‘Govt working to make police pro-people, modernise BGB’
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the interim government has taken numerous measures in the last one year following the fall of the Awami League (AL) government to make Bangladesh Police a pro-people and service-oriented force inspired by the spirit of the July Mass Uprising."We...
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Prof Muhammad Yunus visits the July Uprising Memorial Museum
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus visits the July Uprising Memorial Museum being built at the Ganabhaban on Tuesday — Focus Bangla
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Australia, Canada express solidarity
The Australian High Commission and the Canadian High Commission on Tuesday acknowledged the significance of August 5, marking the anniversary of the student-led mass movement in Bangladesh, and reaffirmed its support for the country's democratic transition. "We remember those who died or were injured during last year's civil unrest," the...
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Aug 5 a manifestation of 16 years' resentment: Moyeen Khan
NARSINGDI, Aug 5, 2025 (BSS) - BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Tuesday said that the long 16 years of misrule by the Awami League had devastated people's lives.He said, "August 5 was the outcome of prolonged repression by the Awami League, which forced people from all...
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Various social, political, and cultural groups lay wreaths at the monument
From top left (Clockwise): Various social, political, and cultural groups lay wreaths at the monument built in the capital's Shahbagh to commemorate the July uprising victims. The national anthem is rendered on the stage at the Manik Mia Avenue before the July Declaration is unveiled. 10 people sustain injuries in...
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Bangladesh sees effective judiciary, legal reforms
Bangladesh witnessed effective judiciary and legal reforms in one year of interim government sworn in on August 8 last year after Sheikh Hasina stepped down from premiership and fled to India amid mass uprising, ending her almost 16 years autocratic rule.Nobel Laureate economist Dr Muhammad Yunus led interim government took...
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'I chased off Hasina. I am very happy'
An animation of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina can be seen on the screen. In front of it, a treadmill has been set up. People take turns running on the treadmill as the cartoon of the former ruler flees.A second later, the words "Hasina does not run" flashed across the...
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JU expels 110 students
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Aug 5, 2025 (BSS) - Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities expelled 110 members of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), for various terms and revoked the certificates of another 79 for their alleged involvement in violent attacks on protesting students during last year's July Uprising on campus.The university authorities...
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10 injured in gas balloon blast at Manik Mia Avenue
At least 10 people suffered burn injuries from a gas balloon explosion at an event organised to mark the first anniversary of 'July Mass Uprising' in Manik Mia Avenue of Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon.The injured were identified as Mazharul Islam, 27, Billal Hossain, 45, Monsur Islam, 38, Md Fahad, 20,...
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3 more die of dengue, 319 hospitalised
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning, taking the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 89 this year.The deaths have been reported in Chattogram divisions (Out of CC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), according to the Directorate General...
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CA releases postage stamp
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday released a commemorative postage stamp and an inaugural envelope on the occasion of the July Uprising Day 2025.The Chief Adviser released the postage stamp and the inaugural envelope using a canceller at a ceremony at the State Guest House Jamuna, reports BSS.Education Adviser...
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