Joint statement cites Prothom Alo, The Daily Star, Chhayanaut attacks

Criticises govt ‘inaction’, announces protest

Blames provocative social media posts for fuelling violence during the attacks

He is undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital 

Mobile court fines head butcher Tk 20,000 over illegal meat processing

Police say arrests followed video analysis as nationwide operations continue against remaining suspects

Wasiqur Rahman Babu collapsed after ‘heart attack’ inside the jail admissions wing before being handed to police

CA to inaugurate nationwide initiative encouraging voter participation

Attempted murder case upgraded to murder charge

The demand for democracy after the July uprising is now sliding towards “mobocracy” and the interim government’s weakness is to be blamed for it, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said yesterday.

Violent attacks on the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star continued to draw sharp condemnation from political leaders, journalist organisations, civil society members and international press bodies yesterday.

The attacks on The Daily Star and Prothom Alo were a “terrible moment” for Bangladesh’s democracy, said Michael Miller, the EU ambassador to Bangladesh.

Religious Affairs Adviser AFM Khalid Hossain yesterday said several people involved in the arson attack on the offices of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo have been identified.

Mohammad Alamgir, father of private Shamim Reza, stood solemnly beside his son’s coffin, draped half in the national flag and half in the UN flag.

Sharif Omar Bin Hadi, elder brother of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, has expressed doubts over justice for his brother’s killing and urged the people to continue the movement.

Bogura district BNP leaders yesterday collected nomination papers for Bogura-6 (Sadar) and Bogura-7 (Gabtali and Shajahanpur upazila) constituencies for acting chairman Tarique Rahman and Chairperson Khaleda Zia respectively.

The arson attack on a house in Lakshmipur that killed a seven-year-old girl and left three others injured was carried out over a land-related feud, alleged the victim’s family yesterday.

Dhaka University Central Students’ Union yesterday blocked the vice chancellor’s office in protest, demanding the renaming of five university establishments currently named after members of the Sheikh family.

The RMG factory took three hours to inform law enforcers after unrest began that resulted in a garment worker being beaten to death in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila over allegations of “hurting religious sentimen

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday called for unity in the face of challenging times, asserting that the party has historically saved the country from the brink of destruction and will do so again.