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UN calls for calm refraining from violence

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk on Friday urged the authorities to conduct a 'prompt, impartial, thorough, and transparent' investigation into the attack that led to Sharif Osman B... Read More


Inqilab Moncho urges people to avoid violence

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Inqilab Moncho on Friday urged people to refrain from any form of violence over the death of its spokesperson Sharif Osman Bin Hadi who died at a Singapore hospital on Thursday a wee... Read More


Arson attack on Prothom Alo and Daily Star Offices strongly condemned by JnUJA

Jagannath University, Dec. 19 -- Jagannath University Journalists' Association (JnUJA) has strongly condemned and protested the attack, vandalism, arson, and looting at the offices of Prothom Alo and ... Read More


Grandi welcomes Barham Salih as newly elected UNHCR chief

, Dec. 19 -- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Friday welcomed former Iraqi president Barham Salih for being elected as the head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). Salih was elected ... Read More


Udichi central office set on fire

, Dec. 19 -- Udichi Shilpigosthi's central office has been set on fire on Topkhana Road in the capital on Friday evening. The blaze originated around 7:42pm on the first floor of the building adjacen... Read More


2 cops among 4 injured in clash outside Indian Assistant High Commission in Ctg

Chattogram, Dec. 19 -- At least four people, including two police personnel, were injured in a clash between protesters and police outside the Indian Assistant High Commission in Chattogram following ... Read More


Mob incited by Elias Hossain sets fire to Daily Star office in Dhaka

An unruly mob, Dec. 19 -- journalist Elias Hossain, attacked and set fire to the office building of The Daily Star, Bangladesh's leading English-language daily, early Friday, creating panic in the are... Read More


Hadi's body to be brought home from Singapore today

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- The body of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho, who died while undergoing treatment in Singapore, will be brought back to Bangladesh on Friday. In a Facebook post... Read More


OCAB condemns attacks on media in Bangladesh

, Dec. 19 -- Overseas Correspondents Association Bangladesh (OCAB), a platform representing international media based in Dhaka, on Friday strongly condemned the violent attacks against journalists, ed... Read More


Hadi killing sparks unrest in Habiganj

Habiganj, Dec. 19 -- Violent protests broke out in Habiganj on Friday over the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, convener of Inquilab Moncho, with demonstrators blocking roads, staging rallies and attacki... Read More