'This incident will definitely be investigated': Asif Nazrul
'This incident will definitely be investigated': Asif Nazrul

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has assured that the attack on indigenous students protesting in front of the NCTB building will be thoroughly investigated. On Wednesday night (January 15), he shared several pictures of the incident on his verified Facebook account, and wrote, This incident will...

JnU students call off hunger strike after receiving assurance
JnU students call off hunger strike after receiving assurance

Jugannath University (JnU) students have called off their hunger strike after receiving assurance that their demands will be met. The protesting students left the roads in front of the secretariat around 7 pm on Monday and returned to the campus. AKM Rakib, a student of the department of Botany...

JnU students block Secretariat entrance
JnU students block Secretariat entrance

Hundreds of Jangannath University (JnU) students sat down in front of the Secretariat at 5:00 pm Monday to press home their demands for an army-led campus construction project and better accommodation facilities. The students were reportedly continuing their Sundays hunger strike. Earlier, at...

‘Nation desires inclusion of Hasina’s trial as key focus in manifesto’
‘Nation desires inclusion of Hasina’s trial as key focus in manifesto’

Sarjis Alam, a coordinator of the anti-discrimination student movement, stated that the aspirations for which lives were sacrificed during the July movement must be clearly reflected in the manifesto. The manifesto should not echo the voices of a select few; it should represent the collective will...

BDR mutiny trial starts today, students protest court's location
BDR mutiny trial starts today, students protest court's location

A temporary special court was set up on the grounds of Dhakas Alia Madrasa to conduct trials for the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny. In response, students of the madrasa and local residents have protested by blocking roads in the Bakshibazar area, voicing their opposition to the use of the...

Police-students clashes at Secretariat gate
Police-students clashes at Secretariat gate

Clashes broke out between police and a group of students from Prime Asia University at the main gate of Bangladeshs Secretariat on Tuesday afternoon. Witnesses reported that the students were involved in a standoff with police, though the reason behind their protest remains unclear. Earlier,...

Three to die for killing EUB student
Three to die for killing EUB student

A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced three people to death for killing Ismail Hossain Jisan, a Civil Engineering student of European University of Bangladesh (EUB). Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Court-5, Farzana Yeasmin delivered the verdict. The condemned convicts are --...

India unlikely to sacrifice Sheikh Hasina
India unlikely to sacrifice Sheikh Hasina

The former prime minister of Bangladesh has fled the country, ending her 15-year regime amid student-public uprising. Then the interim government led by Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus took the power. Following Hasinas ouster on August 5, dozens of cases have been filed on different charges...

JCD to introduce merit-based student politics
JCD to introduce merit-based student politics

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal (JCD) General Secretary Nasir Uddin Nasir said JCD wants to initiate merit-based student politics, keeping challenges of 21st century in mind. He made the statement during an interview with Bangladesh Pratidin at BNPs Naya Paltan office yesterday. Bangladesh...

Inqilab Mancha blocks Kakrail intersection, demands action against Awami League
Inqilab Mancha blocks Kakrail intersection, demands action against Awami League

Inqilab Mancha activists staged a demonstration at Dhakas Kakrail Mosque intersection on Sunday, demanding the cancellation of the Awami Leagues registration and increased safety for students and citizens. The protest began after law enforcement halted the groups march toward the Chief Advisers...

Martyrs’ families in Khulna division get Tk 2.9cr
Martyrs’ families in Khulna division get Tk 2.9cr

The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation has provided financial assistance of Tk 2.9 crore among 58 families of martyrs from the anti-discrimination student movement in Khulna division; each family received a cheque for Tk 5 lakh, reports UNB. The event was held at the Khulna Shilpakala Academy on...

Road Accident: 3 arrested over BUET student’s killing
Road Accident: 3 arrested over BUET student’s killing

Police on Friday arrested three students with alcoholic drinks after their car rammed a motorbike from behind, instantly killing a BUET student at a security checkpost in Rupganj, Narayanganj. Two other BUET students were critically injured in the crash, likely the result of a drink-driving....

Five years on, no justice for Residential student Naimul’s death
Five years on, no justice for Residential student Naimul’s death

The family of Naimul Abrar Rahat, a ninth-grade student from Dhaka Residential Model College has still not received justice, even after five years since his death. Naimul Abrar died from electrocution during an event organized by the Kishore Alo magazine of Prothom Alo on November 1, 2019. Ten...

