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DU Correspondent  :A total of 52 physically challenged students from different departments of Dhaka University (DU) have been awarded scholarships with the help of the Social Welfare Ministry of the government. State Minister of Social Ministry Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru on Sunday distributed cheques for the purpose among the students at a function at Professor Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury Auditorium of the university with DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman in the chair. “The Ministry of Social Welfare is implementing more...

Staff Reporter  :Pro-BNP lawyers of the Supreme Court on Sunday held a road-march for ensuring ‘Constitutional rights’ of treatment of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. United Lawyers Front (ULF), a platform of the anti-government lawyers including pro-BNP lawyers, organised the road march. The procession started at 1.30 pm from the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) building and ended at main gate of the Supreme Court. ULF’s Convener and former President of the SCBA Advocate Zainul Abedin presided over the concluding...

DU Correspondent :The organisational activities of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Chattogram University (CU) unit have been suspended after factional clashes between two rival groups of the students body. The BCLannounced the decision through a press release signed by Chhatra League President Saddam Hossain and General Secretary Sheikh Wali Asif Inan on Sunday. “As per the urgent decision of the Central Executive Council of BCL, it is being informed that the incumbent committee of Chattogram University unit of Chhatra League has...

Staff Reporter :Asking for a fresh application for sending BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia abroad for better treatment is inhumane said her lawyer Barrister Kayser Kamal. The lawyer who is also the Legal Affairs Secretary of BNP said an application has already been submitted regarding the issue. While talking to the reporters at the Supreme Court Mr Kayser Kamal said, “The physicians and the medical board concerned said the problems those Khaleda Zia is facing cannot be treated in the...

News Desk :United Nations (UN) assistant secretary general Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa requested Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to ensure the safety and security of UN representatives and other foreigners during the upcoming parliamentary elections. In a meeting at the secretariat on Sunday, the UN assistant secretary has been assured that there is nothing to fear and they will be able to discharge their duties here without any hindrance, said Asaduzzaman Khan in a press briefing. The home minister shared security arrangements...

Al Jazeera :Tens of thousands of people have marched in France to protest against police violence, with clashes breaking out on the margins of a rally organised in the capital, Paris. Saturday’s nationwide protests came within three months after the point-blank-range killing by a policeman of a teen at a traffic check sparked more than a week of rioting across the country. In Paris, demonstrators of all ages held placards proclaiming “Stop state violence”, “Don’t forgive or forget” or “The...

Staff Reporter  :In the wake of recent US visa restrictions imposed on undisclosed individuals, both the government and the opposition are strategically leveraging the situation to their advantage before the general election. According to multiple sources, these individuals include members of law enforcement, army officials, bureaucrats, judges, businessmen, media, the ruling party, and the political opposition. Although the identities of those affected remain undisclosed in public domain, the government officials, ministers, and law enforcement agencies have moved to reassure the...