Police dispersed Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinees staging a demonstration outside Bangladesh’s National Parliament on Tuesday evening after the protesters attempted to continue their sit-in near the main entrance to the parliamentary complex. The incident took place on Manik Mia Avenue, where hundreds of students had gathered to press a three-point set of demands centred […]

Seven more people have died in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours amid a continuing measles outbreak, with one death confirmed among measles patients and six others reported to have died with symptoms associated with the disease. According to a health bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Tuesday, 122 new […]

Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Haque Milan held an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Tareq Rahman at the National Parliament Complex on Tuesday afternoon, as protests by HSC candidates spread across several parts of the country over examination-related grievances. The meeting took place amid mounting pressure from students demanding the Education Minister’s resignation, […]

Three people died in separate incidents in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj on the same day, leaving the local community in mourning. The incidents took place in three different unions of the upazila on Monday (13 July), according to local sources and police. The first incident was reported from West Pakuria village under Mirashi Union, where […]