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Interim govt to be formed: Army chief
04:27 PM, 05 Aug 2024 MondayChief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Monday said the country will now be government by an interim government and it will be formed soon. The army chief made the remark in his address to the nation on Monday afternoon after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down...
Sheikh Rehana leaves country, too
04:08 PM, 05 Aug 2024 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday left the country amid the ongoing student movement demanding the resignation of her government. Her younger sister, Sheikh Rehana, accompanied her when she departed.
Protesters storm Ganabhaban
03:27 PM, 05 Aug 2024 MondayCheering protesters stormed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official Ganabhaban residence on Monday after she fled, the culmination of more than a month of deadly anti-government protests.
PM Hasina flees Ganabhaban as protesters roam streets
03:09 PM, 05 Aug 2024 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled her official Ganabhaban residence on Monday, a source told AFP, as masses of protesters demanding her resignation roamed the streets of Dhaka and the army chief was set to address the nation.
Army chief to address nation at 3pm
02:47 PM, 05 Aug 2024 MondayBangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman will address the nation over the country’s current situation at 3pm, instead of 2pm, on Monday. The Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR), in a press release, said the army chief will address the nation at 2 pm.
Protesters dispersed with tear gas, sound grenades at Shaheed Minar
11:39 AM, 05 Aug 2024 MondayPolice on Monday dispersed a group of protesters with tear gas and sound grenades at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka when they were trying to gather there defying the curfew. At least 10 people were injured, including one pedestrian who was shot.
Shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop: UN rights chief
11:12 AM, 05 Aug 2024 MondayUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said the shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop. Scores more protesters were killed over the weekend. At least 13 police officers were also killed when a police station was attacked in Sirajganj district.
All train services suspended until further notice
10:31 AM, 05 Aug 2024 MondayAll types of train operations have been suspended until further notice amid the ongoing student movement demanding the resignation of the government.
'March to Dhaka' today
09:59 AM, 05 Aug 2024 MondayThe anti-discrimination student movement, which emerged from the quota reform movement, has announced a Long March to Dhaka today, Monday (August 5), to bolster the ongoing non-cooperation movement demanding the resignation of the government.
94 killed in clashes across the country
10:14 PM, 04 Aug 2024 SundayAt least 94 people, including 14 police personnel, were killed on Sunday (August 4) during clashes and attacks on the first day of the non-cooperation movement, an anti-discrimination student protest demanding the government's resignation.
Veterans demand troops return to barracks
09:30 PM, 04 Aug 2024 SundayFormer officers of the Bangladesh Army have called for the armed forces to be returned to the barracks, opposing any attempt to turn the political crisis into a military one.
All courts closed for indefinite period
09:04 PM, 04 Aug 2024 SundayThe Supreme Court administration has announced the closure of all courts across the country for an indefinite period amid the violence centring the non-cooperation movement by the Anti-Discrimination Students' Movement...
13 cops killed at Enayetpur, 1 in Cumilla
08:47 PM, 04 Aug 2024 SundayAt least 13 police personnel of the Enayetpur Police Station in Sirajganj were killed as the police station came under attack on Sunday.
3-day general holiday from Monday
05:49 PM, 04 Aug 2024 SundayThe government has announced a three-day general holiday starting from tomorrow (August 5), as confirmed by Mohammad Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, on Sunday (August 4) afternoon...
Indefinite curfew imposed from 6pm
04:46 PM, 04 Aug 2024 SundayThe government has imposed curfew for an indefinite period from 6:00 pm on Sunday (August 4) in Dhaka and other parts of the country. The curfew will be effective in Dhaka Metropolitan area, all divisional headquarters, municipalities, industrial areas, district and upazila headquarters...
We didn't block mobile internet: Palak
04:35 PM, 04 Aug 2024 SundayMobile internet has been down across the entire country, including the capital, since 2:00pm on Sunday (August 4)...
PM urges countrymen to resist terrorists
03:41 PM, 04 Aug 2024 SundayTerming the protesters terrorists, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called on the countrymen to resist them with an iron hand. She said this after a meeting of the National Security Committee at Ganabhaban, her assistant press secretary ABM Sarwar-e-Alam Sarker told the media...
Students to march towards Dhaka on Aug 5
03:09 PM, 04 Aug 2024 SundayThe Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, born out of the quota reform protests, has announced a march towards Dhaka on August 6 to press home its one-point demand, resignation of the government.
2 killed in Rangpur clashes
02:48 PM, 04 Aug 2024 SundayTwo people were killed as the Chhatra League-Juba League activists and students seeking step down of the government clashed across the city on Sunday. In one incident in front of the city market on Sunday (August 4) noon, the two young men died.
Mobile internet, Facebook, WhatsApp down again
02:39 PM, 04 Aug 2024 SundayUsers have reported that social media platform Facebook, along with Meta’s other services-Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram-are inaccessible again due to the ongoing situation surrounding the quota reform movement.