Bangladesh

Students started their pre-announcement demonstration at Dhaka University (DU) at 12noon on Monday protesting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comment on quota. Students from different halls and affiliated colleges started gathering in front of the Raju sculpture near TSC in processions before 12noon. Meanwhile, the students of different medicals and different private varsities joint the protest rally against quota with public ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called on the Muslim community to be united against the genocide in Gaza carried out by Israel. “This (Genocide in Gaza) is not expected. We all should be united against the genocide in Gaza,” she said. The premier made the remarks when Egyptian Ambassador to Bangladesh Omar Mohie Eldin Ahmed Fahmy paid a courtesy call ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asserted that her government was determined in its commitment to combat corruption in the country. “I will not spare corrupts no matter whoever they are or whatever position they have as I started the drives against corruption. I even don’t consider who are close or who are not. I must execute the zero tolerance ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the government has nothing to do about the quota system until the solution comes from court. “The government has nothing to do about the quota system. The solution to the quota issue will have to come from court,” she said at a press conference held at her official residence Ganabhaban on Sunday to ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday rejected the leave-to-appeal petition against the High Court order that cancelled the admission of 169 students to Class I at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in the 2024 academic year for breaching the age limit policy. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan passed this ...

A delegation of quota protesting students submitted their memorandum containing the one-point demand to the president at Bangabhaban on Sunday afternoon. Major General Mohammad Adil Choudhury, military secretary of President Mohammed Shahbuddin, received the memorandum. The delegation left Bangabhaban 20 minutes after staying there. Earlier, a 12-members team of the protesting students entered the Bangabhaban at 2:30pm with the memorandum ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the exporters to explore new markets for Bangladeshi goods and expand the country’s export basket. “We’ll have to search for new places.We’ll have to expand the export basket,” she said while addressing the National Export Trophy Award Ceremony in the city’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium, reports UNB. In the function, the PM conferred 77 ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday reiterated the government’s commitment to creating facilities across various sectors to ensure the country’s comprehensive advancement in the future. “We want the country to progress in every stratum, including sports, in the coming days,” she said while giving away prizes to the winners of the Sheikh Hasina Interbank Football Tournament 2024 at the Bangladesh ...

The anti-quota activists will continue their movement until the government enacts a law in the parliament reforming it. They will hold a protest march at 11am on Sunday, starting from Dhaka University premises and will place a memorandum to the President demanding reform in quota system in government jobs. The leaders of ‘quota-reform movement’ announced the fresh programmes at a ...

Traffic division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has announced that battery-run autorickshaws (locally made three-wheelers) and other slow-moving vehicles will no longer be allowed to operate on the main roads in Dhaka city. This decision is being implemented alongside enforcement of the law, said DMP Joint Commissioner (Traffic-South) SM Mehedi Hasan at a press conference held at the DMP Media ...