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Students block Science Lab intersection
04:27 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayStudents blocked the Science Lab intersection in Dhaka on Friday afternoon demanding justice for the deaths of fellow students during the quota reform movement. They blocked the intersection in the capital around 2:40 pm after a mass procession...
Turkey blocks Instagram for censorship
03:40 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayThe Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority (TKM) has said it blocked access to Instagram...
Statement withdrawing quota protests taken forcibly, claim 6 coordinators
02:28 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayA day after their release from the custody of Detective Branch, six coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement on Friday claimed that they were forced to give a statement withdrawing the protests...
Heavy to very heavy rain falls predicted over country
01:10 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayLight to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over eight divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country...
Two killed in Shariatpur trawler capsize
01:03 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayTwo people were killed and three others went missing in a trawler capsize in the Meghna River in Gosairhat upazila of Shariatpur on Friday morning...
Statements of Jamaat-Shibir can’t be published: AG
12:09 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayThe publication of statements from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Chhatra Shibir, and all their affiliated organisations, which are banned under the Anti-Terrorism Act, is now prohibited...
Russia frees US reporter in huge prisoner swap with West
11:47 AM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayUS journalist Evan Gershkovich and a Russian intelligence colonel jailed for a Berlin murder were among two dozen prisoners freed Thursday in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War...
Coffee is becoming a luxury, and there’s no escaping it
10:00 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayTucked away in the mountainous highlands of Chiapas in southern Mexico, around 150 coffee farmers on the Edelmann family farm work with their hands for hours on end...
Iran’s Khamenei leads funeral prayers for Hamas chief Haniyeh
09:22 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayIran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led funeral prayers at a memorial event for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran...
Expatriates send $1.90b remittance in July
08:36 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe expatriate Bangladeshis sent remittances of around $1.9 billion (equivalent to about Tk 22,526 crore) in July, the first month of the current fiscal year 2024-25...
Malaysia PM slams Meta after Facebook removes post on Hamas’s Haniyeh
07:56 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayMalaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has accused Meta of “cowardice” after the social media company removed his Facebook post on the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh...
Artists rally for students’ demands: “The voice of the fallen still rings in our ears”
06:46 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayPerformers, directors and photographers under the banner of 'Visual Media Artists’ have rallied in support of the 9-point demands of students protesting against discrimination.
Fresh schedule of postponed HSC exams
06:33 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayA fresh schedule of the postponed examinations of the Higher Secondary Certificate has been announced...
BNP to comment on Jamaat ban after discussion: Fakhrul
06:01 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the party will formally comment about the banning Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami after holding discussion at the party forum...
Jamaat decries ban as unconstitutional, undemocratic, unjust
05:50 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has denounced the government's decision to ban the party, describing it as unconstitutional, undemocratic, and unjust.
Students protest and role of ‘Mass Media’ in Bangladesh
05:30 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayOn July 15, 2024, students from Dhaka University gathered for a peaceful protest, holding placards and flags, and calling for quota reforms in government jobs...
A fanatical class gradually developed unnoticed: PM
05:17 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina remarked that a fanatical class has gradually emerged, unnoticed by the public.
Jamaat, BNP used students as shield to unleash reign of terror: PM
05:09 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that Jamaat-Shibir and BNP used the protesting students who were demanding quota reform in government jobs as their shield to unleash their reign of terror...
Police raid Faridpur Jamaat office
04:33 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayPolice are raiding the Faridpur district office of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday afternoon...
Yunus’s demand for midterm polls unconstitutional, illegal: Obaidul
04:26 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayAwami League General Secretary and Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, Obaidul Quader, has dismissed Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus’s call for midterm elections as unconstitutional and illegal.