On December 12 last year, shortly after Friday prayers, Usman Hadi, who was in a rickshaw on Calvert Road, Purana Paltan, Dhaka, was shot by assailants. After shooting him in the head the attackers fled on a motorcycle. Seriously injured Osman Hadi was sent to Singapore for treatment, where he died six days later. Although […]
Minister of State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Iqbal Hasan Mahmood has said that if Bangladeshis truly support the Bengali language, slogans like “Inquilab Zindabad” should not be raised. He made this comment in a discussion organized on Martyr Dibosh and International Mother Language Day at Shilpakala Academy Auditorium in Paurashava on Saturday. Sirajganj […]
Other policemen arrived from the Intercontinental side and fired sound grenades and tear gas. At that time the protesters also threw bricks and stones at the police. At one stage, they dispersed and took up positions on the roads leading from Shahbag towards Dhaka University, Matsya Bhawan and Katabon. After this, intermittent clashes continued. At […]
When asked about the incident, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Mohammad Sajjat Ali told Prothom Alo that the protesters attempted to break the police barricades and encircle Jamuna. Some protesters tried to damage the water cannon. In such a situation, the police was forced to act in public interest. After the clash, at around […]