Students of Dhaka University (DU) yesterday called for a one-hour class boycott at all the educational institutions across the country on January 23 as part of their ongoing movement to get the detained four DU teachers and a student released.
Dhaka University Teachers\' Association (Duta) last night decided not to hold any admission test at the university until all DU teachers and a student arrested in connection with the August 2007 campus violence are freed.
Several thousand garment workers in the capital\'s Mirpur area clashed with police intermittently throughout the day yesterday, leaving at least 30 people injured and traffic obstructed for hours.
The Mirpur area of the capital turned into a virtual battlefield yesterday afternoon as several thousand garment factory workers locked into a fierce clash with police.
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday said the government is considering lifting restrictions on indoor politics countrywide and gradually relaxing the state of emergency depending on \'needs and circumstances\'.
Several hundred garment workers yesterday took to Rokeya Sarani at Sheorapara in the capital and blockaded the busy street for the entire day in support of their 12-point demand including timely payment of their salary and overtime allowance.
Detained Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina would not go abroad for medical treatment if the government imposes any condition on her, party\'s acting President Zillur Rahman said yesterday.
Global human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) yesterday asked the caretaker government to try war criminals.
\\\"We want the present government to initiate some process. The future democratic government will have to take the issue forward. But some steps regarding that should be taken at this moment,\\\" Irene Khan, AI secretary general, told reporters after attending a seminar on \\\'Campaign for Human Dignity\\\' in the capital.
