Police resist students’ programme in Sylhet; 20 injured
Staff Correspondent: A Students Against Discrimination march was met with resistance from police in Sylhet. The protest, organized as part of the nationwide student movement, was disrupted when police fired sound grenades, tear gas shells, and…
Read More »People stage demonstration blocking Rajshahi-Dhaka highway
Staff Correspondent: Vehicular movement on Rajshahi-Dhaka highway remained suspended since Saturday morning as the students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet), Rajshahi University and general people blocked the highway as part of protest programme…
Read More »One killed in police firing in Habiganj
Staff Correspondent: A 28-year-old man was killed amid clashes between students and police during a rally organised by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Habiganj on Friday afternoon. The victim was identified as Mostak Mia, 28, a…
Read More »Israel-Hamas war latest: International calls for cease-fire grow after assassinations in the Mideast
International Desk: The Pentagon has announced that the U.S. will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region. The announcement was made Friday, a day after United…
Read More »Offline digital payment system
Emmanuel Benoist , Christian Grothoff and Sebastian Javier Marchano Modern buyers enjoy the convenience of digital payments, but not all points of sale always have an Internet connection. Trusting the buyer’s device to honestly report that a payment…
Read More »Curfew in Dhaka, 3 other districts to be relaxed from 7 am to 8 pm from tomorrow: Home Minister
Staff Correspondent: The government has announced a relaxation of the ongoing nationwide curfew from 7 am to 8 pm for four days starting tomorrow (July 31) in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur, and Narsingdi districts, Home Minister Asaduzzaman…
Read More »Quota movement announces ‘March for Justice’ Wednesday
Staff Correspondent: The quota reform protesters have announced their most visible programme rooted in freedom of assembly since the imposition of a nationwide curfew for Wednesday – a ‘March for Justice’ at the country’s educational institutions,…
Read More »Rescuers search through mud and debris as deaths rise to 151 in landslides in southern India
International Desk: Hundreds of rescue workers searched through mud and debris Wednesday from multiple landslides that have killed at least 151 people in southern India, police said. The multiple landslides occurred after torrential rains triggered torrents…
Read More »Cox’s Bazar tourism incurs loss of Tk 300 cr
Staff Correspondent: The tourism sector of Cox’s Bazar has suffered a big blow again after the corona epidemic. This time due to the quota reform movement, there has been a huge loss in every sector of…
Read More »‘Don’t mock the Nation’
HC on video of feeding quota protesters at DB office Staff Correspondent: The High Court on Monday reprimanded those involved in “making a mockery” centring the ‘detention’ and subsequent treatment of quota reform protesters.During a hearing…
Read More »Govt thinking to provide sector-based support
Zarif MahmudThe violence surrounding the quota reform movement and the financial loss caused by the curfew to suppress it has been asked to be precisely assessed and presented to the government. Sector wise policy assistance is…
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