on Sunday said that the culture of impunity in cases of violence, attacks, and cyberbullying against women has continued during the interim government, just as it did under the ousted Awami League regime...
'Emotional' Karunaratne eyes coaching career after Test farewell
Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne said Sunday it had been 鈥榓 very emotional day鈥� after his 100th and final Test ended with a defeat to Australia.
Dominant Australia sweep Sri Lanka
Australia wrapped up a dominant 2-0 sweep of the Test series against Sri Lanka at Galle on Sunday, romping to a nine-wicket victory before lunch on day four.
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.
Australia two wickets away from series sweep
Australia are two wickets away from ending Sri Lanka's second innings in the second Test Saturday, with the hosts reeling at 211-8 at stumps on day three in Galle.
Another girls鈥� football match halted amid Islamists鈥� protests
Another inter-district girls鈥� football match was halted amid protests by leaders and activists of Islami Andolan Bangladesh at Taraganj in Rangpur Thursday afternoon...
Australia dominate as Sri Lanka reach 229-9 in second Test
Australia were firmly in the driving seat despite a spirited Sri Lankan fightback to reach 229-9 at stumps on day one of the second Test in Galle on Thursday.
SI withdrawn after detention of July protesters
A sub-inspector of Uttara West police station was withdrawn early Wednesday, hours after Tuesday evening鈥檚 detention of three students of the Students Against Discrimination in the capital鈥檚 Uttara...