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Gazipur violence: OC suspended, GMP commissioner apologises
Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Arifur Rahman has been suspended on charges of negligence of duty in the attack on leaders and activists of the Students Against Discrimination, which spearheaded last…
‘Operation Devil Hunt’ from today to maintain law and order
Joint forces will launch Operation Devil Hunt across the country from today to maintain law and order following yesterday's attack on "students and public" in Gazipur.
A meeting, at the home ministry today in coordination with law…
Shaon, Saba released after questioning
Actors Meher Afroz Shaon and Sohana Saba, who were taken into custody on Thursday night, were released yesterday afternoon after being questioned over allegations of plotting against the state.
They were handed over to their families,…
Advisory council gives final nod to ICT ordinance
The Council of Advisers yesterday gave final approval to the draft ordinance of International Crimes Tribunals in principle with necessary amendments and subject to vetting by the Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division of the…
HELICOPTER GUNFIRE Probe into deaths of children: HC
The High Court in the full text of a verdict has directed the government to take necessary initiatives about the children who died by gunshots fired from helicopter during the July uprising.
"We are of the opinion that the justice would…
15 trains delayed in Dhaka, thousands stranded
At least 15 trains have been delayed since Titumir College students blocked Mohakhali level crossing, which left thousands faced with uncertainty.
"At least 15 trains, mostly intercity, got delayed till 7:00pm," a Mohiuddin Arif,…
Ex-public admin minister Farhad Hossain on 3-day remand
A court has placed former public administration minister and Meherpur district Awami League president Farhad Hossain on a three-day remand in connection with an attack on the Anti-discrimination Student Movement.
Meherpur Senior…
Reforms must start from within political parties
No reform can be permanent without internal changes in the country's major political parties, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday. They emphasised that political party reform is a prerequisite for meaningful state reform.
The event,…
US fund cuts: 1,000 icddr,b staffers lose jobs
The impact of newly-elected US President Donald Trump's decision to halt foreign aid has also reached Bangladesh's International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b).
As a result, the jobs of over a thousand officials and…