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PM apprehended such strike by BNP-Jamaat to halt country's prosperity

Referring to the countrywide recent havoc and atrocities, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that she had an apprehension there might be a strike like this by the BNP-Jamaat clique to pull down the country's prosperity. ". . . they (BNP-Jamaat) had wanted not to hold the

20 BNP-Jamaat men among 1,758 held in Dhaka 

Around 1758 people, including 20 top leaders of BNP and Jamaat have been arrested from different parts of the capital, Dhaka, in connection with 154 cases lodged so far centering the quota reform movement. A total of 601 people, out of the total 1758, were arrested in combing

Elevated expressway to reopen after curfew is lifted

The Dhaka Elevated Expressway will remain closed to the public until the government fully lifts the curfew, the operating company said on Wednesday. The First Dhaka Elevated Expressway Company Limited (FDEE), which operates the expressway, made the decision after two toll plazas

Curfew to be lifted once situation normalises: Home Boss

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has announced that the curfew will be lifted once the situation normalises. The exact number of deaths resulting from police firing during the recent violence is still unknown, and no one has come forward to file a case at the police station.

Residential areas to get internet tonight, assures ISPB

Internet service provider of Bangladesh (ISPB) assured that broadband connection will be restored in residential areas tonight (July 24). Broadband internet services have been restored after five days of halt on a limited basis on July 23, night.  Initially, internet services

Long-route bus services resume as curfew eased

Some long-route passenger buses have departed for Sylhet, Barishal and Chattogram from Dhaka’s Syaedabad bus terminal on Wednesday (July 24) as curfew has been relaxed from 10 am to 5 pm. Besides, government and private offices have reopened for four hours along with

Offices reopen today as curfew relaxed

Government offices have been instructed to resume activities on a limited scale as the curfew will be relaxed for seven hours from 10am to 5pm starting today (July 24). Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain said government offices will run activities from 11am to 3pm today and

UAE jails 57 Bangladeshis over protests against own government

A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed 57 Bangladeshis long prison terms for holding protests in the Gulf state against their own country’s government. Three of the unnamed defendants were sentenced to life for “inciting riots in several streets across the UAE on

Bring criminals to book for sabotage: Ahmed Akbar Sobhan

Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan has urged the government to bring the BNP-Jamaat criminals to book for carrying out acts of sabotage of unprecedented gravity cashing in on the students’ movement.  “The BNP-Jamaat clique continued to unleash acts of

Offices to reopen tomorrow as curfew relaxed

The government offices have been instructed to resume activities on a limited scale tomorrow as the curfew will be relaxed for seven hours from 10am to 5pm on Wednesday and Thursday. Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain said the government offices will run activities from

Circular issued: 93pc jobs on merit, 7pc from quotas

The government has issued a circular mentioning that 93 percent of civil service recruitments will be based on merit, with the remaining seven percent allocated to various quotas.  This new system, in line with a Supreme Court order, is effective immediately for all 20 grades of

PM urges party men, affluent people to support the poor 

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today (July 23) urged the leaders and workers of her party, its associate bodies, and the affluent section of the society to extend their hands to the country's lower-income, poor, and working-class people. In a statement, she

Internet service resumes after 5 days

The broadband internet service was resumed on an experimental basis across the country on Tuesday night after five days due to the damage at its central data centre amid the student movement over quota issue. The entire country went on an internet blackout on Thursday night as the

Appellate Division's hearing on quota on Sunday

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will hold a hearing on Sunday on a High Court verdict that declared the decision of cancelling quota system in the public service, illegal. The chamber judge of the Appellate Division set the date on Thursday.   The development came

Anti-quota protest: 17 killed in clashes across country

At least 17 people were killed, and hundreds injured in clashes between quota protesters, police, and ruling party members across three districts, including the capital Dhaka, on Thursday (July 18). It has been confirmed that they died in the clashes between the police and Chhatra

Student shot dead in Dhaka’s Aftabnagar

One of the quota reformists was shot dead by the alleged members of the law enforcement agencies during protest in the capital's Aftabnagar area today (July 18). The deceased Zillur Sheikh was a science department student of the Dhaka Imperial College. The matter was

Quota reform: Four killed, hundreds injured in Uttara clashes 

At least four people were killed and over 400 injured today (July 18) during a clash between quota protesters and police in Dhaka’s Uttara.  Mizanur Rahman, the superintendent of Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, confirmed the matter.  Earlier today,

Probe report on militant snatching case on Aug 19

A Dhaka court today (July 18) fixed August 19 for submitting a report in a case filed against the miscreants who attacked police to snatch away two death-row convicts from the court premises in the capital in 2022. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim fixed the date afresh as

BTV headquarters torched

A group of quota protesters have vandalised and torched the headquarters of Bangladesh Television (BTV) in capital's Rampura. The incident occurred around 3:00pm today (July 18) amid widespread violence in Dhaka and other parts of the country during the 'complete shutdown'

Helicopter rescue trapped police men in Dhaka’s Merul Badda

Two helicopters were seen rescuing at the Canadian University of Bangladesh in Merul Badda to rescue police officers trapped inside. One of the helicopters was seen airlifting several police members. The incident occurred around 3 pm on Thursday. Since the morning, there have been