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Cumilla: Seven passengers of a battery-powered auto-rickshaw were killed as a train crashed into the vehicle on an unauthorised level crossing at Kalikapur in Burichang upazila of Cumilla on Tuesday.Six of deceased were identified as Rafique Mia, Lutfa Begum, Sanu Mia, Safarjan Begum and Saju M...
National,Politics
A Chattogram court has sent former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari to jail after denying his bail plea.The 38-year-old, who also serves as the spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatan Jagaran Jote, was arrested in Dhaka on Monday and brought to court on sedition charges.Chatto...
Mahbubul Alam Chowdhury, one of the key organizers of Ahinsha Gonabhutyhan (Non-violent Uprising), has been arrested by a team from the Cyber Crime Investigation Division of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit.He was apprehended on Monday, November 25, 2024, at 8:15 PM from the...
In separate proposals to the electoral reform commission, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP) have proposed for the representation electoral system and the restoration of the caretaker government to oversee the national polls.Jamaat and the...
The BNP on Tuesday submitted a total of 62 proposals to the Constitutional Reform Commission, including the retention of the positions of Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister.The party's proposals also include introducing a provision to limit a Prime Minister's tenure to no more than two...
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) leader Chandan Kumar Dhar, alias Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, was arrested from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka this afternoon.Rezaul Karim Mallick, additional commissioner (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said a...
The High Court on Monday rejected a writ petition by Matiur Rahman, former president of the National Board of Revenue's (NBR) Customs, Excise, and VAT Appellate Tribunal, seeking permission to leave the country.The bench of Justice Fahmida Quader and Justice Mubina Asaf issued the ruling, confir...
Eleven people have been detained in Kamalnagar upazila of Lakhimpur for their alleged bid to take some impoverished people to Dhaka with promises of interest-free loans ranging from Tk 1 lakh to Tk 1 crore for attending a rally.Police and army personnel detained them from Koraitola Bazar of Kamalnag...
National,City
The authorities of Dr Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College (DMRMC) claimed that three of their students were killed and over hundred others, including teachers and students, were injured in clashes between the students the DMRC and two other colleges-- Kabi Nazrul Government College and Government Shaheed...
The Appellate Division on Monday issued a one- month status quo on the High court order banning the movement of battery-run rickshaws on roads in Dhaka.Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Md Rezaul Haq passed the order following a petition filed by the state.The court also ordered disposing of t...
National,Business
Workers of BEXIMCO Industrial Park in Gazipur blocked the Chandara-Nabinagar Highway again demanding their due salaries for the month of October.The demonstration that started Monday morning has disrupted traffic on the crucial route and led to the suspension of operations at nearby factories. ...
National,Politics,City
The government has filed an appeal seeking a stay on the High Court's recent order to halt the operation of battery-run rickshaws in Dhaka.The appeal was submitted to the Appellate Division's relevant branch today (25 November), said Deputy Attorney General Nur Muhammad Azmi.He said the peti...
Several hundred drivers of battery-run rickshaws further blocked the Agargaon intersection on Monday morning in protest against a High Court order causing significant disruption to commuters.The protest, which began around 11:00am, has brought traffic to a standstill, with roads still blocked as of ...
Students of Kabi Nazrul Government College and Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College are currently clashing with students of Dr Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College (DMRC) at Demra in the capital city of Dhaka.Many have reportedly been injured during the clash while valuables of the college were looted.Ea...
Over 35 people were injured as students from 37 colleges locked into fierce clashes and vandalised Government Shahid Suhrawardy College in the old part of the capital city of Dhaka over the death of a student due to negligence’.Tensions have been brewing among some students since November 18 w...
The Special Branch of Police has launched an investigation into the incidents of passenger harassment at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital city of Dhaka.It has also withdrawn the officer accused of harassing New Age editor Nurul Kabir recently at the airport, said a statem...
National,Politics,Chattogram
TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman on Sunday demanded abolition of the Chittagong Hill Tracts ministry and replacing it with a diversity commission as the ministry has failed in its duty towards the indigenous people."Chittagong Hill Tracts ministry, established in accordance to the Chittag...
National,Bank & Insurance,Politics,Chattogram
Chattogram: Hundreds of employees, recently dismissed from three banks owned by the S Alam Group, staged a one-hour road blockade in the Moijjartek area near Shah Amanat Bridge on Sunday morning, causing severe traffic congestion and paralyzing the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway. The protestor...
The Battery-run Autorickshaw, Van and Easybike Sramik Union has called off their movement upon assurance from the police administration of addressing their demands.Talking to UNB, Ariful Islam, joint secretary of the Sramik union, said that deputy commissioner of Ramna Zone under Dhaka Metropolitan ...
Electoral Reform Commission Chief Badiul Alam Majumdar on Sunday said that almost all participants in a views-exchange programme with the commission have demanded the previous Election Commissions be brought to the justice."Almost everyone is in favour of bringing previous Election Commissions ...
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