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Rahgir Almahi Ershad takes oath as MP

Rahgir Almahi Ershad, elected from Rangpur 3, take oath as a member of the Parliament.
10 October 2019, 09:03 AM

NHRC closely observing govt actions over Abrar murder

National Human Rights Commission seeks speedy trial of Buet student Abrar Fahad murder and demanded exemplary punishment of the killers.
10 October 2019, 08:50 AM

Jubo League's Chair Omar Faruque's effigy torched in DU

Activists under the platform Muktijuddho Mancha set fire to an effigy of Jubo League Chairman Mohammad Omar Faruque Chowdhury on the Dhaka University campus.
10 October 2019, 07:59 AM

PM opens 2 water plants

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the Padma (Jashaldia) Water Treatment Plant (phase-1) and Well Field Construction Project at Tetuljhora-Bhakurta in Savar Upazila (Phase-1) with a capacity to supply 60 crore litres of purified water.
10 October 2019, 05:52 AM

Clear your stance or face tougher agitation: Buet students to VC

Protesting students of Buet threaten to put all the administrative buildings under lock and key if the vice chancellor does not appear on the campus by 2:00pm tomorrow to clear his stance on the demands, which the students placed after the murder of their fellow Abrar Fahad.
10 October 2019, 05:39 AM

Corruption must be stopped: President

President M Abdul Hamid reissues his note of warning against the corrupt individuals saying that none would get impunity irrespective of their political identity.
9 October 2019, 15:10 PM

BNP expels lawyer for defending Abrar murder accused

BNP has expelled Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum member advocate Morsheda Khatun Shilpi for defending one of the accused in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case in a court.
9 October 2019, 11:03 AM

Buet can ban student politics if it wants: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the authorities of Bangladesh university of engineering and technology (Buet) can ban student politics on the campus if the university wants to do it.
9 October 2019, 09:38 AM

Nobody should be killed for exercising free speech: UN

The United Nations has deplored the killing of young Buet student Abrar Farhad, saying freedom of speech is a human right.
9 October 2019, 09:11 AM

Abrar killing: Protesting JCD men come under BCL attack at JnU

Members of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) of Jagannath University (JnU) unit come under attack allegedly by Chhatra League activists when they brought out a procession on the campus, demanding punishment of Abrar Fahad's killers.
9 October 2019, 07:48 AM

Buet alumni demands VC’s removal, overhaul of admin

Alumni of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) demand resignation of the vice chancellor and an overhauling of the administration at the earliest.
9 October 2019, 07:13 AM

Buet students issue 7-day ultimatum to ban politics on campus

Protesting students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) demand a complete ban on organisation-based politics on the campus within the next seven days.
9 October 2019, 06:17 AM

White House rules out cooperation in Trump impeachment probe

A defiant White House declares war against the impeachment investigation of Donald Trump, blasting the process as partisan, illegitimate and unconstitutional and saying neither the president nor his administration will cooperate.
9 October 2019, 04:54 AM

Abrar murder: Buet teachers, students bring out silent procession

The students and teachers of Buet’s electrical and electronic engineering department bring out a silent procession on the campus demanding punishment of Abrar Fahad’s killers.
9 October 2019, 04:20 AM

Samrat admitted to Hospital

The expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, who was arrested for illegal casino business in Dhaka, is admitted to a hospital in the capital after he “falls sick”.
8 October 2019, 09:28 AM

Actions taken against Abrar’s killers: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says both organisational and administrative actions have been taken against the perpetrators involved in the killing of BUET student Abrar Fahad, reiterating the warning that no wrongdoer will be spared during the period of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led government.
8 October 2019, 07:12 AM

Abrar murder: 11 BCL men expelled

Bangladesh Chhatra League expels its 11 leaders of Buet unit for their alleged involvement in the incident of student Abrar Fahad murder.
7 October 2019, 17:29 PM

PM to brief media Wednesday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference on Wednesday to brief media about the outcome of her just-concluded visit to New York and India.
7 October 2019, 13:32 PM

Abrar murder: We are living in a death valley, Fakhrul says

Condemning the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad, BNP alleges that the ruling party members have “stained their hands with blood” so that no one can speak and write about the misdeeds and wrongdoings of Awami League-led government.
7 October 2019, 11:38 AM

Abrar murder: Body formed to probe allegation against BCL men

If any BCL activist is found involved with the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad, actions will be taken against them, the party’s senior vice-president says.
7 October 2019, 09:34 AM