In the past few days, a child’s picture kept appearing repeatedly on social media, Facebook. With red lipstick on her lips, a big smile on her face, and enchanting eyes staring intently, she wore a purple dress. This adorable child, Muntaha Akter’s picture, has been seen countless times over the last few days. Everyone is…
In response to Israel’s ongoing aggression in Gaza and Lebanon, leaders from Arab and Muslim countries will gather for a summit in Saudi Arabia on Monday. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) announced this in a statement on Sunday. According to the SPA statement, the increasing violence in Palestinian and Lebanese territories, particularly Israel’s brutal aggression,…
Dengue fever is no longer considered a seasonal disease, experts have said, warning that it may persist to some extent throughout the year. Previously, dengue was considered seasonal, typically starting in April or May and ending around September or October. However, now it appears to be present, in varying degrees, year-round. Although dengue cases were…
Three quota protest coordinators — Dhaka University’s Asif Mahmud, Abu Baker Mazumder and Rifat Rashid — have been found after five days. Asif and Bakar both wrote on Facebook that they were blindfolded and left in Hatirjheel and Dhanmondi areas of the capital yesterday. Neither of them mentioned who took them. Rifat wrote on Facebook…
Horrific crimes such as murder, robbery, theft, and dacoity have surged alarmingly across the country. As night falls, control of the streets increasingly shifts into the hands of these criminals. In particular, the fear of muggings has spread among ordinary citizens in the capital. Although there have been over a thousand reported muggings in the…
At Dhaka’s Gulistan Zero Point, students and citizens have gathered under the banner of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Demanding the establishment of democratic rights, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement announced a public gathering at the same location as a counter-program to the Awami League’s demonstration march scheduled for Sunday, November 10. The gathering began on Saturday…
In a major reform to the quota system in public jobs, the government yesterday issued a circular, taking merit-based recruitment in civil service to 93 percent from the existing 44 percent. The rest seven percent will come from various quotas. The new quota system, which came in line with Sunday’s Supreme Court order, will come…
Protesters in Bangladesh have issued demands amid a lull in the violence that has filled the streets in recent days after the government backed down on quotas on hiring for government jobs. Student leaders said on Monday that they plan to continue demonstrations despite a decision by the Supreme Court the previous day scaling back the…
Nahid Islam, a key organiser of quota reform movement, alleged he was “tortured physically” until he was unconscious. In the early hours Saturday, he was picked up allegedly by law enforcers from a house in the capital’s Sabujbagh. Talking to The Daily Star, Nahid said, “After taking me into a room, they interrogated me over…
Donald Trump has announced plans to end the law granting U.S. citizenship to those born on American soil. This information was shared on the official campaign website of Trump and J.D. Vance, the prospective Vice President of the United States. Donald Trump has announced that, under his new administration, only children born on U.S. soil…
