Bangladesh

RAB arrests 334 people Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 334 people, till Monday morning, from different parts of the country for their alleged involvement in Vandalism, arson and sabotage during the recent violence over Quota Reform Protest. Of them, 83 people were arrested in Dhaka, while the rest from outside Dhaka, said ANM Imran Khan, assistant director (ASP) of the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Jamaat-Shibir terrorists initially maintained low profile intruding in-guise into the quota reform movement “but afterwards they appeared dangerously in the front cashing in on the movement”. She said this while Spanish Ambassador to Bangladesh Gabriel Maria Sistiaga Ochoa de Chinchetru called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban. Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Md ...

Popular lyricist and actor Marzuk Russell is active on social media but has numerous fake IDs with his name. From which various misleading news including rumors are constantly being spread. As a result, he is often embarrassed. Marzuk Russell complained to DB office on Minto Road in the capital on Sunday afternoon seeking redressal of the matter. After complaining, Marzuk ...

The Anti-Discriminatory Students Movement has withdrawn its quota reform movement programme. Nahid Islam, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discriminatory Students Movement, announced the programme through a video message following a meeting at the Detective Branch (DB) office in the capital on Sunday (July 28) night. Two more coordinators Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam were present at that time. Condemning ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday extended her condolences and support to the families of those killed during the mayhem created by “BNP-Jamaat terrorists,” leveraging the quota reform movement. Family members of Abu Sayeed, an English Department student of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, along with 33 other bereaved families, gathered at the Prime Minister’s official residence, Ganabhaban, in Dhaka, ...

The ongoing curfew has been relaxed for 11 hours from 7AM to 6PM for three days in Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said this to reporters on Saturday night after holding a meeting with the officials of law enforcement agencies at his Dhanmondi residence. Asaduzzaman Khan said the curfew for these districts was relaxed for Sunday, Monday ...

A delegation of 12 teachers belonging to the University Teachers’ Network went to the Detective Branch (DB) office at Minto Road in the capital on Saturday (July 27) afternoon to inquire about three coordinators of Anti-Discriminatory Students Movement. However, DB police chief Mohammad Harun-ar-Rashid declined to meet the teachers on the ground of his “busy schedule.” The teachers went to ...

The government offices will be open from 9:00am to 3:00pm for the next three days — from Sunday to Tuesday — this week, Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain said today. Banks, insurance and courts will set their own time, said the minister through SMS sent to the media. After Tuesday, the office schedule will be fixed according to the curfew ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the nationwide mayhem was a part of conspiracy to completely cripple the economy to make Bangladesh again a country of beggars. “It might be their conspiracy to make us again a nation of beggars by crippling the country’s economy completely,” she said. The prime minister made the remarks with emotional voice after paying ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday morning visited Setu Bhaban to witness the extent of damage caused by attackers during the recent quota reform movement by students. She went there at about 10am and inspected vandalised floors and premises of the building. Minister of Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader and other senior officials of the Ministry were present at ...