Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Tuesday said he cannot assure that there will be no anomaly during the next general election.
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Global rights group slams BD government for attacks
Dhaka, Aug 7 (AP/UNB) — A global human rights group has accused authorities in Bangladesh of using abusive measures in handling a student-led protest calling for safer roads.
Zia Charitable Trust case: Khaleda’s bail extended again
Dhaka, Aug 7 – A Dhaka court on Tuesday extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia until September 5 in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
EU missions concerned at road transport governance in BD
Dhaka, Aug 7 – The heads of missions of the European Union (EU) countries in Bangladesh in a joint statement expressed concern at school children and young people being caught up in protests of violent clashes with other groups. Welcoming…
Union leaders for trial of those who assaulted photographers
Dhaka, Aug 6 – Journalists’ leaders on Monday demanded the arrest and trial of attackers of their fellows while covering the students’ agitation during the last two days.
Four on remand over killing student
Dhaka, Aug 6 – A Dhaka court placed two drivers and two helpers of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan bus on a 7-day remand in a case filed over the deaths of two college students in a bus crash on Airport Road.
Case filed against BNP’s Fakhrul, Rizvi and Khasru
A case was filed against BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday for instigating violence during the ongoing student movement demanding safe…
Right bodies seek an end to attacks on students
Dhaka – Human rights organisations, Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), and Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB), have demanded an immediate ending of the attacks and repressions on the students for raising their voice seeking road safety.
HC grants 6-month bail to Khaleda in Cumilla arson case
The High Court on Monday granted a 6-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia following a bail petition in an arson case filed under the Special Powers Act in Cumilla.
EW, NSU students clash with police, attackers
Students of East West University (EWU) and North South University (NSU) clashed sporadically with police and miscreants in front of the respective campuses in the city’s Aftabnagar and Bashundhara areas on Monday as protests against Saturday’s attacks on them spread…
Drik Gallery MD Shahidul Alam being interrogated by DB police
Dhaka – Detectives are interrogating Shahidul Alam, Managing Director of Drik Gallery and Chairman of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, at its office in city’s Mintu road area.
Release photographer, end crackdown on student protests: AI
Dhaka, Aug 6 – The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Shahidul Alam, a well-known photographer and activist, who was detained by plainclothes policemen on 5 August 2018 after giving an interview to Al-Jazeera English on the current wave…
Cops fire teargas shells at East West university: Demo at DU
Dhaka, Aug 6 – A clash broke out between the students of Eas t-West University and police in front of its campus at Aftabnagar in the city on Monday morning while the students were staging demonstrations protesting Saturday’s attacks on…
Bus services resume in BD after nearly a week of suspension
Dhaka, Aug 6 –After a suspension for several days following student protests, bus services resumed on Monday morning across the country, including the capital. The Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Samity on Sunday night decided to operate buses from Monday morning.
Drik Gallery MD Shahidul Alam detained for Facebook posts
Dhaka, Aug 5 – Detectives detained Shahidul Alam, Managing Director of Drik Gallery and Chairman of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, here on Sunday night.
BNP urges united movement to unseat govt for ‘anti-people stance’
Dhaka, Aug 5 – Accusing the present government of taking a stance against the people, the BNP yesterday called upon all to get united to unseat the AL from power. The present government has pounded heavily on the nation. Indeed, the government…
Youth stabbed to death in Pabna
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death by adversaries following a land dispute at Kulunia village in Sadar upazila in Pabna on Saturday night.
4 to die for murder in Sylhet
A tribunal here on Sunday convicted four people and sentenced them to death for killing a girl after rape.
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.
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.
Don’t pay heed to rumours: PM Hasina’s call
Dhaka, Aug 5 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the people of the country not to pay heed to rumours and get confused by false propaganda.
College principal found dead in Sylhet hotel
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a college principal from a residential hotel at Dhopadighipar area in Sylhet on Saturday.
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.
A Bangladeshi helped avert World War III?
North Korea is the most powerful nuclear nation on earth and has the capability of destroying the three-million square miles of the USA in 42 minutes 42 seconds precisely By Proinsias Mac Pheadair Worldwide News A video entitled “Trump almost…
Ershad seeks death sentence for killing in reckless driving
Dhaka, Aug 3 – Extending his support to the ongoing student movement seeking road safety, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Friday said the capital punishment is the only trial of killing people in reckless driving.
Long-haul bus services suspended at govt’s behest: BNP
Dhaka, Aug 3 – BNP on Friday alleged that bus owners and workers suspended their long-haul bus services at the behest of ministers amid the student movement seeking safe roads.
Housewife ‘commits’ suicide in Sunamganj
Dhaka – A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house at Jangalbari in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj on Friday.
Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan held
Dhaka – Plainclothes police arrested former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Shahjahan Chowdhury and six other leaders and activists from a house in Wireless Murgi Farm area of the city on Friday noon on sabotage charge.
PM gives Tk 2mn each to accident victim-students’ families
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…
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.