Dhaka, Aug 5 – The ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader Sunday alleged that BNP-Jamaat nexus is conspiring to cause stepping down of the Sheikh Hasina government by riding on the ongoing student’s movement for safe road and justice…
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UN urgently urges all to keep everyone safe on Dhaka roads
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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…
‘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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
Eco-friendly scheme to save Barind Tract groundwater
Massive need-based schemes are being implemented in the region including its vast Barind tract aiming at improving its environment through resisting pollution.
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.
AL goes low-key on Rajshahi, Barisal city polls wins
Dhaka, July 31 – The ruling Awami League (AL) kept its victory in two cities-Rajshahi and Barishal city corporations polls at a low key without any victory celebrations.
BD must halt industrialisation in the Sundarbans: UN
Bangladesh must halt the industrialisation of the Sundarbans Reserved Forest, the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world, says UN expert John H Knox on Tuesday.
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…
Dhaka North City announces Tk 25 billion budget
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Sunday announced a Tk 2567.45 crore proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-2019, a Tk 182.65 crore rise from last fiscal’s budgetary outlay.
PM Hasina unveils book on Bangabandhu’s prison life
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday unveiled the cover of a book titled ‘3053 Days’ composed on the prison life of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Voting ends in Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal: Rigging charges
Voting in the elections to Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet city corporations ended amid election boycott, allegations of rigging, ouster of polling agents and other irregularities on Monday.
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…
High-powered panel deployed to probe Barapukuria coal theft
Dhaka, Jul 29 – A high-powered probe committee has been formed with a director general of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) as its head to look into the disappearance of coal from storages of the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited…
Polls in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal cities Monday
The voting in three city corporations – Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet- will begin at 8 am tomorrow and continue till 4 pm without any break.
No dialogue but, might be, communication with BNP: Quader
Ruling out the possibility of any dialogue with BNP over the next general election, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said there might be communication with the party.