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Dr Zubaida flies back to London

Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, left for London on Saturday morning, aiming to return to Bangladesh Thursday with her husband and daughter.BNP Media Cell member Atiqur Rahman Rumon said Zubaida departed Dhaka at 8:30am on Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-201 from Hazra...

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DU journalism students demand justice for Hadi, attacks on media

Students of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Dhaka University on Friday demanded exemplary punishment for those involved in the killing of Inqilab Moncho convenor Sharif Osman Hadi, attacks on the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, and the assault on New Age editor Nuru...

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DUJA condemns attacks on newspaper offices, assault on veteran journalist

Dhaka University Journalists’ Association (DUJA) has expressed deep concern, strong anger, and outrage over the attacks, vandalism, and arson at the offices of the national dailies Prothom Alo and The Daily Star in the capital, as well as the assault on New Age Editor Nurul Kabir.At the same t...

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Additional police, BGB deployed in Dhaka ahead of Hadi’s janaza

Additional police personnel and members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed at key points in the capital to maintain law and order during namaz-e-janaza of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Osman Hadi.An adequate number of police personnel equipped with around 1,000 body-worn cameras have...

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7 held over lynching of Hindu youth in Mymensingh

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained seven suspects in connection with the lynching of a Hindu youth in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh,  said the Chief Adviser’s press wing.They are  Md Limon Sarker, 19, Md Tarek Hossain, 19, Md Manik Mia, 20, Ershad Ali, 39, Nijum Uddin, 20, Ala...

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Amnesty urges accountability over Hadi murder, mob violence

Amnesty International has said the interim government must take immediate steps to hold perpetrators of acts of violence and killings accountable in a fair trial without recourse to the death penalty.It called on the interim government of Bangladesh to ensure prompt, thorough, independent and impart...

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Vested quarter fuelling chaos to impose new fascism: Fakhrul

Strongly denouncing the wave of violent attacks at different parts of the the country, including those targeting media houses, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday night alleged that a long-identified vested quarter is deliberately trying to push Bangladesh into chaos to estab...

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UN calls for calm refraining from violence

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday urged the authorities to conduct a ‘prompt, impartial, thorough, and transparent’ investigation into the attack that led to Sharif Osman Bin Hadi’s death, and to ensure due process and accountability for those responsible.Türk s...

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Udichi central office set on fire

Udichi Shilpigosthi’s central office has been set on fire on Topkhana Road in the capital on Friday evening.The blaze originated around 7:42pm on the first floor of the building adjacent to the BMA Building.Four units of Fire Service and Civil Defence rushed to the spot to douse the fire.Rozin...

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Mob incited by Elias Hossain sets fire to Daily Star office in Dhaka

An unruly mob, incited by ex-journalist Elias Hossain, attacked and set fire to the office building of The Daily Star, Bangladesh’s leading English-language daily, early Friday, creating panic in the area following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a frontliner of the July Uprising.Soon after ne...

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OCAB condemns attacks on media in Bangladesh

Overseas Correspondents Association Bangladesh (OCAB), a platform representing international media based in Dhaka, on Friday strongly condemned the violent attacks against journalists, editors, and media outlets carried out on Thursday night.Such brazen violence is intolerable and a direct threat to...

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Protests continue at Shahbagh demanding justice for Hadi’s killing

Thousands of students and people are still holding a sit-in at busy Shahbag intersection, demanding justice for the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inquilab Moncho and a pioneering leader of last year’s July uprising.Following the news of Hadi’s death on Thursday night, stu...

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BNP pays homage to Osman Hadi

BNP on Friday paid tributes to Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi as his body arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Singapore in the evening.On behalf of the party, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed and Acting Chairman’s adviser Dr Mahdi Amin paid the ...

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Hadi’s namaz-e-janaza at 2:30pm Saturday

The namaz-e-janaza of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi will be held at 2:30pm on Saturday at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, said the Chief Adviser’s press wing on Friday night.The government requested those wishing to attend the janaza not to carry any bags or heav...

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Jamaat calls for restraint, unity after Hadi’s death

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday urged patience, responsibility and national unity following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inquilab Moncho and a July Movement activist, who died on Wednesday while receiving treatment in Singapore.In a statement, Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahma...

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Prothom Alo seeks justice after attack on Karwan Bazar office

Following the death of Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, journalists of the country’s leading vernacular daily Prothom Alo have demanded the identification, arrest and exemplary punishment of those involved in the attack on the newspaper’s office at Karwan Bazar in the capit...

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Journalists must be able to carry out their work without fear: MFC

The Media Freedom Coalition in Bangladesh on Friday strongly condemned the attacks carried out Thursday night against journalists, editors, and media houses."Such acts of violence and intimidation are unacceptable and strike at the heart of press freedom and the public's right to be informe...

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DCAB strongly condemns attacks on Prothom Alo, The Daily Star, harassment of Nurul Kabir

Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) on Friday expressed deep concern and strongly condemned the violent attacks, vandalism and arson at the offices of daily Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, as well as the harassment of the President of the Editors’ Council and Editor of New...

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Osman Hadi's body arrives in Dhaka

An aircraft carrying the body of Inquilab Moncho spokesman Sharif Osman Hadi, who died at a Singapore Hospital on Thursday, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday evening.  The Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-585 carrying the body landed at the airport at 5:48 p...

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BNP calls emergency Standing Committee meeting tonight

BNP on Friday postponed two scheduled programmes of its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, considering the overall situation in the country.The party has also called an emergency meeting of its Standing Committee tonight at 8:30pm at t...