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Another quota reform movement coordinator 'picked up'

Dhaka, July 28 -- Arif Sohel, a student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) and one of the coordinators of the quota reform movement, has allegedly been picked up by individuals in plainclothes claiming ... Read More


Mobile internet resumed after 10 days

Dhaka, July 28 -- Mobile internet services have been resumed at 3:00 pm across the country today (Sunday) after a 10-day suspension amid deadly violence centring quota reform protests. However, acces... Read More


PM meets families of those killed in violence

Dhaka, July 28 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has extended her condolences and support to the families of those killed during the mayhem created by "BNP-Jamaat terrorists," leveraging the quota refor... Read More


Employees were forced to shutdown data centres due to frightening situation: Palak

Dhaka, July 28 -- State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said the employees of three data centres in the capital's Mohakhali were forced to shut dow... Read More


Jamaat-Shibir kept low profile initially but eventually escalated violence: PM to Spanish Ambassador

Dhaka, July 28 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that Jamaat-Shibir "terrorists initially kept a low profile within the quota reform movement." "Eventually, they emerged on the frontline... Read More


BTRC summons representatives of Facebook, TikTok

Dhaka, July 28 -- Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has summoned the representatives of Facebook and TikTok for explanations about their failure to prevent violence-instigating... Read More


Saber for establishing operational path for loss and damage fund in COP29

Dhaka, July 28 -- Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury has urged all parties to establish an operational path for the loss and damage fund to ensure timely disbursem... Read More


14 foreign missions in Dhaka seek sustainable solution to current issue

Dhaka, July 28 -- Fourteen foreign missions, stationed in Dhaka, have jointly written to Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud seeking a sustainable solution to the issue to ensure a lasting peace in the coun... Read More


Mobile internet to resume at 3:00 pm today

Dhaka, July 28 -- State minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said mobile internet services will resume at 3:00 pm across the country on Sunday after a 10-day suspension amid deadly violenc... Read More


RAB arrests 304 more people linked with quota reform protests

Dhaka, July 28 -- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives arrested 304 people from different parts of the country including Dhaka in connection with the recent violence over quota r... Read More