Staff Reporter : BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi stated that while people are now able to breathe freely, remnants of fascism still persist in various administrative institutions. He made these remarks on Monday morning, August 26, while inaugurating a relief program for flood victims in front of the Institution of Engineers in the capital. The program was initiated by the Association of Engineers Bangladesh (AB) under the instructions of BNP Acting Chairman Tariq Rahman, focusing on...
Day: August 27, 2024
Staff Reporter : Pedal rickshaw pullers in the capital staged a protest at Shahbagh on Monday, demanding a ban on battery-powered autorickshaws from operating on the city’s main roads. They issued a 72-hour ultimatum for the government to enforce the ban. The rickshaw pullers blocked the Shahbagh intersection for about two hours, from 10:00 am to 12:15 pm, to press their demands. During the protest, they chanted slogans such as “Illegal autorickshaws will not be allowed to run” and “No...
City Desk : Soon after the clash with the students in and outside the Secretariat, the government on Sunday night transferred nine senior officials, including one deputy commandant of the Ansar and VDP, to new postings. A gazette notification, signed by Fouzia Khan, deputy secretary at Ansar Section-1 of Public Security Division under the Ministry of Home Affairs, was issued in this connection. Deputy commandant Md Nurul Hasan Faridi was transferred to the battalion’s Khulna range from Gazipur’s Safipur with...
City Desk : Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Monday expressed his belief that under the leadership of the...
UNB : The United Kingdom (UK) is providing £33,000 of immediate humanitarian assistance in Bangladesh to support over 12,000 people affected by severe flooding in Feni, Khagrachari, and Noakhali. This will provide vital search and rescue, food, cash transfers, clean water, sanitation and hygiene supplies, said the British High Commission in Dhaka on Monday. It will be implemented by Start Fund Bangladesh and Save the Children International, the High Commission said.The total number of families stranded by the widespread flooding...
City Desk : President Mohammed Shahabuddin has urged the countrymen to stand by the flood-affected people as he addressed the...
City Desk : Six army personnel were injured, with one in serious condition, during the protests by Ansar members for...
Staff Reporter : Educational institutions have been thrown into turmoil in recent weeks as a significant number of teachers and...
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