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Govt to see if judicial probe can be widened

Shawdesh Desk: Law minister Anisul Huq said on Tuesday that the government would consider empowering the judicial inquiry commission that was formed to probe into the killings of six people

Withdraw curfew, reopen campuses by 48 hours, say quota protesters

Shawdesh Desk: A group of protesters of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, a platform for the anti-quota movement, on Tuesday gave a 48-hour ultimatum demanding reopening of the educational institutions.

Editors’ Council, NOAB concerned over journalists’ security

Shawdesh Desk: The Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh and the Editors’ Council in a joint statement on Tuesday said that journalists faced insecurity while carrying out their professional responsibility amid

Some int’l media outlets circulate false, fabricated reports: FM

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said that some international media outlets including Qatar-based Al Jazeera circulated false, distorted and fabricated reports on violence during the anti-quota student

Bangladesh govt ready to discuss with quota protesters anytime: law minister

Shawdesh Desk: The law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister, Anisul Huq, on Thursday said that the government was ready to discuss anytime with the students demanding quota reforms in government

Quota protestors, police clash in Dhaka’s Uttara, police box and 2 buses vandalized

Shawdesh Desk: As part of the announced countrywide ‘Complete Shutdown’ for Thursday, students demanding quota reform in Government jobs from several colleges and universities took to the streets in Uttara

229 BGB platoons deployed across Bangladesh amid shutdown call

Shawdesh Desk: In a move to maintain law and order, a total of 229 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh were on Thursday deployed nationwide, including in Dhaka, authorities said. This

Countrywide complete shutdown underway

Shawdesh Desk; A Complete shutdown called by Anti-discrimination Student Movement is underway with protesters blocking roads and highways in Dhaka and other places across the country since Thursday morning. The