The United Nations (UN) on Sunday urgently called upon all parties to keep everyone – including children and young people – safe on the roads and safe from any kind of violence.
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Education Minister asks teacher: Take pupilsts back to classes
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Sunday directed the principals of government and private colleges of Dhaka to convince their students to vacate roads and return to their classes at any cost.
Indian women, inordinately burdened by housework
Underneath two gigantic chandeliers in the conference room of a posh Gurgaon hotel, 250 elegantly dressed women are ferociously beating drums. Faster, slower, louder, stop. It’s easier than it looks. The women break out into a sweat as they whistle…
Facebook opens up on vote meddling, but is the shift real?
For a company bent on making the world more open, Facebook has long been secretive about the details of how it runs its social network — particularly how things go wrong and what it does about them.
Uber completes 1bn rides in South Asia
Uber, the world’s largest ridesharing company, hit yet another milestone in South Asia as it rolled past the 1 billion mark.
BNP’s Amir Khasru sued over ‘leaked phone conversation’
A case was filed against BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury with Kotwali Police Station in the port city under the Information and Communication Technology(ICT) Act and Special Powers Act on Saturday night.
Students block Dhaka’s Shahbagh crossing to protest attacks
Several thousand university students on Sunday blocked Shahbagh intersection, one of the city’s busiest areas, protesting Saturday’s attacks on school and college students in Jigatala during their demonstrations demanding safe roads.
RU students protest Jhigatala attacks
The students of Rajshahi University brought out a silent procession on the campus protesting Saturday’s attacks on school and college students in Dhaka’s Jhigatala during their demonstrations demanding safe roads.
US embassy: “Nothing can justify” attacks on protesters
The US Embassy in Dhaka on Sunday said “nothing can justify the brutal attacks and violence” over the weekend against the thousands of young people who have been peacefully exercising their democratic rights in supporting a safer Bangladesh.
6 photojournalists injured in attacks by ‘BCL’
At least seven photojournalists were injured in attacks by unruly youths in Jigatala and Science Laboratory areas of the city on Sunday while taking snaps of an attack on protesting students.
Long-route bus services suspended for 2nd day
People continued to suffer in the capital and elsewhere in the country as long-route bus service remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Saturday protesting alleged vandalism of vehicles during the ongoing student movement for safe road.
Van torched as college girl crushed under wheels in Gazipur
Amid the ongoing student demonstrations demanding safer roads, another college girl was killed after being hit by a covered van at Barabari on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway on Saturday which was later torched by an angry mob.
Ctg BNP’s woman leader held for ‘instigating’ students
Police have arrested a Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal leader here on Saturday for allegedly provoking the student protests.
Applying force on students to have dire results: BNP
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Saturday warned that the consequences will be very dire if the government applies force on the demonstrating students seeking safer roads.
Green group: Develop rail, waterways
Giving priority to rail and waterways’ development can be an effective solution to arrest road accidents, said Poribesh Bachao Andolon (POBA), an environmental advocacy group, on Saturday at a programme.
Agitating BD students come under attack in capital
The students who were managing the traffic at Jigatala intersection and Mirpur in the city came under attack on Saturday.
Strong border vigilance curbs cattle influx ahead of Eid
Unlike previous times, the influx of cattle across the border from India has drastically come down ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, thanks to enforced vigilance by BGB and BSF.
Long route bus services suspended for security
People continued to suffer in the capital and elsewhere across the country as bus owners on Friday stopped operating long-route buses in different districts protesting vandalism during the ongoing demonstrations of students demanding justice for their two fellows who were…
Students take to streets for the sixth day
School and college students took to streets for the 6th consecutive day on Friday and staged demonstrations to press home their 21-point demand, including punishment of those responsible for Sunday’s road crash at Kurmitola in the city that left their…
Don’t fall into provocation trap: Quader tells students
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday urged the agitating students not to fall into any ‘provocation trap’.
‘Vicious circles circulate false news in PM’s name’
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) today said some vicious circles were circulating false news in the name of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina against the backdrop of tender age students’ movement for safe road.
HC asks govt to free park space occupied by Ansar-VDP
The High Court on Thursday directed government to free space of Shishu Park in Khilgaon B-block in the capital illegally occupied by Ansar-VDP within 90 days.
Grameenphone reduces Internet price
Grameenphone reduces tariff of two internet packages in accordance with government decision to reduce VAT on internet usage from 15 percent to 5 percent. New benefits of other internet packages will also be offered soon.
High-powered probe body visits Barapukuria coal mine
The high-powered probe committee, formed with Director General of the Prime Minister’s Office (Admin) Khalilur Rahman as its head to look into the disappearance of coal from the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL), visited the coal mine on Thursday.
Students managed traffic as protests continued Thursday
The ongoing student protests took a new dimension on Thursday as students took the responsibility of traffic management and examining driving licences and papers of vehicles in the capital apart from blocking roads.
PM Hasina Tk 2mn each to two accident victims’ families
Md Jahangir Fakir, father of Diya Khanam Mim who along with another student died in a recent city road crash, on Thursday urged the students to go back home as he hoped that the Prime Minister will take effective steps…
Go back home to avert acts of sabotage: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday urged the agitating students to leave the streets and return to their educational institutions and homes as he fears there might be ‘acts of sabotage’ anytime.
Editors’ Council condoles Moazzem Hossian’s death
The Editors’ Council has expressed its heartfelt sorrow and condolence at the untimely demise of one of its founding member, editor-publisher of the Financial Express, Moazzem Hossian.
BNP trying to politicise student protests: Tofail
Describing students’ demand for safe roads as logical, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday said BNP is trying to politicise the student protests.
PM remarks against Zia meant to divert public opinion: BNP
BNP on Thursday strongly protested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comment involving its founder Ziaur Rahman in Bangabandhu’s murder, and said she did it to divert people’s attention to a different direction from the current student movement.