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
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.
