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Parliament dissolved

The parliament has been dissolved this afternoon. President Md. Shahabuddin  announced it. Earlier, the Students Against Discrimination set an ultimatum to dissolve the parliament by 3:00 pm today.

Employees demonstrate in front of Islami Bank’s HQ

A group of officials and staff from Islami Bank Bangladesh staged a demonstration in front of the bank's head office in Dhaka's Motijheel area on Tuesday, protesting against being denied official benefits and promotions for the past 15 years.

DSEX up

Following Prime Minister Hasina's resignation and departure, investor sentiment improved, leading to a significant rise in Dhaka Stock Exchange indices. By 10:15 AM, the broad-based index, DSEX, had surged by 250 points to reach 5,467. The Blue-chip index, DS30, increased by 88 points to 1,945, while the Shariah-compliant stocks' index, DSES, climbed by 44 points to 1,188. During this period, the turnover at DSE was Tk209 crore. Out of all traded scrips, 357 advanced, 13 declined, and 3 remained unchanged. In the previous ...

Interim government to have Dr Yunus as chief adviser

In a video released on Tuesday (August 6) the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement announced that Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus will be the chief adviser of their proposed interim government. This announcement was echoed on Facebook by three coordinators, including Nahid Islam. "We have spoken with Dr. Muhammad Yunus, and he has graciously agreed to shoulder this significant responsibility in response to the student movement's call to safeguard Bangladesh...

Dictator finally falls

Sheikh Hasina, who initially assumed power in 2009 through an election widely criticized for tampering, resigned from her position as Prime Minister on Monday, July 6, 2024. This resignation followed the persistent demands from the activist group 'Students Against Discrimination,' who had rallied around a singular objective: the government's resignation. Hasina's tenure, spanning nearly 15 years, was marked by her retention of power through three highly contentious elections. The 2013 election was infamously dubbed the "election without votes," the 2018 election became known as the "midnight vote," and the 2024 election was criticized as a "dummy vote." By employing various strategies to maintain her grip on power, Sheikh Hasina has etched her name in history as a 'Lady Dictator' ...

PM in meeting with Nat’l Committee on Security Affairs

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina convened a meeting with the National Committee on Security Affairs at her residence, Ganobhaban, today, 4 August, amid the ongoing nationwide non-cooperation movement by protesters. The meeting, which commenced shortly after 11 am, was attended by 29 individuals, including ministers, state ministers, the prime minister's security adviser, secretaries, and the chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), police, Coast Guard, National Security Intelligence (NSI),...
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