Category: College

PM lays foundation stone of Ramij Uddin college underpass

Freshers’ Reception Held in Kisholoy College

Satyajit, Dhaka, August 9, 2018: Yesterday a colourful Freshers’ Reception was held in the college auditorium of Kisholoy Balika Biddaloy O College, Mohammadpur, Dhaka with great fervor and enthusiasm. It was arranged under the leadership of the students who did their best to make the function a gre

UN worried about safety of children

The United Nations, Bangladesh, has urgently called upon all parties to keep everyone, including children and young people, safe on the roads and safe from any kind of violence.

Dhaka’s Jigatala on edge as protesters, Awami League activists face off

A clash has broken out between student protesters calling for safer roads and Awami League activists in Jigatala, near the party’s offices in Dhanmondi. The clashes began on Saturday afternoon. A group of men wearing motorcycle helmets—some of them armed—arrived later on the scene and clashed with

Shakib asks students to go home

Bangladesh Test and T20I captain Shakib Al Hasan urged students to abandon their movement for safer streets and go home to their studies in a Facebook message posted on his verified page at around 7:00pm yesterday (3 August).

Students take to streets for 7th day, controlling traffic

Students for the seventh day took position on city streets and are controlling traffic systems as part of their demand for safe roads this morning. - Students made lanes on Manik Mia Avenue - Science Lab intersection blocked - Daffodil students checking licences on Mirpur Road - Students stage s

PM gives 5 buses to Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today presented five buses to Shaheed Bir Bikram Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College here. On behalf of the premier, Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) Chairman Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan handed over the buses to the college authorities at a simple function this morning.

Be patient and return home, says Education Minister Nahid to protesters

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has urged protesters demanding safer roads to be patient and call off their demonstrations.

Mob burn covered van after it kills college student in Gazipur

Angry locals at Bara Bari of Tongi in Gazipur blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway and set ablaze a covered van after it ran over a college student killing her on the spot on Saturday. The victim is Farhana Alam Mim, 21, a class XI student of Safiuddin Sarkar Academy School and College. Gazipur traffi

Nationwide student protests enter fifth day in Bangladesh

Bangladesh shut down high schools across the country on Thursday as tens of thousands of student protested for a fifth straight day after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus. Bangladesh’s transport sector is widely seen as corrupt, unregulated, and dangerous, and as news of the teenagers’

Bangladesh teenagers demanding road safety paralyse Dhaka

Thousands of Bangladeshi high school students have been protesting for a fifth day after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus.

Bangladesh: Mass student protests after deadly road accident

Bangladesh shuts down high schools as tens of thousands of students take to streets after two teens were killed by bus. Tens of thousands of students in Bangladesh have rallied for a fifth consecutive day after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus.

Actors take to the streets supporting students

After digitally supporting the ongoing movement by school and college students, actors and other members of film and TV dramas have now practically joined the students on streets. They started gathering from the afternoon of August 1.

Quader urges students not to step into ‘instigation trap’

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today urged the students not to step into any ‘instigation trap’. “After failing in the quota reform demos, the BNP and the fundamental forces are depending on the students and they want to instigate their movemen

Go back home to avert `acts of sabotage'

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday (2 August) urged the protesting students to leave the streets and return to their homes as he fears there might be ‘acts of sabotage’ anytime. Talking to reporters at his residence, he also alleged that the activists of BNP's student body Jatiyatabadi Chha

DMP urges students to return home

Claiming that the demands of the protesting students are being met, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam on Thursday (2 August) urged them to return their homes. “Already the implementation process of their demands has been started,” said Monirul, also the head of

Families of road crash victims meet PM; receive financial assistance

The family members of Diya Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim Rajib, who died in a road crash in the city, met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (2 August).

Students stop police DIG, find no licence or papers

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of River Police Habib was cruising along Karwan Bazar in his black jeep, hoisting a signboard ‘police’ to avoid the students on the road. But the school and college students who are on the streets since Sunday had no time for hierarchy and spared him not. They stopped

Schools, colleges shut tomorrow: Ministry

Amid the growing student protest over the killing of two college students in a road accident in the capital, the government on Wednesday announced to keep all the educational institutions across the country closed for Thursday (1 August).