Students’ protests for road safety spread
Students’ protests for road safety flared up across the capital and many districts on the second consecutive day on Wednesday following the death of a Bangladesh University of Professionals student as a speeding bus ran him over on Tuesday.
Govt seeks stay on HC’s stay on probes against Shahidul Alam
The government on Wednesday sought the Appellate Division’s permission to appeal against the High Court Division’s stay on the Detective Branch’s probes against social activist and acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam in a case under the repealed draconian Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act.
RESCHEDULING DEFAULTED LOANS WITH TK 1CR DOWN PAYMENT Misuse of scope feared
Economists and banking experts oppose the government move to allow restructuring large defaulted loans by making down payment up to Tk 1 crore.
Protests over BUP student’s death continue
Students of different private universities continued their blockade on Wednesday on Pragati Sarani in front of Jamuna Future Park at Bashundhara in the capital protesting at the death of a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals and demanding safe road.
NZ PM vows mosque attacker will face full force of law
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern promised on Tuesday that the man responsible for last week’s deadly mosque massacres would face ‘the full force of the law’, as she vowed never to utter his name.
Student’s death in road accident sparks protests
Students of different private universities on Tuesday blocked Pragati Sarani in front of Jamuna Future Park at Bashundhara in the capital for about 12 hours protesting the death of a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals and demanding safe road.
Obaidul Quader to undergo bypass surgery today
Ailing Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, who is undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, will undergo a bypass surgery today.
TONU RAPE, MURDER No headway in 3 years
‘Can you tell me when our wait for justice would end,’ Anwara Begum is tired of asking with none to take the question.
Gunman kills 3 in Dutch tram
A gunman shot dead three people and wounded nine on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday and police said they were hunting for a 37-year-old Turkish man after an apparent terrorist attack.ge student population. Gun killings are rare in Utrecht, as elsewhere in the Netherlands.
NZ PM vows tough new gun laws
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she would announce new gun laws within days, after a lone gunman killed 50 people in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
