Bangladesh

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)’s additional commissioner (DB) Mohammad Harun ar Rashid has been removed. DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman confirmed the Daily Observer about the removal on Wednesday (July 31) night. He said Harun ar Rashid was transferred to the Crimes and Operations Department at the DMP Headquarters from the Detective Branch. Mohd Ashrafuzzaman, additional commissioner (Logistics, Finance and Procurement) of ...

The government primary schools across the country will reopen on Sunday (August 4). The authorities, however, decided that the schools in 12 city corporations and all municipalities in Narsingdi district will remain shut for the time being. The primary and mass education ministry and primary education directorate have taken the decision after a meeting on Wednesday afternoon. A formal notice ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday (July 31) said the anarchists had tried to create Sri Lanka type mayhem in the country during the recent quota reform movement and they planned to topple the government. “Actually, they (the anarchists) planned to create Sri Lanka type violence and oust the government,” she said when Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma ...

Expressing strong resentment, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday (July 31) morning left an opinion-sharing meeting with former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders amid a pandemonium and slogans chanted against him. Quader hurriedly left the venue of the meeting when the former BCL leaders chanted ‘fake,’ ‘fake’ slogans against him at the party’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the lives lost during the recent quota reform violence can never be brought back even though the destroyed structures are rebuilt. “The structures that were destroyed can be rebuilt. But we will never get back the lives that were lost,” she said, reports UNB. The premier said this while inaugurating the National Fisheries ...

Quota Reform Movement protestors took position in front of the Chattogram court on Wednesday morning defying police barriers as part of their nationwide ‘March for Justice’. At 11:30am, around 200 protestors gathered on the court premise breaking the police barricades. A group of lawyers from the court later joined the protesters, extending their support. Both the protestors and lawyers then ...

A writ petition has been filed to compensate the families of children Abdul Ahad, 4, Riya Gop, 6, Safqat Samir, 11, and Naima Sultana, 15, who were shot dead during the anti-quota movement. On Wednesday (July 31), lawyer Taimur Alam Khandkar filed the writ in the concerned branch of the High Court. In the writ, a compensation of Tk one ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday afternoon to check on the injured victims of the recent nationwide violence during quota reform protests, reports UNB. She reached the hospital around 5pm, and inquired about the condition of those undergoing treatment after being attacked during the student movement demanding quota reform in public services. The ...

All government and non-government offices will remain open from 9am to 5pm from Wednesday (July 31) as per normal schedule. Public Administration Ministry issued an order in this regard on Tuesday. Meanwhile, banks across the country will continue their transaction from 10am to 4pm. On July 24, the Public Administration Ministry fixed the office hours from 11am to 3pm for ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir will be banned within Wednesday (July 31) under an executive order from the government, said Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday. He confirmed this to reporters while responding to a question at the Secretariat. The law minister also said that he will hold discussions with the home minister to determine the ...