Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina consoled the family members of the deceased persons killed in the mayhem by BNP-Jamaat terrorists, taking advantage of the recent quota reform movement, as they met her at her official residence, Ganabhaban on Sunday. Family members of deceased Abu Sayeed, an English Department student of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) along with 33 other families, came to the premier's official residence as Sheikh Hasina handed over saving certificates and cash to them as assistance. All of the deceased persons’ family members burst into weeping after seeing the prime minister, reports BSS. While members of the deceased persons’ families, one by one, went to Sheikh Hasina, they broke down with tears. The premier also failed to hold her emotion, and tear...

DB chief Harun-or-Rashid assured the families of the detained quota reform movement coordinators that their loved ones are safe and under protection in a press conference held on Sunday. Harun emphasized that the coordinators were taken into custody for their own safety, urging their families not to worry. This statement comes after three coordinators were brought to the DB office on Friday, with two more following on Saturday evening. When asked about this, Harun said, “It is our responsibility to apprehend those who have caused destruction, set fire to various establishments, and those Jamaat-Shibir miscreants involved.” He emphasized, “If someone feels unsafe and expresses that they could be harmed at any moment, it is our moral duty to bring them to safety. Questions may ar...

City Desk: Three-day mobile data packs are set to be reintroduced in a move that could significantly impact mobile data usage across the country as indicated by State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology, Zunaid Ahmed Palak. The announcement came during a meeting held today with mobile operators and other stakeholders. Sources present at the meeting disclosed that one-day data packages are also under consideration for reintroduction, according to media reports. This potential policy shift follows the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission's (BTRC) directive from September last year, which required mobile operators to reduce their data package offerings from 95 to 40 and set a minimum duration of seven days for any data ...

BSS:

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said all should pay highest respect to all the freedom fighters (FF) so they can feel proud being freedom fighters, highlighting the supreme sacrifice of the freedom fighters in achieving country's independence. 

"We have to show the highest honour to the freedom fighters," she said while handing over Prime Minister's Fellowship (PMF)-2024 at a programme at her office here.

The prime minister said all have to keep in mind that the freedom fighters had brought the country's independence by shedding bloods during the great Liberation War in 1971 at the directive of the F...

Staff Reporter:  At least six people were killed, and several hundred injured in Dhaka, Chittagong, and Rangpur on Tuesday as police and Chhatra League members clashed with quota reform activists for the second consecutive day. Three of the deceased were identified as Abu Sayeed (22), an English Department student at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR); Wasim Akram, a Social Science student at Chittagong College; and Faruq, a pedestrian. The identities of the other three victims could not be confirmed at the time of reporting. Abu Sayeed faced police during a confrontation in the Lalbagh area of Rangpur around 2 PM, as officers fired rubber bullets. He was later taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital under police guard, where he was pronounced dead upon ...