Dhaka, Aug 2 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday gave saving certificates of Taka 20 lakh each to the family members of Diya and Rajib, the two college students who died in the dreadful bus crash on the Airport Road…
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Students check driving licences, motor vehicle papers
Dhaka, Aug 2 – The students’ movement on Thursday marked another dimension of checking licences of the drivers and papers of the vehicles including the police transports that were plying in different streets of the capital.
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.
Chaotic situation prevails in country, claims Dr. Mosharraf
Dhaka, Aug 2 – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday claimed that a chaotic situation prevails in the country for lack of an ‘elected’ government.
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.
BNP demands resignation of govt for ‘total failure’
Dhaka, Aug 2 – The BNP on Thursday demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led government for its total failure in every respect especially in controlling road accidents and resolving crises in the transport sector.
Never care about death, says PM
Reiterating that she never cares about death, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she is alive to finish the unfinished jobs of her father.
Govt closes all educational institutions Thursday
Amid the growing student protest over the killing of two college students in a road accident in the capital, the government on Wednesday announced to keep all the educational institutions across the country closed for Thursday.
Student protests spread across Dhaka, other districts
Students from different schools and colleges took to the streets for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday demanding punishment of the driver responsible for Sunday’s accident that killed two college students in the city and resignation of the Shipping Minister…
Students take to street for 3rd day: Passenger buses go off
Dhaka, Aug 1– Commuters in different parts of the capital are facing serious trouble in reaching their destinations on Wednesday as public transports have gone off the streets apprehending agitations by students.
US mulls 25% tariff on $200bn of Chinese goods, say reports
The US is considering 25% tariffs on $200bn (£152bn) of Chinese goods, much higher than the 10% it previously indicated it might impose, reports say.
‘NRC will be implemented in Assam: BJP chief Amit Shah’
‘Shah said the process for NRC, whose mandate is to identify illegal immigrants, was started in 2005 when the UPA was in power, but the government lacked the courage “to throw out Bangladeshis.” ‘New Delhi: Exclusion of 40 lakh people…
Harass none over Assam citizenship: India
The government of India has asked the state government of Assam to ensure that law and order is maintained and no one is allowed to take the law into their hands.
Students set fire to two buses in capital
Agitating students set fire to two buses in Uttara and City College areas of the capital on Tuesday during their agitations seeking punishment of the driver responsible for Sunday’s accident that killed two of their fellows.
India’s Assam citizen identification can make 4mn stateless
The Indian authorities should ensure that documenting and updating the names of citizens in the northeastern state of Assam is transparent and nondiscriminatory, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International India said. The potential exclusion of over 4 million people, many…
Sunday deaths: Pupils block key traffic crossings in capital
Dhaka, July 31 – Students blocked Farmgate, Mirpur and ECB Chattar intersections on Tuesday again demanding punishment of the driver responsible for Sunday’s accident that killed two college students in the city and apology from the Shipping Minister for his…
Mamata calls NRC conspiracy to throw out Bengalis from Bihar
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at Centre on Monday over the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) which she claimed was a plan to evict Bengalis and Biharis from Assam.
BNP polling agents kicked out in Sylhet alleges Ariful
Sylhet, July 30 –BNP mayoral candidate Ariful Haque Chowdhury alleged that his agents have been kicked out from two polling centres.
Students barricade Airport road over Sunday’s bus tragedy
Dhaka, July 30 – Traffic on Airport road came to a halt on Monday morning as students of different schools and colleges blocked the road protesting the death of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin School and College in a…
After jail term, Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi aims law study
Nabi Saleh, Jul 30 (AP/UNB) — Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi, who became an international symbol of resistance to Israeli occupation after slapping two soldiers, walked out of an Israeli prison Sunday and told throngs of journalists and well-wishers that she…
Sensing danger in polls, Quader reaching out to opponents
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has got busy holding meetings with different political parties sensing danger in the next general election.
Students go berserk in Capital as bus kills 2 injures 12
College students went berserk as a bus ploughed through some of their fellows in front of Kurmitola General Hospital on Airport Road in the capital on Sunday, leaving two dead and 12 others injured.
Starved, bombed Yemen kids want trapped in flooded Thai Cave
By Robert J. Burrowes While the world watched and waited with bated breath for the outcome of the substantial global effort – involving over 100 cave divers from various countries, 1,000 members of the Thai Army and 10,000 others in…
Voters panicked by arrests in polls-bound 3 cities: BNP
Dhaka, July 28 – BNP on Saturday alleged that a sense of insecurity has crept into the minds of voters belonging to the 20-party alliance due to continued arrest and harassment by police in three cities that go to polls…
RMG workers to observe 2-hr hunger strike July 31
Readymade garment (RMG) workers will observe a two-hour hunger strike in front of the office of the minimum wage board for the RMG sector on July 31 to press home their demand for fixing Tk 16,000 as minimum wage.
Sara Hossain in Inquiry Body on occupied Palestine
Barrister Sara Hossain, a Supreme Court lawyer, has been named as one of the three members of the ‘Commission of Inquiry’ on the 2018 protests in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Rohingyas: Dhaka for holding perpetrators accountable
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said the perpetrators of heinous crimes against Rohingyas in Rakhine State of Myanmar must be held accountable.
Elections to cities to be a farce, fears BNP
BNP on Friday feared that the elections to three city polls will turn into a farce as the Election Commission (EC) could not yet create a proper election atmosphere.
BNP-Jamaat clique to destroy country if returns to power: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the BNP-Jamaat clique will just destroy the country with their unbridled looting and corruption if they return to power as they did in the past.
Extrajudicial killings’ for holding lopsided general election: BNP
BNP on Friday alleged that the government has long been engaged in ‘extrajudicial killings’ in the name of anti-narcotic drive to hold another one-party lopsided general election.