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Russia frees US reporter in huge prisoner swap with West
11:47 AM, 02 Aug 2024 FridayUS journalist Evan Gershkovich and a Russian intelligence colonel jailed for a Berlin murder were among two dozen prisoners freed Thursday in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War...
Coffee is becoming a luxury, and there’s no escaping it
10:00 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayTucked away in the mountainous highlands of Chiapas in southern Mexico, around 150 coffee farmers on the Edelmann family farm work with their hands for hours on end...
Iran’s Khamenei leads funeral prayers for Hamas chief Haniyeh
09:22 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayIran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led funeral prayers at a memorial event for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran...
Expatriates send $1.90b remittance in July
08:36 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe expatriate Bangladeshis sent remittances of around $1.9 billion (equivalent to about Tk 22,526 crore) in July, the first month of the current fiscal year 2024-25...
Malaysia PM slams Meta after Facebook removes post on Hamas’s Haniyeh
07:56 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayMalaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has accused Meta of “cowardice” after the social media company removed his Facebook post on the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh...
Artists rally for students’ demands: “The voice of the fallen still rings in our ears”
06:46 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayPerformers, directors and photographers under the banner of 'Visual Media Artists’ have rallied in support of the 9-point demands of students protesting against discrimination.
Fresh schedule of postponed HSC exams
06:33 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayA fresh schedule of the postponed examinations of the Higher Secondary Certificate has been announced...
BNP to comment on Jamaat ban after discussion: Fakhrul
06:01 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the party will formally comment about the banning Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami after holding discussion at the party forum...
Jamaat decries ban as unconstitutional, undemocratic, unjust
05:50 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has denounced the government's decision to ban the party, describing it as unconstitutional, undemocratic, and unjust.
Students protest and role of ‘Mass Media’ in Bangladesh
05:30 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayOn July 15, 2024, students from Dhaka University gathered for a peaceful protest, holding placards and flags, and calling for quota reforms in government jobs...
A fanatical class gradually developed unnoticed: PM
05:17 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina remarked that a fanatical class has gradually emerged, unnoticed by the public.
Jamaat, BNP used students as shield to unleash reign of terror: PM
05:09 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that Jamaat-Shibir and BNP used the protesting students who were demanding quota reform in government jobs as their shield to unleash their reign of terror...
Police raid Faridpur Jamaat office
04:33 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayPolice are raiding the Faridpur district office of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday afternoon...
Yunus’s demand for midterm polls unconstitutional, illegal: Obaidul
04:26 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayAwami League General Secretary and Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, Obaidul Quader, has dismissed Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus’s call for midterm elections as unconstitutional and illegal.
Govt issues notification banning Jamaat-Shibir
04:16 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe government has officially banned Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, through an executive order.
Police pick up 12 protesters from Barishal University
04:11 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayPolice picked up 12 people, including a coordinator of the quota reform protests, from the Barishal University campus on Thursday...
Govt ready to deal with Jamaat, if goes underground: Law Minister
03:46 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayLaw, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said that the government is prepared to handle any underground activities by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, after they are banned.
Jamaat will go underground, act like militant outfit: PM
03:08 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned the nation on Thursday that the Jamaat-Shibir axis may go underground and operate like a militant outfit after being banned.
6 quota protest coordinators released after six days
02:34 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdaySix organisers of the quota reform movement, who had been in the custody of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police for the past six days, were released around noon on Thursday.
UN ready to assist Bangladesh govt for violence probe
02:23 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe United Nations is ready to assist the Bangladesh government to conduct an investigation into the nationwide violence that erupted during the anti-quota movement. Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General of the UN, said this in a regular press briefing on Wednesday.