Students' protests spread across Dhaka
Angry students of different schools and colleges in Dhaka taken to the streets for the straight third day on Tuesday and blocked roads protesting at the death of two of their fellows at Kurmitola on Sunday.
Govt’s goal to ensure development in democratic environment: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said ensuring the country’s economic development through creating a democratic environment and ensuring people’s right to vote and food is her government’s goals.
SC extends time to dispose Khaleda’s appeal till Oct 31
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended time till October 31 to dispose an appeal filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
DEATH OF TWO STUDENTS IN ACCIDENT IN CAPITAL Protests bring traffic to a halt
Students of different educational institutions, including Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College, blocked the capital’s Airport Road for nearly six hours Monday, protesting at the deaths of two of their fellows in a road accident at Kurmitola on Sunday.
Rajshahi polls mired in irregularities
Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party mayoral candidate in Rajshahi Mossaddique Hossain Bulbul staged a sit-in at a polling station protesting at ousting or barring his polling agents from polling stations and other irregularities that mired the Rajshahi city polls on Monday.
My resignation no solution: Shajahan
Shipping minister Shajahan Khan on Monday said that his resignation was no solution to traffic accidents as his remarks over deaths of two students in Kurmitola bus accident on Sunday sparked huge criticism on social media and street protests in Dhaka.
RAB arrests three JMB people
The Rapid Action Battalion on has arrested three members of banned extremist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh at places in Dhaka
Students block city roads, bus drivers held
Rapid Action Battalion on Monday arrested two bus drivers and their assistants as students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College and other institutions took to the streets protesting at the death of two college students in a road accident at Kurmitola on Sunday.
Bulbul begins sit in at a Rajshahi centre
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s mayoral candidate for Rajshahi city corporation Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul began sit in at Islamia College polling centre at Binodpur in Rajshahi protesting at irregularities in election.
BNP candidate quits polls in Barisal
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s mayoral candidate for Barisal City Corporation, Mojibar Rahman Sarwar has boycotted the elections protesting at widespread stuffing and manipulation.
