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Police attack on Chattogram protester, student shot in Natore 

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Clashes erupted in different districts including Chattogram as police obstructed students from blocking roads and highways as part of their complete shutdown,…

Police attack on Chattogram protester, student shot in Natore 

BCL attack on quota protesters leaves 20 injured in Feni

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists attacked a protest…

BCL attack on quota protesters leaves 20 injured in Feni
Hasina drives Bangladesh toward authoritarianism: The Diplomat

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stirred the country…

Hasina drives Bangladesh toward authoritarianism: The Diplomat

Chinese Ambassador dismisses claims about duration of Hasina-Xi meeting as “nonsense”

Chinese Ambassador dismisses claims about duration of Hasina-Xi meeting as “nonsense”

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday binned claims of a "brief" meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the former's recent…

Govt won’t do anything on quota bypassing apex court: Anisul

Govt won’t do anything on quota bypassing apex court: Anisul

Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said the government will not do anything on the quota issue bypassing the apex court. “When a matter reaches the…

TIB condemns 'cowardly use' of force on students

TIB condemns 'cowardly use' of force on students

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has strongly condemned and expressed outrage over the attacks on students protesting for quota reform in government jobs, perpetrated by…

Quota protest: Rail communication between Dhaka, rest of the country snapped

Quota protest: Rail communication between Dhaka, rest of the country snapped

Dhaka's rail communications with other parts of the country have been suspended as quota protesters put up barricade on the level crossing in Dhaka's Mohakhali.  According to…

Indian tribal men kill two Bangladeshis

Indian tribal men kill two Bangladeshis

Two Bangladeshis were killed by members of the Khasi community in India near border pillar number 1253 in Companiganj on Sunday evening. More than 24 hours later though, their bodies…

Police to resist protest 'strictly'

Police to resist protest 'strictly'

Amid the students’ ongoing agitation demanding quota reform, DMP Commissioner Mohammad Habibur Rahman on Monday warned that any attempt to deteriorate the law and order will…

HC releases full verdict on quota reinstatement

HC releases full verdict on quota reinstatement

The High Court has released the full verdict that declared the 2018 government circular related to the cancellation of existing quotas, including for freedom fighters, in direct recruitment…

Parliamentary body for postponing Livestock recruitment

Parliamentary body for postponing Livestock recruitment

The parliamentary body on Fisheries and Livestock Ministry on Sunday recommended postponing the ongoing recruitment process under the Livestock Department as the decision on the quota…

Intruders enter into quota reform movement: DB

Intruders enter into quota reform movement: DB

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner and Detective Branch (DB) chief Harun Or Rashid today said intruders have been entered into the quota movement to divert it…

Hasina remains ‘upset' on China: Economic Times

Hasina remains ‘upset' on China: Economic Times

In an unusual move, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cut short her trip to Beijing this week and returned to Dhaka, indicating that the desired objective was not achieved from…

Police won’t tolerate violation of law: DMP

Police won’t tolerate violation of law: DMP

Mentioning that everyone should obey by the court order, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman today said police will not tolerate any violation of law. “Everyone…

US-South Korea team up to face off Northern threats

US-South Korea team up to face off Northern threats

The United States and South Korea signed joint nuclear deterrence guidelines for the first time, a basic yet important step in their efforts to improve deterrence toward North Korea's…

Minister Anisul sees 'anti-independence elements' in quota movement

Minister Anisul sees 'anti-independence elements' in quota movement

Law Minister Advocate Anisul Huq said on Friday that ghosts of anti-independence elements are conspiring in the name of quota reform movement. He said that the protesting students…

CIVICUS sees 'judicial harassment' against Dr Yunus

CIVICUS sees 'judicial harassment' against Dr Yunus

CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) call on the Bangladeshi authorities to immediately end the ongoing judicial harassment of Muhammad…