Ex-minister Inu sent to jail
Ex-minister Inu sent to jail

A court here on Thursday sent former information minister Hasanul Haque Inu to jail in a case lodged over the killing of a college student Khalid Hasan Saifullah in the capitals Azimpur area during the anti-discrimination students movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah passed the...

DMP commissioner admits Dhaka's traffic indiscipline, seeks public cooperation
DMP commissioner admits Dhaka's traffic indiscipline, seeks public cooperation

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md. Sajjat Ali admitted the citys traffic mismanagement, calling it indisciplined. He appealed to residents for cooperation in restoring order to the roads. His comments were made during a press briefing at the DMP Media Center on Monday....

Primary students to get 100% books in January: Advisor
Primary students to get 100% books in January: Advisor

Primary and Mass Education Adviser Professor Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder has said primary level students will receive 100 percent textbooks in January, but there will be no celebrations like before, reports BSS. There are questions about the quality of primary school teachers recruited before...

Asaduzzaman Noor assaulted at BSMMU
Asaduzzaman Noor assaulted at BSMMU

Former minister Asaduzzaman Noor was assaulted by injured students of July-August movement when he was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from jail for treatment on Saturday. Some injured victims of the movement attacked Noor when he was taken there for treatment at...

US universities urge Indian students to return before Trump takes office
US universities urge Indian students to return before Trump takes office

As the United States braces for Donald Trump to assume office as the 47th president in January, several top universities have issued advisories urging international students, particularly those from India, to return to the country before the inauguration. Concerns over potential travel bans have...

Govt urges students to remain calm
Govt urges students to remain calm

The interim government has called upon students to remain calm and not to get involved in any clash, reports BSS. If any instigation is found behind such clashes, strict action will be taken, Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Monday in the wake of clashes that occurred among...

Amu, Inu, 3 others shown arrested in five new cases
Amu, Inu, 3 others shown arrested in five new cases

A court here on Monday showed five people including former ministers Amir Hossain Amu and Hasanul Haque Inu arrested in five fresh cases lodged over casualties during the July-August uprising. The three other accused are former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun,...

CEC, 4 ECs visit injured students admitted in NITOR
CEC, 4 ECs visit injured students admitted in NITOR

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, along with 4 other election commissioners (ECs) went to NITOR (National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation) to see the condition of the injured in student-public uprising. After taking oath and completing their first day of...

Students demonstrate in front of DNMCH over alleged medical negligence
Students demonstrate in front of DNMCH over alleged medical negligence

Students from more than 35 colleges gathered around Dhaka National Medical College and Hospital (DNMCH) in Old Dhaka, demanding justice for the death of a student from Dr Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College (DMRC) and accountability for those responsible for the assault on them. The protesters...

Bangladesh keen to work closely with Trump administration: CA
Bangladesh keen to work closely with Trump administration: CA

Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged top Republican Party leaders to visit Bangladesh to witness the Interim Governments efforts to restore democracy in the country. He made the call when senior officials of the International Republican Institute (IRI) paid a visit to him at the...

JU suspends deputy registrar, 3 others following student’s on-campus death
JU suspends deputy registrar, 3 others following student’s on-campus death

The deputy registrar of Jahangirnagar University (JU), among four officials, has been suspended following the death of Afsana Karim Rachi, a student from the 53rd batch of the Department of Marketing at the university. The administration also declared today (November 20) as a Day of Mourning in...

Titumir College students announce academic shutdown for indefinite period
Titumir College students announce academic shutdown for indefinite period

Titumir College students on Monday night announced a shutdown of academic activities on college campus until their demand of upgrading the institution into a university is realised. They ended the days blockade and hunger strike movement on assurances from authorities, but warned unless the...

Titumir College students resume blockade
Titumir College students resume blockade

The students of Government Titumir College, after a day-long road and railway blockade in the capitals Mohakhali, took the streets again, taking a two-hour break. They are determined about continuing the movement demanding university declaration. They once again stood in front of the college...

Press Secretary urges Titumir College students to remain calm amid protests
Press Secretary urges Titumir College students to remain calm amid protests

Shafiqul Alam, the Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser of the interim government, has called on the students of Titumir College to remain calm amidst their protests demanding the institutions separation from Dhaka University and its establishment as an independent university. Speaking at a...

Bangladesh flags visa-related difficulties with Austria
Bangladesh flags visa-related difficulties with Austria

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has flagged the issue of visa-related difficulties being faced by Bangladeshi students aspiring to pursue higher studies in Austria. He raised the issue, noting that Bangladeshi students aspiring to pursue higher studies in Austria have faced visa-related...