A Support Desk aimed at strengthening the legal protection of journalists in Bangladesh has been launched with support from Unesco’s Global Media Defence Fund (GMDF).

Rushed to DMCH, declared dead on arrival

The victim is Mohorom Ali, 35, of Muradpur area of the district

Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury yesterday said the country’s economic progress is a “capitalist type of development” which is behind inequality.

The upcoming Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (Jucsu) and hall union elections have drawn 622 candidates for 340 posts.

Anamul Hasan Onoy, general secretary (GS) candidate from the “Aparajeyo 71–Odommo 24” panel in the upcoming Ducsu election, said he is contesting the polls to resist anti-state and anti-liberation forces.

Shameem Hossen, an independent candidate for the vice-president (VP) post, said he has entered the Ducsu election race to transform it into a platform for students, free from the control and interference of political parties.

Police recovered body of a leader of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League yesterday morning near his home in Bhola town.

In a setback for the country’s primary education system, the school dropout rate saw a sudden rise last year after a steady decline over 14 years, according to a government report.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will hold separate meetings today with the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and National Citizen Party to discuss the current political situation and the upcoming election.

Calls for home adviser’s resignation

The delegation included Roshmi Goswami, co-chair of SAHR; human rights activist Saroop Ijaz (Pakistan); Deekshya Illangasinghe, Anushaya Collure (Sri Lanka); and Sayeed Ahmed (Bangladesh).

The victims are Rokhsana Parvin, 50, of Sheharchar, and her daughter Lamia Akhter, 24.

Of them, Tk 100.3cr has been deposited into the bank account of Pagla Mosque

A five-day remand has been granted by the court

Clash erupts outside JP office after protesters allegedly try to break gates, signboard

Gono Odhikar Parishad men blocked road in Panchagarh

The blockade caused severe traffic jam on the highway

Issues of false cases, access to property, bank accounts to be addressed, he says

He calls for election rule changes, vowed zero tolerance for corruption