UN concerned at safety of children, youths during protest in Bangladesh
The United Nations and the United States on Sunday expressed concern for the safety of children and young people during protests over road safety and subsequent violence in different parts of the country.
Police fire teargas shells to disperse protesting students
Protesting students took to streets at different points in the capital for the straight eight day on Sunday demanding justice and safe roads.
Nahid meets heads of Dhaka’s schools, colleges on current situation
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid is meeting the principals of colleges and headmasters of schools in Dhaka on Sunday the over evolving situation centring the death of two students in road accident.
Bus strike make people suffer, selling advance tickets for Eid halted
Long-route bus operators refrained from operating buses for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday protesting at vandalism of vehicles during the ongoing student protests for safe road, causing immense sufferings to people across the country.
University students block Shahbagh protesting at Saturday’s attacks
Several thousand university students on Sunday blocked Shahbagh intersection, one of the city’s busiest areas, protesting at Saturday’ sattacks on school and college students in Jigatala during their demonstrations demanding safe roads.
Bangladesh level series with 12-run win
A fine all-round performance by Sakib al Hasan lifted Bangladesh to a series-levelling 12-run win over the West Indies in the second fixture of a three-match T20 International series at the Central Broward Stadium in Florida on Saturday.
STUDENTS’ DEMAND FOR JUSTICE, SAFE ROAD Protests continue amid attacks
School and college students, mostly teenagers, continued protests for road safety for the seventh straight day on Saturday amid attacks on them in Dhaka and elsewhere by ruling Awami League’s student front Bangladesh Chhatra League activists and the police that left scores injured.
Govt telling lies: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government was telling lies about the party to ‘thwart’ in a planned way the students’ ongoing peaceful and logical movement for road safety.
BNP, Jamaat infiltrators attack AL Dhanmandi office: Quader
Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that BNP and Jamaat activists ‘in disguise’ of schoolchildren attacked AL president’s Dhanmandi-3 office in Dhaka.
RAB detains actress Nawshaba
Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday picked up model and actress Kazi Nawshaba Ahmed from Uttara in Dhaka allegedly for spreading
