Bangladesh

Golden-green Aman paddy kindles hope for Patuakhali farmers

9 November 2025, 13:28 PM

Breaking / Govt yet to issue directive on job status of 15 army officers facing ICT trial: Brig Gen Mustafizur

5 November 2025, 17:06 PM

Jucsu polls: Manual vote counting begins

11 September 2025, 16:58 PM

HSTU to punish 79 students over violence during anti-discrimination movement

11 September 2025, 16:05 PM

Interview / Understanding Nepal’s Gen Z revolution in a South Asian context

11 September 2025, 15:05 PM

Five candidates reinstated to Rucsu polls

11 September 2025, 13:17 PM

JnU teachers demand removal of illegal bus, laguna stands in Old Dhaka

11 September 2025, 11:50 AM

Bangladeshis in Nepal safe; will return home soon: Officials

10 September 2025, 16:14 PM

Rucsu polls: 7 candidates’ nominations cancelled, 315 valid contenders announced

10 September 2025, 14:40 PM

Rickshaw-pullers line up in support of students at Shaheed Minar

Expressing solidarity with the students' protest, rickshaw-pullers gathered on the road in front of the Central Shaheed Minar today

3 August 2024, 09:09 AM

Protesters start gathering at Mirpur 10

Hundreds of protesters have gathered at Mirpur 10 roundabout in Dhaka this afternoon in protest against the recent attacks on protesters

3 August 2024, 08:22 AM

‘Didn’t issue statement withdrawing movement; its fake’

The coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement today said they did not withdraw the protest programme with a seven-day ultimatum to the government.

3 August 2024, 08:14 AM

Doors of Gono Bhaban open for protesting students: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the agitating students to sit with her at Gono Bhaban to end violence centring the quota reform protest

3 August 2024, 07:46 AM

12-hour curfew imposed in Habiganj

A 12-hour curfew has been imposed from 7:00am today in Habiganj, in response to yesterday's clashes between protesters and police

3 August 2024, 07:36 AM

No plan to sit with government: protest coordinator

Nahid Islam, one of the key coordinators of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, said that they have no plan to sit with the government

3 August 2024, 06:12 AM

PM assigns 3 AL leaders to sit with protest coordinators

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina last night gave instructions to the Awami League leaders to sit with the coordinators of the ongoing Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and calm the situation

3 August 2024, 05:44 AM

Govt must take responsibility for killings during quota protests: artists' group

A group of artists today called on the government to take responsibility for the killings that occurred during the quota reform movement

2 August 2024, 13:39 PM

Mass procession from Press Club called for Sunday

A platform, comprising teachers, students and people from all walks of life, today announced a mass procession from the National Press Club for Sunday.

2 August 2024, 13:15 PM

Hundreds of protesters march between Science Lab, Shahbagh

Hundreds of protesters under the banner of the anti-discrimination students' movement marched between Dhaka's Science Lab and Shahbagh this afternoon

2 August 2024, 12:33 PM

Protesters stage demo, vandalise police box in Chattogram city

A police box was vandalised and set on fire in Chattogram's Wasa intersection as protesters of anti-discrimination student movement brought out a procession in the port city this afternoon

2 August 2024, 11:44 AM

'Droho Jatra': Thousands march from National Press Club to Shaheed Minar

Procession organised to protest mass arrests, demand justice for deaths centring quota protests

2 August 2024, 09:53 AM

Hundreds of protesters marching towards Shahbagh

Hundreds of protesters of the anti-discrimination student movement started marching from Baitul Mukarram Mosque towards Dhaka's Shahbagh intersection following Juma prayers this afternoon

2 August 2024, 08:25 AM

protest organisers forcibly detained by DB

We were forcibly detained, didn’t voluntarily issue movement withdrawal statement

Say 6 key quota movement organisers a day after being released by DB

2 August 2024, 06:32 AM

Bangladesh unblocks Facebook, WhatsApp, other social media platforms

Social media users started to get uninterrupted access to social media platforms shortly after 2:00pm

31 July 2024, 09:02 AM

2 US senators call for impartial probe into human rights violations

Two US senators yesterday called on Bangladeshi authorities to urgently conduct an independent and impartial investigation into the security services' human rights violations

31 July 2024, 07:05 AM

In pictures: Monday’s protests and police action

Quota reform protesters yesterday staged demonstrations across the country, including in Dhaka and Chattogram cities, but law enforcers dispersed them at many places and detained at least 80..Students from different universities and colleges held the demonstrations to protest the "detentio

30 July 2024, 08:59 AM

Yunus, Charter, and Our Future

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