BCS viva on Aug 1, 4, 5 postponed

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission has announced that the 44th Bangladesh Civil Service general cadre oral examinations scheduled for Aug 1, Aug 4, and Aug 5 have been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, reports bdnews24.comPSC spokesman SM Matiur Rahman confirmed...

Amnesty for end to hunt for students, opponents

The Amnesty International has called for the Bangladesh authorities to immediately stop their blanket hunt for students and political foes.The human rights group in a social media post on Monday said "Peaceful protest is not a crime", urging the government...

Ganatantra Mancha urges PM to resign

Blaming the government for creating an anarchic situation through the most brutal killings in the country's history, Ganatantra Mancha has called on the Prime Minister (PM) to submit her resignation to President Mohammed Shahabuddin, reports UNB.In a press conference, the...

Seven BNP men remanded in BTV rampage case

A Dhaka court has placed seven leaders and activists of BNP on a four-day remand in a case lodged over rampaging state-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) Bhaban at Rampura in the capital, reports BSS.The accused who were put on remand are...

TIB condemns detention of quota movement coordinators

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has strongly condemned the illegal detention of student coordinators who have been forced to announce the withdrawal of their programme through video messages.It termed the forced video announcement of the withdrawal of the ongoing programme...

Teachers call for end to harassment of student, demand release of detainees

Teachers from various universities across Bangladesh, united under the banner of 'Anti-Repression Teachers Rally,' have called for an immediate end to the harassment of students as well as 'mass arrests', report agencies They also demanded the release of detained students.They...

Release leaders from DB custody

Opposition leader and Jatiya Party Chairman Golam Mohammad Quader has called for the immediate release of student leaders detained 'under the guise of protective custody', reports UNB.According to a press release on Monday, GM Quader stated that the students have...

Mirza Fakhrul airs concern over tortures on political leaders during remand

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed deep concern over tortures on political leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and others during remand.He also demanded immediate release of the detained leaders and activists of the opposition parties including...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina listening to the experiences of the Bangladesh Chhatra League activists

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina listening to the experiences of the Bangladesh Chhatra League activists of different educational institutions, who were tortured and injured during the recent anti-quota movement, at Gonobhaban in the capital on Monday. — Focus Bangla

BNP always attempts to intrude into anti-govt movement: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP always attempts to intrude into any agitation against the government and become mad to label it as anti-government movement, report agencies."BNP's only strategy is to create anarchy and conspiracy to...

China's industrial profits post faster gains in June despite faltering economy

BEIJING, July 29 (Reuters): China's industrial profits grew at a faster clip in June, official data showed on Saturday, even as businesses were grappling with a downshift in consumers' sentiment amid a shaky economic recovery.A 3.6 per cent year-on-year rise...

Continue proceedings against ex-IGP Benazir

The High Court (HC) on Monday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to continue its proceedings as per law against former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed and his family members.An HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and...

VPN demand increases 5016pc in BD

In the wake of escalating violent protests in Bangladesh, a massive surge in Virtual Private Network (VPN) usage has been witnessed as citizens strived to circumvent government-imposed internet restrictions.A vpnMentor research team has found an astonishing 5016 per cent increase...

Tying Faiaz's hands with rope against law

The government has acknowledged to the High Court that using rope to tie the hands of minor Hasnatul Islam Faiaz when bringing him to court in the case of a policeman's murder was a violation of the Children Act.The government...

Six coordinators to be handed over to families soon: DB chief

The six quota movement coordinators who were earlier taken into custody would be handed over to the respective families soon, said a top official of the Detective Branch of (DB) police on Monday."They (coordinators) have been in our custody for...

Writ seeks order not to shoot protesters

A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) on Monday seeking its directive to the law enforcement agencies not to shoot protesters from today and release of six quota coordinators from the custody of Detective Branch (DB), reports...

BR suffers operating loss of Tk 45m a day

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) suffers an operating loss of estimated over Tk 45 million each day for keeping all passenger and cargo trains suspended since the quota reform movement turned violent on July 18.The state-owned train operator runs 335 trains...

A terrified college student, clutching his identification card

A terrified college student, clutching his identification card in a futile attempt to assert his innocence, is manhandled by police during an anti-quota protest in Dhaka's Science Lab area on Monday. — FE Photo

Decision to ban Jamaat, Shibir taken at 14-party meeting

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said that BNP-Jamaat clique was involved in a conspiracy to make the country ineffective through anarchy, reports UNB."So, for the sake of the country, the 14-party alliance has decided to ban Jamaat-Shibir...

Internet woes hit garment exports as buyers fret

Global apparel buyers on Monday expressed concern over the Internet connection, which is still slow after the restoration of a weeklong cutoff during the violent anti-quota movement.They urged sector leaders and suppliers to ensure timely goods shipments and restore high-speed...

Inbound remittance on recession from recent rebound

A synchronized drive to bag more foreign currencies for stabilising Bangladesh's depleting forex reserves faces headwinds as remittance inflow so far this outgoing month shows a significant recession.Such dip in remittance receipt -- perceivably in fallout from road ruckus stoked...

Govt forms 37 teams to tame kitchen inflation, despite past failures

Amid soaring prices for nearly all kitchen items, the government has formed 37 market monitoring teams to oversee prices in the capital -- a common measure by the authorities that has previously yielded little to no significant results.The committees, each...

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Quota protesters regroup, stage fresh demo

Job-quota protesters regrouped after a curfew-restricted rout and staged fresh demonstrations Monday in Dhaka and elsewhere on their modified nine-point demand, but reinforced security forces soon dispersed them in prevented actions, firsthand reports said. The lawmen picked up at least...

Mourning Day today

Mourning day will be observed across the country today (Tuesday) for those who died in clashes during students' demonstrations for quota reform last week.The decision came at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office, reports...

Container pileup at prime seaport prolongs

Container congestions at Chittagong seaport prolonged following slow delivery of boxes Friday-Saturday against a rush after the unblocking of blockades during countrywide quota protests, sources said. However, the trade-clearance operations at the prime port of Bangladesh improved a little Sunday,...

T-Aman farming progressing fast in Jamalpur

JAMALPUR, July 29 (BSS): Shortly after receding flood water farmers in the district have begun planting of T-Aman seedling in full swing.Department of Agricultural Extension office sources said farmers already cultivated T-Aman on 5,200 hectares of land till on Monday...

Four get life term for killing student

A court has convicted and sentenced four people to life imprisonment in a case lodged over the murder of a student Tanvir Mahtab Ishrak in Tangail, reports BSS. The four convicts are Abu Foysal, Amit Hasan, Ariful Islam Anik and...

Widowed by quota protest violence, Khadija concerned about her unborn child

KURIGRAM, July 29 (UNB): Khadija Begum, 19, wife of Nur Alam from Kurigram who was killed during the recent quota protest violence, has become speechless. Losing her husband just one year into their marriage, she is now eight months pregnant...

Rajshahi businesses bogged down by shutdown

RAJSHAHI, July 29: Small and big businesses in Rajshahi have suffered a crushing blow due to the government-imposed nationwide curfew following the recent student agitation seeking repeal of the quota system in government services.Daily turnover in many of the business...