Polythene bags to be confiscated, no further exemptions: Adviser
Heavier rainfall forecast for six divisions in Bangladesh
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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'
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