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Students again on streets demanding PM should withdraw remarks

Shawdesh desk: Agitating students of Dhaka University and other educational institutions on Monday afternoon again took to the streets demanding that prime minister Sheikh Hasina should withdraw her remarks. The

DMP warns of stern action if quota protesters do not follow court order

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka Metropolitan Commissioner Habibur Rahman has warned of stern action if quota reform protesters do not follow the court order. He said this while briefing reporters at 11:30am

Midnight protests erupt on univ campuses across Bangladesh over PM’s remark

Shawdesh Desk: Thousands of university students across Bangladesh took to the streets on Sunday night, primarily on their campuses, in protest at remarks made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The

PM urges exporters to explore new markets for Bangladeshi goods

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the exporters to explore new markets for Bangladeshi goods and expand the country’s export basket. ‘We’ll have to search for new

Unidentified quota protesters sued over vandalising police vehicles

Shawdesh Desk: A case was filed against unidentified quota protesters for vandalising vehicles of the police and assaulting their personnel during Thursday’s blockade programme at the Shahbagh crossing in Dhaka.

Obaidul Quader urges teachers’ leaders to withdraw strike

Shawdesh Desk: The road transport and bridges minister and general secretary of the ruling Awami League, Obaidul Quader, on Saturday said that he had urged the public university teachers’ leaders

It will be sub judice if we meet protesting students: Obaidul

Shawdesh Desk: The road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that if they met with the protesting students against the quota system then it would be a

China to continue zero-tariff treatment to Bangladesh for transitional period

Shawdesh Desk: China has expressed its support to continue the zero-tariff treatment on 98 per cent of taxable items to Bangladesh for a transitional period beyond 2026 when Bangladesh will