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Bangladesh PM's resignation a 'possibility': senior aide

"The situation is such that this is a possibility, but I don't know how it will happen," the aide close to the premier said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Live updates / Hasina resigns; interim govt to be formed; all offices to open Tuesday

Defying curfew and the police barricade, hundreds of thousands of people marched towards Shahbagh in the capital around noon today. Later, they moved to the Gonobhaban and parliament building.

6 killed in clashes between police and protesters in Dhaka

At least six people were killed during clashes between police and protesters in Jatrabari and Dhaka Medical College areas today

Broadband services, 4G restored without social media after 3 hours

Broadband internet service was restored in Bangladesh, but without access to social media services, around 1:20pm today, said an official of International Internet Gateway (IIF), which supplies bandwidth to broadband service providers

Army chief to deliver address now at 4pm

Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman will address the nation around 4:00pm, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

Transport operators dealt a fresh blow

Transport of passengers and export-import goods began to suffer again yesterday as most vehicles avoided plying roads amid a new wave of violence surrounding the students’ non-cooperation movement.

Violence rocks Dhaka

Dhaka wore the grim hue of a battleground yesterday, witnessing mass demonstrations and violent clashes across different areas, leaving at least 12  people dead and many others injured on the first day of the non-cooperation movement declared by the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement.

‘One-point demand’: Protesters call for ‘March to Dhaka’ today

The anti-discrimination student movement has moved up the “March to Dhaka” programme from Tuesday to today to press for their one-point demand – the resignation of the Sheikh Hasina-led government.

At least 93 dead as violence grips the country

At least 90 people, including 14 police personnel, were killed and over a thousand others injured, many with bullets, as a new wave of violence convulsed Bangladesh.

August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024

Bangladesh PM's resignation a 'possibility': senior aide

"The situation is such that this is a possibility, but I don't know how it will happen," the aide close to the premier said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024

Hasina resigns; interim govt to be formed; all offices to open Tuesday

Defying curfew and the police barricade, hundreds of thousands of people marched towards Shahbagh in the capital around noon today. Later, they moved to the Gonobhaban and parliament building.

August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024

6 killed in clashes between police and protesters in Dhaka

At least six people were killed during clashes between police and protesters in Jatrabari and Dhaka Medical College areas today

August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024

Broadband services, 4G restored without social media after 3 hours

Broadband internet service was restored in Bangladesh, but without access to social media services, around 1:20pm today, said an official of International Internet Gateway (IIF), which supplies bandwidth to broadband service providers

August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024

Army chief to deliver address now at 4pm

Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman will address the nation around 4:00pm, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024

At least 93 dead as violence grips the country

At least 90 people, including 14 police personnel, were killed and over a thousand others injured, many with bullets, as a new wave of violence convulsed Bangladesh.

August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024

‘One-point demand’: Protesters call for ‘March to Dhaka’ today

The anti-discrimination student movement has moved up the “March to Dhaka” programme from Tuesday to today to press for their one-point demand – the resignation of the Sheikh Hasina-led government.

August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024

Violence rocks Dhaka

Dhaka wore the grim hue of a battleground yesterday, witnessing mass demonstrations and violent clashes across different areas, leaving at least 12  people dead and many others injured on the first day of the non-cooperation movement declared by the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement.

August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024

Transport operators dealt a fresh blow

Transport of passengers and export-import goods began to suffer again yesterday as most vehicles avoided plying roads amid a new wave of violence surrounding the students’ non-cooperation movement.

August 4, 2024
August 4, 2024

We must step back from the precipice

If the ruling party leaders don’t understand or pretend not to understand why students are not staying back at home (their campuses and dormitories remain shuttered), we are in much deeper trouble than one could imagine