Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday likened the recent violence in the country as 'almost a terrorist attack' aimed at creating a situation like what had happened in Sri Lanka to oust her government. "It was not a movement at all, and at one stage it almost into a terrorist attack,"
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AUW concludes summer school program
Asian University for Women (AUW) celebrated the successful conclusion of its 2024 Summer School program with a closing ceremony held on 30th July 2024 at the AUW campus in Chattogram. The event was attended by distinguished guests, students, parents, media and representatives from Chevron Bangladesh. Chevron Bangladesh has been a key
147 killed during Bangladesh quota protest: Govt
"We can confirm 147 deaths from hospitals and other sources," Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told the media in Dhaka on Sunday (July 28). When asked about the number of students killed during the protests, he said it was still unclear. He insisted that the Detective Branch had taken the quota protest coordinators
I understand your pain: PM
Family members of Abu Sayeed, an English department student of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), along with 33 other families, came to Ganabhaban on Sunday (July 28). Prime Minister Hasina handed over savings certificates and cash to them as assistance. Mentioning that she is beside them, she said she is also bearing
Jamaat-Shibir in-guise intruded into quota movement: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Jamaat-Shibir terrorists initially maintained low profile intruding in-guise into the quota reform movement "but afterwards they appeared dangerously in the front cashing in on the movement". She said this while Spanish Ambassador to Bangladesh Gabriel Maria Sistiaga Ochoa de Chinchetru called on her at her
BNP-Jamaat tie is inseparable: Quader
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the relation between BNP and Jamaat is inseparable and it has been proved through BNP's call for unity incorporating Jamaat. "Anti-liberation forces are collaborator of BNP," he said in a statement sent to mass media here. Quader
Expat Bangladesh nationals imprisonment over quota movement concerned PM: Arafat
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is concerned about Bangladeshi expatriates safety in Middle East countries as many of them were exposed to legal actions over the quota movement at home. “Many of the expatiates Bangladeshi have been prosecuted and sentenced in
Saber seeks accessible, transparent climate finance for developing nations
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury has called for the implementation of the mechanisms that guarantee easy accessibility to the climate finance for developing nations. He stressed the need for increased transparency in the allocation and distribution of these funds to ensure they effectively support the intended climate
UN chief urges global action to tackle extreme heat
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for global action to tackle extreme heat, as "extreme temperatures are no longer a one day, one week or one month phenomenon." "Earth is becoming hotter and more dangerous for everyone, everywhere," Guterres said in remarks to the press on extreme heat. Billions of people