Ahmed Deepto

Install CCTV at vulnerable polling centres

The Ministry of Home Affairs has taken several decisions to ensure security during the upcoming national election.

1w ago

Silence, sorrow replace bells at Milestone

The usual bustle was missing at Milestone School and College yesterday. There were no students running across the playground, no morning assembly, and no classroom chatter.

1w ago

‘We were ready to go home’

Barely 300 metres from Milestone School and College, Sharif Ul Anwar Sazzan was waiting for his son Srijon Sattik, a sixth grader, to come out so they could return home for lunch.

1w ago

‘Please help us find our children’

Parul wails in anguish as she searches for her 3rd grader daughter Nusrat

1w ago

Election observers: Minimum age lowered to 21

The Election Commission yesterday revoked the registrations of all 96 local organisations that monitored the 12th national election.

2w ago

Political parties with phantom addresses queue for EC nod

In its application for registration with the Election Commission, Janatar Bangladesh Party has said its central office is located on the 12th floor of Darus Salam Arcade near the capital’s Paltan intersection.

3w ago

Draft polls code seeks to regulate digital campaigns

The Election Commission is likely to have a set of guidelines in its electoral code of conduct for the use of social media in campaigning.

1m ago
August 23, 2024
August 23, 2024

Shot during protests, they now stare at a bleak future

Asif Mahmud, a first-year electrical engineering student at Faridpur Polytechnic Institute, will probably never see the world through his own eyes again.

August 18, 2024
August 18, 2024

Will I ever play football again?

Nine-year-old Rifat Howlader got shot when he stepped out of his home in Mirpur-13 to buy some snacks in the evening on July 19.

July 26, 2024
July 26, 2024

Quota protests: Trauma, pain etched on their faces

Lying in a hospital bed, teary-eyed Md Rifat was staring at his right leg, rather where his right leg used to be. He could not look away.

July 24, 2024
July 24, 2024

Healthcare limps on

Private medical colleges, hospitals and diagnostic centres across the country have been facing unprecedented disruptions due to the ongoing internet shutdown.

July 22, 2024
July 22, 2024

‘Why did they target his eyes?’

Eighteen-year old Md Imran joined the quota reform protest in Uttara on Thursday when police fired shotgun pellets, teargas shells and sound grenades to disperse protesters.

July 21, 2024
July 21, 2024

Key organiser of quota demo 'picked up'

Nahid Islam, a key organisers of the anti-discrimination student movement, was picked up by plainclothes persons from a house in Sabujbagh early Saturday, according to witnesses..They alleged the people broke the locks of the building gates to enter and detain Nahid, a masters student of D

July 21, 2024
July 21, 2024

Family’s struggle to bury a loved one

“Please help! We need money to send this body to his village for funeral. Donate whatever you can.”

July 21, 2024
July 21, 2024

Key organiser of quota demo ‘picked up’

Nahid Islam, a key organisers of the anti-discrimination student movement, was picked up by plainclothes persons from a house in Sabujbagh early yesterday, according to witnesses.

July 20, 2024
July 20, 2024

Horror engulfs Badda, Rampura as bullets fly

It was absolute mayhem in Rampura and Badda areas on Friday..Quota protesters clashed with police and BGB personnel since morning to dusk, leaving at least 13 killed and over 500 injured. Many of the victims had bullet and shotgun pellet wounds on the upper part of their bodies..Thes

July 20, 2024
July 20, 2024

Horror engulfs Badda, Rampura as bullets fly

It was absolute mayhem in Rampura and Badda areas yesterday.