The ruling Awami League has become detached from people, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. He made the remark while speaking at a press conference at the party chairperson’s political office at Gulshan in the capital on Wednesday afternoon. At that time, Mirza Fakhrul said: “The present Awami League doesn’t have any similarity with the previous Awami ...

All examinations, including the viva voce of the 44th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), under the Public Service Commission (PSC) have been postponed until July 31 for unavoidable grounds. PSC public relations officer SM Matiur Rahman informed the media through a text on Monday. He said that all the changed schedule of the exams will be informed through PSC website and ...

As many as 16,000 people have been sued in 10 cases in connection with various incidents of violence during the quota reform movement in Sylhet. The cases were filed separately at Kotwali, Jalalabad, and South Surma Police Stations under Sylhet Metropolitan Police. Mohammad Saiful Islam, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, confirmed the information, adding that a total ...

Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday. There were no infections in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study of about 5,000 in South Africa and Uganda, researchers reported. In a group given daily prevention pills, roughly 2% ended up catching ...

Though the university administration had directed students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) to leave the halls by three pm today, they did not comply. They are continuing their protest, declaring that they will not leave the halls. UST authorities instructed the students to vacate the halls by 3 pm on Wednesday, after a syndicate meeting. Following this ...

Two Northern University students were reportedly shot dead by police in capital’s Uttara during the complete shutdown called by the agitating students demanding quota reform. In connection with the ongoing quota movement and the attack of Chhatra League on students and killings in different parts of the country, ‘Complete Shutdown’ is going on across the country on the call of ...

To maintain law and order amid the ongoing quota reform movement, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is deploying 229 platoons across the country, including in Dhaka. Meanwhile, a total of 16 platoon of ansar members, including 40 female members, have been deployed in Dhaka. Md Rubel Hossain, Ansar and Village Defense Force’s assistant director (VDP Training) and public relations officer, confirmed ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said a judicial enquiry will be carried out to ensure fair and just trial in the recent unwanted incidents including killings. She also announced that steps will be taken to ensure that those who committed the murders, looting and terrorist activities, whoever they are, will get the appropriate punishment. “On whose instigation the conflict ...

Two teenage boys were killed and two others injured after their motorcycle collided with another motorcycle on the Zakiganj-Sylhet road in Kaliganj Ballah area under Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet district on Tuesday night. The deceased were Jahangir Hossain, 16, son of Abdus Sattar, resident of East Khorosti village in Darpnagar east union of Kanaighat upazila, and Marjan Ahmad, 17, son ...

Professor Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal has been declared a persona non grata by the anti-quota protesters at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet. The students demanding quota reform in government jobs announced this at Goalchattar of the university around 2:30pm on Wednesday. Asadullah Al Galib, Coordinator of Anti-Discriminatory Movement at SUST, said anyone who will oppose their ...