Bangladesh

A total of 626 people, including politicians and police members, took shelter in cantonments across the country to save their lives after the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5. As the situation became normal, 615 left the cantonments voluntarily and four were handed over to the law enforcement agencies following a legal procedure. Seven are staying inside the ...

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested former senior secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Shah Kamal on Saturday ( August 17) night. He was arrested from Mohakhali area in the Dhaka city. This information was confirmed in a message sent from DMP’s public relations division. Earlier on Friday (August 16), DMP conducted a raid ...

A murder case has been filed against 48 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former lawmaker Shamim Osman, over the death of a youth in Narayanganj city on August 5 during the Quota Reform Movement. Abul Bashar Anik, brother of deceased Abul Hasan Swajan, lodged the case with Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station on Saturday (August 17) night, ...

All educational institutions of the country reopened on Sunday (August 18) in full swing after around one month. Many points of the capital are witnessing severe traffic congestion due to the reopening of the educational institutions. Educational institutions had been closed indefinitely since July 17 due to safety concerns arising from clashes during the recent job quota reform protests. Initially, ...

Bangladesh origin British MP Rupa Huq has said it would be unwise for the UK to give refuge to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “As a British Bangladeshi MP, my inbox is a lightning rod for Bangladeshi issues worldwide. At the moment. pleading mails ask me to ‘ban the butcher’ and similar requests as it is rumoured London is her ...

The South Korean government hopes that the inauguration of Bangladesh’s interim government will lead to the swift restoration of peace and order in Bangladesh. South Korea looks forward to working with the interim government to move Korea-Bangladesh relations forward, said the Spokesperson at the South Korean Foreign Ministry.

A case has been filed against 119 people, including two lawmakers, over the murder of 16-year-old As-Sabur during the Quota Reform Movement at Savar in Dhaka. Sahid Hasan alias Mithu, neighbour of the deceased, filed the case with Ashulia Police Station around 11:30pm on Friday. As-Sabur, a class X student of a school in Savar, was a son of Nayed ...

Students protest at Dhaka University, demanding thorough investigations and justice for every rape case in post-uprising Bangladesh, including those of Tonu and Munia. The protest also expressed solidarity with the ongoing protests against the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Hospital. The demonstration took place at 10 PM on Friday at base of the Anti-Terrorism Raju ...

Sarjis Alam, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, remarked on Friday that the Awami League is now facing the consequences of their past actions while in power and will continue to do so in the future. He made these comments in the morning while speaking to journalists at the Amar Ekushey Hall of Dhaka University, reports UNB. ...

Home Adviser to the interim government Brig Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hossain has been rassigned from his position as the Interim Government’s Advisor for the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Ministry of Textiles and Jute. Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has assigned as the Advisor for Ministry of Home Affairs in replace of Brig Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hossain. The ...