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Police ‘charge baton’ on protesting teachers

bdreports24 Desk: 

Police have dispersed protesting teachers by charging baton as they blocked the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Monday, demanding the fulfillment of their demands. The incident occurred on Monday (February 10) at around 1:45 PM when law enforcement intervened to clear the protest. Earlier, at approximately 1:20 PM, registered job-seeking teachers under the Non-Government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) and recommended primary teachers staged a...

Eastern University qualifies for int’l rounds in Jessup competition

Campus Correspondent:

Eastern University has qualified for the international rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, following a historic 9th edition of the Bangladesh Qualifying Rounds.

This year’s national round witnessed an unprecedented participation of 44 law schools from across the country, highlighting the growing enthusiasm for mooting and legal advocacy in Bangladesh. Among the nine editions of the Bangladesh Qualifying Rounds, Eastern University’s qualification marks its sixth advancement to the international rounds, having previously competed three times in pe...

Bangladesh records lowest economic growth in 4yrs

Staff Reporter:  Bangladesh has recorded its lowest economic growth in last four years in past fiscal year of 2023-24 due to contractionary monetary and fiscal policies to tackle the dwindling forex reserves and high inflation, and energy supply disruption. Country's economy grew by 4.22 percent in the previous fiscal year, falling 1.6 percentage points short of the provisional estimate by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

The final gross domestic product (GDP) ...

Over 1300 arrested in countrywide ‘devil hunt’ raid

bdreports24 Desk:  Over 1300 people have arrested as the interim government has launched security operations nationwide on Saturday aims to curb unrest and restore peace named "Operation Devil Hunt" According to police headquarters sources, law enforcement agencies have arrested over 1300 people during the "Operation Devil Hunt" raid following a violent attack on students and the civilians at the residence of ousted former minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Friday night. Following the incident, a high-level meeting was held at the Ministry of Home Affairs, where law enforcement agencies discussed measures for maintaining the law and order situation as well as bringing those involved to book. According to police sources, in Gazipur

JCD factional clash leaves 20 injured in Feni

Feni Correspondent: A massive clash between two factions of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was held over dominance in Daganbhuiyan, Feni leaves at least 20 people injured. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon. The injured are Daganbhuiyan Upazila Chhatra Dal convener KM Saimun Haque Rajib, member secretary Touhidul Islam Manik, senior joint convener Ashraful Haque Jabed, upazila Juba Dal joint convener Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Miraj, Sohel, Saddam, Chaudhuri Hridoy, Jitu. The names and identities of the other injured could not be known immediately. The injured are being treated at various places including the Daganbhuiyan Upazila Health Center. Locals said that the two factions of Chhatra Dal called for protests at Daganbhuiyan Bazar to demand justice for Sheikh Hasina. The...

PPP needed to ensure production, supply of safe food

A combined effort of public-private partnership is needed in food production, inspection, and supply to the consumer level through trusted and committed entrepreneurs, disclosed a seminar on safe food on Thursday. Speakers at the seminar said even when food is in a safe method, it is contaminated by the use of harmful chemicals and preservatives during the process of supply to consumers. Sometimes it is produced using unsafe chemicals and fertilizers, they said. The seminar titled ‘'Strengthening smallholder farms...
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