The High Court on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to examine as per section 2 (6) of the Torture and Custodial Death Prevention Act, 2013 whether Drik Gallery Managing Director Shahidul Alam, now on a seven-day remand, was tortured physically…
Denying bail to them, a court here on Thursday sent 22 private university students to jail in two cases filed over vandalism and attacks on police.
Dhaka – Bangladesh national cricket team, led by its proud captain and world famed all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, returned home on Thursday morning after a successful tour in the West Indies and United States of America (USA).
Dhaka, Aug 8 – As part of its efforts to curb road accidents, Dhaka Road Transport Owners’ Association has decided not to run any bus on a contractual basis, which leads to rash driving, in the capital from Thursday.
Dhaka, Aug 9 – Two suspected drug traders were killed in separate incidents of ‘gunfight’ with police in Rajshahi and Chandpur districts early Thursday.
Kushtia, Aug 8 – The Islamic University Journalists’ Association (IUJA) formed a human chain on the campus in Kushtia on Wednesday protesting attacks on journalists in the capital during the student movement for safe roads.
“BCL leaders have claimed that the attackers wearing “Helmet” do not belong to BCL (student wing of Awami League). Then it is essential to identify and inform the nation (Right to Information), to which wing of Awami League or the…
Dhaka– Urging the private university vice-chancellors (VCs) to keep their students away from any kind of movement, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday said they should be held accountable for the activities of the students.
The government filed a petition with the Appellate Division seeking stay on the High Court order that asked the authorities concerned to send Drik Gallery MD Shahidul Alam, now on a seven-day remand, to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)…
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to send Drik Gallery Managing Director Shahidul Alam, now on a seven-day remand, to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as soon as possible for his medical treatment.
Dhaka – Journalists from different media outlets on Tuesday demanded immediate arrest of those who attacked some of their colleagues during the ongoing student movement seeking safe roads.
Pragatishil Chhatra Jote (PCJ), an alliance of left-leaning student organisations, on Tuesday announced to stage demonstrations in all the educational institutions across the country on Wednesday, protesting attacks on students seeking safe roads.
A wheat-laden lighter vessel capsized in the Bay of Bengal Tuesday morning.
Instead of prosecuting those responsible for unlawfully attacking student protesters demanding road safety, Bangladesh authorities are arresting students and targeting activists and journalists who are highlighting the abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should order an immediate investigation into…
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.
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.
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.
About three in four antibiotics requests and three in five consultations in community pharmacies around the world result in the sale of antibiotics without a prescription, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Journal of Infection recently.
Power Division has issued official order to all the six power distribution utilities of the country asking each of them to purchase rooftop solar power from at least 20 consumers within next three months under net metering system.
A human rights group urged Bangladesh’s government on Monday to abandon plans to relocate Rohingya Muslim refugees to a small, uninhabited island said to be at severe risk of serious flooding.
Eminent citizens in a joint statement on Monday condemned the recent attack on the residence Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, Secretary of civil right organisation, Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik and demanded immediate punishment of the perpetuators.
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…
Dhaka- Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday seized some documents of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) to look into the disappearance of coal from BCMCL.
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…
Dhaka, Aug 6 – Bangladesh outplayed West Indies by 19 runs in the series-deciding third T20I of a three-match series at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida, the USA on Monday.
Dhaka, Aug 5 – Detectives detained Shahidul Alam, Managing Director of Drik Gallery and Chairman of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, here on Sunday night.
A tribunal here on Sunday convicted four people and sentenced them to death for killing a girl after rape.
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.
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.
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.