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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.
Short-distance train services resume after 14 days
01:07 PM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayShort-distance train services resumed on Thursday morning fourteen days after the suspension amid countrywide unrest centring the quota reform movement.
HSC, equivalent exams postponed till Aug 10
11:41 AM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations under all education boards have been postponed till August 10 due to the situation centering the quota reform movement.
Khamenei orders attack on Israel for Haniyeh killing, officials say
11:29 AM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayIran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has issued an order for Iran to strike Israel directly, in retaliation for the killing in Tehran of Hamas’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, according to three Iranian officials briefed on the order.
Gas supply to remain shut in parts of Dhaka for 9hrs on Friday
10:56 AM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayGas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital from 9:00am to 6:00pm on Friday due to gas pipeline replacement works.
Meta shares surge after tech giant reports $13.5bn profit
10:25 AM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayMeta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has reported a higher-than-expected profit of $13.5bn for the most recent quarter, sending its shares nearly 7 percent higher.
Signal 3 for maritime ports
09:57 AM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayMaritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal No 3 as deep convection is taking place over North Bay due to strong monsoon.
Salah scores as Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-1, Chelsea cruise
09:27 AM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayMo Salah and Fabio Carvalho scored first-half goals to give Liverpool a 2-1 victory over Arsenal in a pre-season friendly on Wednesday while Chelsea cruised to a 3-0 victory against Club America.
Month of mourning begins
09:08 AM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe month of mourning began on Thursday commemorating the brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975.
3 men accused of plotting 9/11 reach plea deal: Pentagon
08:24 AM, 01 Aug 2024 ThursdayThree of the men accused of plotting the 11 September, 2001 terrorist attacks have entered into a pre-trial agreement, the US Department of Defence says.