"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...
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 ...
Staff Reporter:
The Dhaka elevated expressway will remain until the Bangladesh government lifts the curfew. The construction and operating firm of First Dhaka Elevated Expressway (FDEE) Company Limited has revealed the updates.
The Dhaka Elevated Expressway is a major infrastructure project aimed at easing traffic congestion in Dhaka
Two toll plazas on the expressway’s Banani and Mohakhali points were set a fire by miscreants on July 18 and 19 during the quota reform protest. After that, Bangladesh government imposed an indefinite, countrywide curfew.
FDEE says the damage is worth around Tk 50 crore. Operation and Maintenance Department’s Manager Captain (retd) Hasib Hasan Khan told the media “The company is asking the government to provide security to reope...
Staff Reporter:
State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that mobile internet services will be restored by July 29. But access to social media sites, including Facebook, will be restricted.
He briefs the media at the BTRC building in Agargaon on Wednesday.
Palak said that the government has been working to restore the internet services as quickly as possible. “By tonight, full broadband internet services will be available at homes," he added.
Meanwhile, limited broadband internet services were restored from July 23 night, five days after the initial disruption.
However, mobile internet services remain suspended, and social media sites including Facebook and Instagram, remained inaccessible.
