Police have arrested Mostak Ahmed Shahin, a former leader of the Bhola District unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), in connection with a case relating to the alleged vandalism of a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office in 2019. According to police, Shahin was arrested during a joint overnight operation carried out at around 3:00 […]

Security was significantly reinforced across several key areas of Dhaka on Wednesday as law enforcement agencies prepared for a student-led programme titled ‘Long March to the Ministry of Education’, announced in protest over recent Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination controversies. As a precautionary measure, one platoon of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was deployed at […]

A young homemaker was killed and another woman from the same household was seriously injured after armed robbers reportedly broke into a family home in Chandpur’s Shahrasti upazila during the early hours of Tuesday night, leaving the local community in shock and prompting a major police investigation. The incident took place at around 2:30 am […]

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) candidates staged a demonstration outside the Barishal Education Board on Wednesday, demanding the resignation of the Education Minister over concerns surrounding this year’s public examinations. The protest formed part of a previously announced nationwide programme, with students from several colleges gathering in front of the board office at around 2:15 pm. […]

Bangladesh has recorded the deaths of seven more children linked to measles and measles-like symptoms, highlighting the continued severity of an outbreak that has become the country’s deadliest in decades. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deaths were reported during the 24-hour period ending at 8:00 am on Tuesday. Among the […]

Despite calls for a second consecutive day of demonstrations demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon, Shahbagh remained free of protesting Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) candidates on Wednesday, with traffic moving largely as normal after examinations concluded. The demonstrations were announced in response to two issues that have fuelled […]

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) candidates protesting over three key demands, including the resignation of the Education Minister, have intensified their movement by surrounding the Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board after earlier staging a road blockade at the Science Laboratory intersection in the capital. The protesters gathered outside the Education Board headquarters on Tuesday […]