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Major reshuffle in army’s top level

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In a major reshuffle in the top level of Bangladesh Army, Major General Ziaul Ahsan has been relieved from his post while Lt General M Saiful Islam was…

Major reshuffle in army’s top level

DRU demands immediate release of journo Sayed

The Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) has urged the authorities for…

DRU demands immediate release of journo Sayed
India's 'uneasy' silence on Bangladesh crackdown

Student groups in Bangladesh have called for fresh street protests…

India's 'uneasy' silence on Bangladesh crackdown

US for undisrupted internet access in Bangladesh

US for undisrupted internet access in Bangladesh

Acknowledging restoration of telecommunications across Bangladesh, the United States has called for a full and undisrupted public access to internet and social media services.  "We're…

Amnesty for end ‘punitive mass arrests’

Amnesty for end ‘punitive mass arrests’

Amnesty International has called upon the Bangladesh authorities to end punitive mass arrests and arbitrary detention of student leaders and protesters. The international rights body…

University Teachers Network calls for end to ‘student harassment’

University Teachers Network calls for end to ‘student harassment’

Teachers from various universities across Bangladesh, united under the banner of ‘Anti-Repression Teachers Rally,’ have called for an immediate end to the harassment of…

ERDFB for improving teacher-student bonding beyond 'party affiliation'

ERDFB for improving teacher-student bonding beyond 'party affiliation'

Education, Research and Development Forum of Bangladesh (ERDFB) has called for improving the relationship between teachers and students irrespective of party affiliation to drive Smart…

Brutal crackdown in Bangladesh, thousands swept into jails

Brutal crackdown in Bangladesh, thousands swept into jails

A part-time tutor, shot in the neck and killed. A journalist and young father, felled by a bullet to the head. A shopkeeper’s son, also fatally shot in the head. When Bangladesh’s…

How India helped Hasina suppress the 2009 BDR revolt

How India helped Hasina suppress the 2009 BDR revolt

Maj Kamaldeep Singh Sandhu of the 6th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment was on “spearhead” duties that day. It was 5 pm on 26 February 2009 when the orders came. An emergency…

Authoritarian Hasina faces her 'biggest crisis' in years: The Economist

Authoritarian Hasina faces her 'biggest crisis' in years: The Economist

The ferocity of the crisis this month in Bangladesh is unprecedented during the rule of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s ever-more-authoritarian prime minister. It was triggered…

Türk decries crackdown by Bangladesh authorities

Türk decries crackdown by Bangladesh authorities

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Thursday called upon Bangladesh authorities to urgently disclose information on protests crackdown amid horrific violence. “Today, I…

Mass protests challenge Bangladesh’s past: TIME

Mass protests challenge Bangladesh’s past: TIME

It took just 18 minutes into TIME’s interview with Sheikh Hasina last September for Bangladesh’s Prime Minister to bring up her murdered father. There would be at least…

Beginning of end of Hasina's rule

Beginning of end of Hasina's rule

What began as student demonstrations for quota reform in government jobs has rapidly escalated into a nationwide uprising in Bangladesh, a widespread call for Prime Minister Sheikh…

UAE: Unjust convictions follow Bangladesh protests

UAE: Unjust convictions follow Bangladesh protests

Emirati authorities arbitrarily detained, convicted, and sentenced to long prison terms 57 Bangladeshi protesters following a rapid trial based on their participation…

Over 700 arrested in Chattogram

Over 700 arrested in Chattogram

Twenty seven cases have been filed in connection with the anti-quota movement clashes in Chattogram in the past few days.  Around 12,000 unidentified individuals have been charged…

Action to be taken according to merit of cases: Home Minister

Action to be taken according to merit of cases: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said that action will be taken according to merit of the cases, filed in connection with killing of police and Ansar personnel and arson…

Police attack on Chattogram protester, student shot in Natore 

Police attack on Chattogram protester, student shot in Natore 

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