Author: Asian Bangla

Asianbangla Desk : Russian police detained around 25 gay rights activists who took part in an unsanctioned rally in St Petersburg on Saturday, according to Reuters witnesses. Reuters. A few dozen activists gathered at Palace Square on Saturday afternoon, defying a ban to hold the rally. Organisers had said they would stage one-man protests to demand freedom of association after city authorities turned down their request to hold a parade. Police detained campaigners who unfurled rainbow flags or held placards, dragging them into a police bus. There were no clashes between police and the activists. Russia passed a law in…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : The vehicle carrying outgoing US ambassador Marcia Bernicat came under attack by a group of unidentified miscreants as it left the residence of Badiul Alam Majumder, secretary of civil society advocacy group SHUJAN, on Saturday night. UNB The US Ambassador was attending a courtesy dinner at Dr Majumder’s house in the capital’s Iqbal Road in Mohammadpur area. As she was leaving around 11 PM, a group of miscreants gave a chase and threw bricks at the car she was in, Majumder told UNB. “As her car got away, the miscreants turned their attention to my house and…

Asianbangla Desk : Demanding safe road and justice for their two peers killed in a road crash in Dhaka on July 29, students from several schools and colleges staged demonstrations across the country yesterday while transport workers observed their second day of undeclared strike. SYLHET Several thousand students took to the streets in all four districts of Sylhet division, reports our correspondent. Meanwhile, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid urged students to return to their classes. After attending the convocation of Metropolitan University in Sylhet, the minister said, “Students should return to their classes as the government is fulfilling their demands.” In…

Asianbangla Desk : Powered by half-centuries from Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan which was backed up by an excellent final over from Nazmul Islam, Bangladesh won the second T20I against the West Indies by 12 runs to tie the series at one apiece ahead of the series-decider at Lauderhill tomorrow. West Indies were left needing 15 off the last over, which was bowled to perfection and Nazmul conceded only three runs while picking up two wickets, giving the batsmen no chance. Andre Fletcher had set the tone for the hosts with his 38-ball 43 after seeing his opening partner Evin…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : Rapid Action Battalion members picked up actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed from Dhaka’s Uttara tonight for allegedly spreading rumours on Facebook over the attack on student protesters demanding safe roads. Actress Quazi Nawshaba was detained from Uttara tonight for spreading rumours on social media about attack on protesters and later she was taken to Rab-1 office for interrogation, said a text message from the elite force. At least 20-25 students were injured as alleged activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and police launched an attack on the student protesters at Dhanmondi 3 near Jigatola this afternoon. The incident took…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : For five long hours since 1:30pm, Dhanmondi Road-3 became a battlefield yesterday. On one side of it were thousands of school and college students. On the other end, a small group of people, allegedly belonging to Chhatra League and other front organisations of the ruling Awami League. Both groups were armed with stones and sticks, chasing each other intermittently. Rumours of deaths and sexual harassment of some protesters were rife, which further angered the students who dislodged the bamboo sticks fringing the road divider, gathered stones and shouted slogans. Then came the attack. A group of alleged BCL…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday ruled out any possibility of entering into discussion with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party if it didn’t seek apology and give up celebrating August 15 as the ‘fake birthday’ of the party’s chairperson Khaleda Zia. The road transport and bridges minister also lambasted Khaleda for celebrating birthday on the National Mourning Day and anniversary of death of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He also said that BNP’s arrogance closed the door on holding any dialogue with them. BNP awarded the killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and its founder Ziaur…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : “I am suffering, of course. But the student protest is logical. Suppose, I’m standing by the road; now what if a bus runs over me?” said Md Ainuddin, who came to Birdem hospital at Shahbagh from Rajbari for treatment. Student protests spread like wildfire across the capital and elsewhere in the country yesterday, with the demonstrators vowing to remain on the streets until their demands for road safety are met. Angered by police beating on the previous day, thousands of students in uniforms and schoolbags on their back poured onto the streets of Dhaka and blocked various streets,…

Asianbangla, Patuakhali : The businessmen in Kuakata sea beach area are worried as erosion has taken a serious turn in recent days due to tidal surge. Locals said tidal surge is the main cause of erosion in Kuakata. At least 10 feet of a paved road at Kuakata Zero Point were washed away this season as heavy tidal surge hit the shore. Investors, people’s representatives and journalists had been holding programmes, including human chains in different areas for the last two weeks, demanding steps for protection of the area. Local people, journalists, tourists and businessmen formed a human chain on the…

Asianbangla Desk : More than 150 Islamic State fighters surrendered to Afghan security forces in the northwestern province of Jawzjan after they were defeated and driven out by the Taliban, Taliban and government officials said yesterday. Reuters. The defeat represents a major setback for the group, which first appeared in eastern Afghanistan around four years ago and which had gained a foothold in southern Jawzjan, where it fought for control of smuggling routes into neighbouring Turkmenistan. “The evil phenomenon of Daesh has completely been eliminated and people have been freed from its tortures in Jawzjan province of Afghanistan,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah…