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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...
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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.
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Referring to the countrywide recent havoc and atrocities, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that she had an apprehension there might be a strike like this by the BNP-Jamaat clique to pull down the country's prosperity.
". . . they (BNP-Jamaat) had wanted not to hold the elections, but we had arranged the elections. After election they thought it wouldn't be accepted by all, but we've also made it acceptable to all and we've formed the government. It was an apprehension to me that there would be a strike like this," she said, reports BSS.
The Premier made this remarks while exchanging views with editors, senior journalists and head of news of various media outlets, organised by Editors' Guild at her office (PMO).
She mentioned that bef...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon all to wait patiently till the Supreme Court verdict comes. “I believe our student will get justice from the apex court. They will not be disappointed,” she said. She declared to conduct judicial inquiry into the killings and other untoward incidents during the quota reform movement by students.
“I further declare that judicial inquiry will be conducted for the sake of fair trial and justice in all the untoward incidents, including murder,” she said in a televised address to the nation this evening. “On whose instigation the c...
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination scheduled for Thursday (July 18) has been postponed due to ongoing quota movement.
The exams will continue as usual on July 21, said Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar on Tuesday (July 16).
On June 30, this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations began across the country.
The total number of nine general education boards, madrasa and technical boards is 14, 50,790 this year.
Of them, 7, 50,281 are male examinees and 7,00,509 are female students.
Meanwhile, the education ministry has announced that all secondary and higher secondary educational institutions as well as the polytechnic institutes will remain closed until further notice,.
Police and students clashed violently at the Dhaka University campus and Barishal on Wednesday, as demands for reform of the government job quota system intensified. In Dhaka, the conflict erupted at approximately 4:15 PM in front of Ruqayyah Hall and in Barishal clash erupted in front of Hatem Ali College and in the Natullabad Bus Terminal area.
