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…
Read More »Exports-remittances in new uncertainty
Farhad Chowdhury: To restore stability in the foreign exchange market, the dollar rate was increased by Tk 7. On May 8, the intermediate rate of the dollar was set at Tk 117 by introducing the ‘crawling…
Read More »Over 10,000 arrested across the country
22 more cases in Dhaka Staff Correspondent: Arrests are continuing across the country on various charges including creating sabotage around the quota reform movement. Till yesterday over 10,000 people have been arrested by the members of…
Read More »Students from multiple institutions in Sylhet gather at SUST to protest nationwide arrests and killings
Staff Correspondent: General students of SUST organized a protest march against the nationwide abductions and arrests, coerced statements taken from movement coordinators under DB custody, and demanding withdrawal of false cases, where they were joined by…
Read More »Passenger train derails in India, killing 2 and injuring 20 others
International Desk: A passenger train derailed Tuesday in eastern India, killing at least two passengers and injuring 20 others, a railroad official said. Dozens of rescuers pulled the injured passengers from the derailed coaches and moved…
Read More »North Korean officials seek medicine for Kim’s health problems related to obesity, Seoul says
International Desk: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has regained weight and appears to have obesity-related health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes, and his officials are looking for new medicines abroad to treat…
Read More »TIB urges law enforcement agencies to come out of the path of violations, harassment of people
Staff Correspondent: In order to justify human rights violations such as large-scale killings, detentions, and unjust actions carried out by law enforcement agencies, as well as to suppress the movement, the government, ruling party, state-run institutions,…
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