Police used water cannons and hurled sound grenades to disperse dismissed Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) members who blocked Kakrail Mosque intersection to press home their three-point demands. The protestors gathered in front of the Kakrail Mosque on Monday morning. As they attempted to march towards Jamuna, the residence of the Chief Adviser, police barred them.To disperse the protesters, police used crowd-control ...

Shamim Ahmad, former Chief of Correspondents and City Editor of UNB, passed away on Monday morning at a private hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday following deterioration of his health conditions and he breathed his last in the morning. He left behind mother, four brothers, three sisters and a host of relatives and well-wishers. Rashed Ahmed Mitul, ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed his hope that the interim government will arrange the national elections in February. Speaking to reporters in Sylhet on Monday morning after visiting the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA), he said, “Democracy can be established and the country can move forward in the right direction through polls. The elections in February ...

A 21-year-old man was killed after sustaining burns in Sylhet’s Biswanath Upazila. Khaled Ahmed, son of Lal Mia from Karpara village in Daulatpur Union, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka early Sunday (6 July). Khaled was employed at a local car workshop. According to local sources, Khaled returned home from work on the night ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday urged Islamic NGOs to expand their efforts through social business initiatives as a sustainable way to uplift Muslim communities worldwide. Speaking at a meeting with NGO leaders from various Muslim countries at the state guest house Jamuna, Professor Yunus emphasized that social business offers a practical tool to address poverty and health challenges. ...

A Dhaka court has issued a gazette notification summoning ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and nearly 100 others to appear before the court in connection with six corruption cases over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of 60 kathas of government land in the Purbachal New Town Project. The ...

A vested quarter is trying to show BNP as anti-reform, alleged BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday at a press conference. “After the consensus commission’s proposal, reform is being delayed with new proposals again.” Mirza Fakhrul said his party believes the country will move towards holding the election based on the discussions held between Chief Adviser Prof ...

A goods transport strike in Sylhet, over five demands including the reopening of all stone quarries, witnessed a lukewarm response today (5 July) due to internal disagreements among workers’ groups. The Sylhet District Goods Transport Owners-Workers Unity Council called the strike programme on Wednesday to press home five-point demands, which also include halting the destruction of crusher machines, an end ...

Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said the three Bangladeshis recently repatriated from Malaysia are not militants. “They’re not militants… their visas had simply expired,” he said while talking to reporters following an inspection of the Export Cargo Village at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The adviser said there are no militants in Bangladesh and those sent back from ...

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