'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...

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,...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

JnU students get assurance of fulfilling demands within 3 working days
JnU students get assurance of fulfilling demands within 3 working days

Posts, Telecommunications and ICT adviser Md Nahid Islam has assured the protesting students of Jagannath University (JnU) to fulfill their demands within 3 working days including demand of handing over the project work of second campus to the army. He gave this assurance to the protesting...