The Guardian:
The death toll from landslides that hit south-western Ethiopia on Sunday and Monday has risen to 257 and could reach 500, the UN’s office for humanitarian affairs (OCHA) says.
Heavy rains in the mountainous Gofa zone caused a landslide on Sunday night, followed by a second on Monday morning that trapped people who were rescuing victims of the first.
The death toll stood at 229 on Tuesday, according to Ethiopia’s national disaster risk management commission.
At least 125 people have been displaced and 12 injured, OCHA said in an update on Thursday. More than 15,000 affected people need to be evacuated immediately because of the risk of more landslides, it said.
Search and rescue operations are continuing. Images the Gofa authorities posted o...
Staff Reporter:
The court has granted a 5-day remand for BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Jamaat's Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar, and Ganadakshar Parishad President and former DUCSU VP Nurul Haque Nur, along with 8 others, in connection with the clashes surrounding the quota reform movement.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Moinul Islam granted the remand on Sunday (28 July) in a case filed at Pallabi police station regarding the fire incident on the metro rail.
The others taken on remand include BNP's Publicity Secretary Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, Dhaka North Member Secretary Aminul Haque, MA Salam, Kazi Sayeedul Alam Babul, and Mahmudus Salehin.
Earlier, the intelligence police presented them in court, seeking a 10-day remand. Several...
Staff Reporter:
BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie has been remanded for seven days in connection with the attack, vandalism, and arson at the Bangladesh Television (BTV) building during the quota reform movement.
The remand was granted today by Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanta Akter following a hearing. Prior to this, the investigating officer of the case presented Annie in court, seeking a 10-day remand. The incident occurred on 18 July when the BTV office in Rampura was attacked. Following the incident, BTV Dhaka Centre General Manager Mahfuza Akter filed a case at Rampura police station the next day.
Annie was subsequently arrested last Thursday evening from the Elephant Road area in the capital.
"A total of 147 deaths have so far been reported, and police members, Awami League leaders and activists, students, and people of different professions were among the deceased,” said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday while talking to reporters at the secretariat.
A further search is underway to determine the death toll, reports a news agency.
The police are working to determine how many women, men, and people of different professions were among the dead, said the minister.
The students' protests demanding reform in the government's job quota began on July 1. After the students’ clashes with police and Chhatra League activists on the Dhaka University campus on July 15, violence spread all over the country.
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...
