Indigenous people demand holidays on major social festivals

The indigenous communities of the Chittagong Hill Tracts and plains have made four demands, including keeping government holidays in all educational institutions during their main social festivals, focusing on welcoming the New Year. These demands were made at a press conference organized by 12 indigenous student organizations at the Madhur Canteen of Dhaka University on Monday. The president of Bangladesh Indigenous Students’ Struggle Parishad, Numong Pru Marma of BMSC Dhaka Metropolitan, read out a written statement at the press conference. In his written statement, Ananta Tanchangya said that for the…

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‘We are the BNP family’ behind Shanto Biswas of Sirajganj

A delegation of ‘Amra BNP Paribas’ met the family of Shanto Biswas, a meritorious student from Kamarkhand Upazila of Sirajganj who got admission in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). During the meeting at 7:30 pm on Monday, it was announced that this meritorious student from a poor family will be provided with monthly education allowance every month. A press release of ‘Amra BNP Paribas’ said that a delegation met Shanto Biswas’ family under the direction of BNP Acting Chairman and ‘Amra BNP Paribas’ main sponsor Tarique Rahman. Present…

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641 arrested in 26 days in Gazipur Devil Hunt operation

641 arrested in 26 days in Gazipur Devil Hunt operation In the last 26 days, 611 people have been arrested in ‘Operation Devil Hunt’ in Gazipur. Of these, the Gazipur Metropolitan Police has arrested 474 people and the district police 167 people. They have been arrested till Tuesday night since the operation began on February 8. Alamgir Hossain, Deputy Police Commissioner (Special Branch) of Gazipur Metropolitan Police, said that 22 people were arrested in a new operation last night. In this regard, 474 people have been arrested in the last…

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