Shahbagh intersection

DU students block road at Shahbagh

Dhaka University students yesterday blocked the Shahbagh intersection for two hours, demanding the university cancel affiliation of the capital’s seven colleges with it.

Shahbagh aflame with quota demo

At least 75 people were injured yesterday as police clashed with students demanding reforms in the quota system in public service, turning the capital's Shahbagh intersection and its adjacent areas into a battlefield.

Unemployed nurses lay siege to directorate office

Unemployed nurses lay siege to the Directorate of Nursing Services at Agargaon in Dhaka since this morning protesting a circular seeking to recruit 3,616 senior nurses.

10 hurt as cops thwart Dhaka nurses’ demo, 7 held

At least 10 people injured as police use force to disperse a road blockade of unemployed nurses in Dhaka city’s key intersection Shahbagh.

Tonu’s body exhumed

The body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu is exhumed for conducting a fresh autopsy, 10 days after she was found murdered inside Comilla Cantonment area.

Tonu killing: Strike called at all educational institutions Apr 3

Students demonstrating at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka call daylong strike at all educational institutions on April 3 demanding punishment to Tonu killers.

Demo for raising job age limit foiled, 12 held

At least a dozen people are detained from a demonstration in Dhaka’s Shahbagh demanding a raise in the age limit for entering government service.

Job seekers block Shahbagh for raising age bar

Demonstrators block Dhaka's Shahbagh intersection demanding a rise in the age ceiling for civil service. Currently, the age limit to apply for civil service is 30. Demonstrators demand that the ceiling be raised to 35.

Gonojagoron Mancha to hold coffin procession Thursday

Protesting the recent attacks on publishers and bloggers, the activists and supporters of Gonojagoron Mancha will bring out a coffin procession towards the home ministry on Thursday.

October 1, 2015