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Students erase name of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall at Dhaka University

Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- A group of agitated students have erased the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall at Dhaka University. They replaced it with a banner that say... Read More


Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's mural at Sylhet DC office bulldozed

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- A mural of Bangladesh's independence leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been razed down at the Sylhet Deputy Commissioner's office. Asadullah Al Galib, central co-coordinat... Read More


Former MP Shahjahan Omar, ex-IGP Mamun, ex-DMP chief Asaduzzaman arrested in new case

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- A court has shown former Jhalakathi-1 MP Shahjahan Omar, ex-IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, and former DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia arrested in the murder case of garments worker... Read More


Former BSEC chief Shibil and Max Group chairman Alamgir land in jail, hearing on remand plea Thursday

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has sought 10 days to question Shibli Rubaiyat Ul Islam, former chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, or BSEC, in a br... Read More


Reform commission recommends reducing ministries to 25, provincial government

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- The Public Administration Reform Commission has recommended a series of changes, including a provincial government system, a separate capital city administration, a reduction in the n... Read More


Over half of Sheikh Mujib's house torn down

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Over half of the home of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhanmondi's Road No. 32 has been demolished. The demolition work, which involves a crane and excavator, has been ongoing for over 11 ... Read More


Jahangirnagar University announces the scrapping of ward quotas in admissions

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- The Jahangirnagar University administration has announced that it is scrapping ward quotas in admissions in the face of student protests. Vice-Chancellor Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan announ... Read More


Journalists attacked at Supreme Court premises, several injured

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- At least three journalists have been assaulted at the Supreme Court premises in front of the annex building, with one of them being hospitalised. The Law Reporters Forum, or LRF, an ... Read More


ACC prosecutes former BSEC chairman Shibli Rubaiyat over Tk 37mn bribes

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has initiated a lawsuit against Shibli Rubaiyat Ul Islam, the former chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission or BSEC, on ... Read More


Fuel supply resumes in northern Bangladesh as owners, workers end strike after meeting

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Petrol pump owners and tanker workers in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions have withdrawn their strike following assurances from the authorities. Azizul Islam, president of the Northern... Read More