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10 Minute School suspends classes indefinitely
02:48 PM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayBangladesh's largest online education platform, 10 Minute School, has suspended all its online and offline classes indefinitely.
PM orders release of detained general students
02:09 PM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday ordered the concerned authorities to release the general students, who were detained during the movement for quota reform in government jobs.
Pension scheme proposed for univ teachers cancelled
01:39 PM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has cancelled the pension scheme, which was proposed for the employees of the public universities, autonomous and government institutions.
Ganabhaban doors open, want to sit with protesters: PM
01:22 PM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced on Saturday that the doors of Ganabhaban are open for dialogue and she is willing to sit down with the quota reform activists.
Students stage demo blocking Dhaka-Rajshahi highway
01:16 PM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayA group of students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) on Saturday staged a demonstration blocking the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway to press home their nine-point demand and protesting the killing of students and the attacks on their Friday’s mass procession across the country.
Internet shutdown was wrong, negative info spread abroad: Momen
12:58 PM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayThere was severe negative campaign about Bangladesh abroad centring the quota reform movement, with much misinformation circulating, partly due to the government’s decision to shut down the internet ...
Restaurant worker injured in Badda clash die at DMCH
12:26 PM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayA hotel worker, who suffered bullet injuries during the clashes between quota reform protesters and police in the capital’s Badda on July 19, died in the early hours of Saturday.
India removes BSF Director General, his deputy
11:52 AM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayThe Ministry of Home Affairs of India removed the Border Security Force (BSF) Director General (DG) Nitin Agrawal and his deputy Special DG (West) Y B Khurania, sending them back to their respective state cadres with immediate effect, a government order issued on Friday said.
AL wants to sit with quota movement coordinators
10:41 AM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayPrime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina asked her party leaders to sit with the quota reform movement coordinators to normalise the country’s situation. She gave the responsibility to the party’s presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Joint General Secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif and AFM Bahauddin Nasim.
Anti-quota protesters to stage demo across country today
09:50 AM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayThe anti-quota protesters will stage demonstration across the country on Saturday to press home their nine-point demand and protesting the attacks on the students.
Harris formally chosen as Democratic nominee for President
09:09 AM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayUS Vice-President Kamala Harris has passed the threshold to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination in a vote of party delegates. Harris is the first black woman and first South Asian woman to become the White House standard-bearer for a major US political party.
Slain Hamas chief buried in Qatar as escalation fears grow
08:26 AM, 03 Aug 2024 SaturdayHamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was buried in Qatar on Friday after his killing in Tehran, an attack blamed on Israel that has heightened regional tensions as the Gaza war drags on.
Ill-effort continues to gain interest by playing govt-vs-students game: Quader
06:23 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayAwami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said even after fulfilling the students’ demand for quota reform, a vested quarter is continuing an ill-effort to gain interest by playing the government-versus-students game...
Thousands rally at Shaheed Minar
05:53 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayThousands of people rallied at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Friday afternoon to demand justice for those killed in the violence centring the quota reform movement. Students, teachers, and people from all walks of life gathered there with processions there...
Students block Science Lab intersection
04:27 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayStudents blocked the Science Lab intersection in Dhaka on Friday afternoon demanding justice for the deaths of fellow students during the quota reform movement. They blocked the intersection in the capital around 2:40 pm after a mass procession...
Turkey blocks Instagram for censorship
03:40 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayThe Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority (TKM) has said it blocked access to Instagram...
Statement withdrawing quota protests taken forcibly, claim 6 coordinators
02:28 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayA day after their release from the custody of Detective Branch, six coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement on Friday claimed that they were forced to give a statement withdrawing the protests...
Heavy to very heavy rain falls predicted over country
01:10 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayLight to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over eight divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country...
Two killed in Shariatpur trawler capsize
01:03 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayTwo people were killed and three others went missing in a trawler capsize in the Meghna River in Gosairhat upazila of Shariatpur on Friday morning...
Statements of Jamaat-Shibir can’t be published: AG
12:09 PM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayThe publication of statements from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Chhatra Shibir, and all their affiliated organisations, which are banned under the Anti-Terrorism Act, is now prohibited...