Nearly hundred killed in unrest
Nearly a hundred people were killed and several hundred others injured as protesters and government supporters ran riot across Bangladesh Sunday amid fresh outbreaks of violence centring on students' non-cooperation movement.Reports said anarchy reigned supreme in Sirajganj as a police station was torched and 13 policemen were beaten to death.The...
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Resist anarchists, PM urges countrymen
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked on Sunday the people of the country to resist the anarchists."No one of those who now are carrying out violence is a student. They are terrorists," said PM's Assistant Press Secretary ABM Sarwer-E-Alam Sarker quoting the Prime Minister as saying, reports BSS.The Prime Minister has...
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Life crippled, economy bleeds
Life gets crippled and the economy continues to bleed amid unrelenting violence following the anti-discrimination student movement that severely disrupted business and economic activities across the country, businesses and economists said.Such disruptions to trades and businesses come at a time when the $460-billion-plus economy of Bangladesh was steadily rebounding from...
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Three-day general holiday announced
The government annou-nced on Sunday a three-day general holiday, and the central bank declared closure of banks, financial institutions and stock markets for the three days, reports UNB.The government also imposed on Sunday curfew for an indefinite period from 6 pm on Sunday in the capital and some other parts...
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Govt shuts mobile internet, Meta sites amid protest
The government on Sunday blocked mobile internet access and disabled Meta's social media platforms Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram as student protests flared up across the nation.Several top executives of mobile operators told The Financial Express that they were ordered to switch off 4G mobile internet around midday on Sunday...
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