BCL rowdies worry all quarters
Ruling Awami League’s failure to restrain its associate student body Bangladesh Chattra League leaders and activists from rowdy activities continued to worry almost all quarters as Chhatra League activists attacked students protesting for road safety at places in Dhaka and Chittagong on Thursday and Friday.
Quota reformists call strike at edn instts for today
Quota reform protesters have called for strike at all educational institutions across the country for today extending their support to the ongoing student movement for safe roads.
Most bus drivers lack public service vehicle permit
Fatal road accidents caused by public transports continue to take place in Dhaka and elsewhere in Bangladesh as most drivers lack mandatory Public Service Vehicle permit for driving these transports.
BNP grassroots leaders for greater unity without Jamaat
Bangladesh Nationalist Party grassroots-level leaders on Friday suggested that the party should form greater unity without its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami if necessary for launching united movement for the release of jailed party chairperson Khaleda Zia and next general election under a neutral government.
Student protests roll into sixth day
Protesting school and college students, mostly teenagers, took to the streets in Dhaka for the sixth straight day on Friday, protesting at transport sector anarchy and seeking safe roads and justice for the deaths of two fellows in a road accident in Dhaka on July 29.
PM hands Tk 20 lakh to families of Diya, Karim
The family members of Diya Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim Rajib, who died in a road crash in the city, met prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday.
Students protest continues despite closure of educational institutions
Students of different schools and colleges took to the streets for the 5th consecutive day on Thursday, demanding punishment of those responsible for Sunday's road accident that killed their two fellows in the city and resignation of the Shipping Minister for his comments on the accident
PM says never cares about death
Reiterating that she never cares about death, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she is alive to finish the unfinished jobs of her father.
Shoot Bangladeshi, Rohingya immigrants who won’t leave
A politician from India’s governing party has provoked outrage after he called for Rohingya and Bangladeshi immigrants to leave India or be killed, reports independent.co.uk.
Lawyers’ absence cause adjournment of Khaleda’s appeal hearing
The hearing of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal against her jail term in the Zia Orphanage Trust case was on Wednesday adjourned by the High Court Division until August 8 finding her lawyers absent.
