Students reiterate Shahjahan’s resignation

    Kabir Humayun: Gen-eral students demanded resignation of Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, also the executive president of Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation, over his remarks after the deaths of the two college students at Dhaka’s Airport Road on July 29. Several thousand students, including over a thousand of Dhaka University (DU), reiterated the remand at a…

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      Student held over ‘telephonic conversation’ with Amir Khasru

      Kabir Humayun: Detec-tives detained a student from Cumilla early yesterday in connection with a ‘leaked phone conversation’ with BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. The arrestee was identified as Milhanur Rahman Naumi, son of Siddiqur Rahman, hailed from Deura village in Barura upazila, UNB reports. The detainee has completed his Bar-at-Law from a…

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        US embassy condemns attacks on students

        M Humayun Kabir: The US Embassy in Dhaka yesterday condemned the attacks on the protesting students who took to the streets demanding safe roads and justice for the deaths of their two peers in a road accident at the capital’s Airport Road. The US Embassy made a statement in this regard published in its official…

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          3 JMB men remanded in Kurigram

          Banglanews24: A district court on Sunday (August 5) granted three-day remand for three members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh each.The JMB members were produced before the court of Kurigram Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mizanur Rahman, at noon.

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            Transport workers are being incited against students

            Professor Anu Muhammad, Department of Economics, Jahangirnagar University  :  The leaders of the transport worker unions are ministers – something that is absolutely against the law. How can a minister be the leader of a worker organization? The transport workers are being instigated against the students peacefully protesting for safe roads. It is obvious that…

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              Protesters, journalists hurt in ‘BCL attack’

              M Humayun Kabir: At least nine people, including five photojournalists, were injured allegedly in BCL attacks at different spots in Dhaka yesterday during student protest demanding safe roads. The injured journalists were identified as AM Ahad of AP, Zawad of Janakantha, Palash of Banik Barta, Rimon of US based Zuma Press, freelancer Rahat and Enamul…

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                One held with 136 gold bars at Ctg airport

                UNB: Customs officials detained a man alongwith 136 gold bars at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Sunday morning. Detainee Mohammad Jahed, arrived at the airport by a US-Bangla Airlines flight from Muscat at about 6:30am. He is the son of late Jamal Ahmed of Madarsha village inHathazari upazila. Acting on information, a team…

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                  Kohli on top of the world after Edgbaston ton

                  Desk Report: Virat Kohli broke new ground by topping the International Cricket Council Test batting rankings for the first time in his career when the latest edition was published Sunday. The India captain, already at the head of the equivalent one-day international batting chart, found himself at the summit of these standings after scoring 149…

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