Ayyash and Marzia were charged under which sections?

Meanwhile, Section 295A deals with deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious sentiments. Insulting or attempting to insult the religion or religious beliefs of any group through words, writings or visual representations with deliberate and malicious intent to outrage religious feelings of that group constitutes an offense under this section. The maximum punishment is […]

CUET closed: New VC breaks lock to enter office along with student party leaders

However, protesting the appointment and demanding Saim’s reinstatement, the students initiated a ‘complete strike’ the next day. As part of the protest, they locked the entrance of the Vice Chancellor’s office. Teachers, officers and employees are also on strike since that day regarding the same demand. As a result, classes and examinations at CUET are […]

Bangladesh Home Minister did not attend the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ meeting in Delhi.

Nearly three decades after its inception, home ministers of the seven-nation Bay of Bengal regional bloc, BIMSTEC, are set to hold their first meeting in New Delhi next Tuesday. However, Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed will not attend it. In their place, a delegation from Bangladesh led by Senior Secretary, Home Ministry, Monzoor Morshed Chowdhury […]

Saudi airport attack: 8 flights from Dhaka cancelled; Biman will update on Monday at 2 pm

On Saturday night, Bangladesh time, the Iran-backed Houthi armed group in Yemen attacked the King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh. This was the third attack on the airport this week. Following the incident, airport operations were suspended and all flights were diverted. Soon after the incident, Biman Bangladesh Airlines announced the suspension […]

Rabindranath Tagore’s graffiti defaced with ink: Ayyash and three others arrested in sedition case shown

The four arrested are ANM Ayash, 29, Mohammad Sakibul Hasan, 19, Mohammad Sujon Miah, 18, and Marzia Khandker Rimi, 27. On Saturday, several people, including ANM Ayash, member secretary of an organization called State Dialogue Forum, had gone outside Shilpakala Academy in Segunbagicha to deface the wall arti depicting Rabindranath Tagore. On the same day, […]