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Refaat Ahmed named new chief justice
09:32 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayJustice Syed Refaat Ahmed has been made the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed him on Saturday night. Earlier this afternoon, Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan stepped down in response to a student protest today...
Barcelona sign Spain playmaker Olmo from RB Leipzig
07:23 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayBarcelona have signed Spain playmaker Dani Olmo from German side RB Leipzig...
Bangla Academy DG resigns
06:51 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayProfessor Dr Md Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari has resigned as the director general of Bangladesh Academy, just 23 days after joining office...
Israeli strike on Gaza school kills more than 100 people
06:38 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayMore than 100 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City, according to officials in the enclave...
SUST VC Farid Uddin resigns
06:20 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayShahjalal University of Science and Technology Vice Chancellor professor Farid Uddin has resigned, citing personal reasons...
Students seek expulsion of Press Club president, secretary
05:28 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayThe Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement has demanded the expulsion of Jatiya Press Club president Farida Yeasmin, general secretary Shyamal Dutta and 49 members, alleging them instigating attacks on the protesters and smear campaign...
Dhaka Medical College bans student politics
04:46 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayThe Dhaka Medical College authorities have banned student politics on its campus and hostels...
Justice Ashfaqul named acting CJ
03:58 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayJustice Ashfaqul Islam of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is set to become the acting Chief Justice of Bangladesh, according to officials at the Law and Justice Division. Outgoing Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan submitted his resignation to the Law Ministry on Saturday, August 10...
DU VC Maksud Kamal steps down
03:44 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayDhaka University Vice Chancellor Dr ASM Maksud Kamal on Saturday stepped down in the face of students’ demand...
Olympic breaking athlete disqualified for ‘Free Afghan Women’ cape
02:54 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayRefugee athlete Manizha Talash was disqualified from the B-Girl breaking competition at the Olympics for wearing a cape with the words “Free Afghan Women” during her breaking battle on Friday.
Salahuddin to return home Sunday from India after 9 years
02:17 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayBNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed will return home on Sunday from India, where he has been for around nine-and-a-half years.
Killers to face trial, cases against protesters to be withdrawn
02:11 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayThe Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs has made five key decisions, including initiating process to bring those involved in the killings during the July-August period aimed at suppressing the student movement on the dock.
Obaidul Hasan resigns amid protests
01:32 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayChief Justice Obaidul Hasan has resigned in the face of student protests.
Hasina must face trial, Nahid tells Reuters
01:11 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayNahid Islam, who was instrumental in overthrowing Sheikh Hasina and is now part of an interim government said she must face trial when she returns home as planned for the killings during her term, including during recent protests, which led her to resign and flee on Monday.
This is Abu Sayeed’s Bangladesh: Yunus
12:48 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayChief Adviser to the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said we are all Abu Sayed. Abu Sayed’s mother is the mother of all. This is Abu Sayed’s Bangladesh. There is no difference in this Bangladesh.
Protesters besiege SC, ask CJ to step down by 1pm
12:26 PM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdaySeveral hundred protesters laid siege to the Supreme Court, issuing an ultimatum to Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan and the judges of the Appellate Division to resign by 1:00pm today.
Yunus offers prayers at Abu Sayeed’s grave in Rangpur
11:30 AM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayChief Adviser to the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Saturday visited the home of Abu Sayeed, a student of Begum Rokeya University, who was killed in police firing during the recent quota reform movement in Rangpur.
US Secretary Blinken welcomes Bangladesh interim govt
10:40 AM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday welcomed the swearing-in of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus to lead the interim government in Bangladesh after the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf resigns
09:18 AM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdayBangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder resigned from his post on Friday. He submitted his resignation letter to the Secretary of the Financial Institutions Department, citing personal reasons, sources in the Division said.
Sheikh Hasina did not resign: Joy
08:43 AM, 10 Aug 2024 SaturdaySheikh Hasina had not resigned as prime minister before fleeing this week to India as anti-government protesters marched on her official residence, her son and adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy told Reuters early on Saturday.