Students of Barishal University, locked in protests over acute classroom and housing shortages, have hung banners on two government buildings in the city, symbolically declaring them as part of their campus. On Wednesday evening, after blocking roads during a day-long programme, demonstrators marched to the Novotheatre building around 8pm and unfurled a banner reading “Academic Building-3". Half an hour later, they placed another banner on the Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Centre (BITAC) building, declaring it a “residential hall". “Our crisis means nothing to the government. That’s why we’ve occupied two government buildings,” said Ashraful Molla, a sociology student. “We will hold classes in one and turn the other into a hall. If the government refuses to address our problems, we...
Students from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University are staging a road “blockade” programme in Dhaka’s Agargaon to push for a three-point list of demands. On Thursday morning,...
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DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - The government has decided to shut down three land ports permanently and suspend the operations of one land port...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS)- Bangladesh Army today has given a clarification about the news published in various mass media and social media on deployment...
The government has decided to shut down three land ports permanently and suspend the operations of one land port that have remained non-functional for years....
Rejecting the interim government's newly formed committee, protesting engineering students have announced a fresh five-point demand. Speaking at a press conference this afternoon (27 August)...
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Rejecting the interim government's newly formed committee, protesting engineering students have announced a fresh five-point demand. Speaking at a press conference this afternoon (27 August)...
Ten people were injured as police lobbed tear gas shells and charged baton to disperse engineering students near Hotel Intercontinental when they attempted to move...
Engineering students marching towards Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus’s official residence, the State Guest House Jamuna, have clashed with police who blocked their procession. Reporting from...