by Sajjad Hossain in The Daily Star, Aug 9, 2023After a 12-day break, BNP and like-minded parties are set to restart their one-point movement for the government’s resignation with a protest rally in Dhaka on August 11, according to party sources. It, however, currently has no plan to launch protests outside Dhaka due to excessive flooding in many districts at the moment, party leaders said. The BNP standing committee took the decision on Monday. At…
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AFP report, July 30, 2023DHAKA: Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse stone-throwing crowds blockading major roads in the capital Dhaka on Saturday in the latest protest demanding the prime minister’s resignation. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies have staged a series of protests since last year demanding Sheikh Hasina step down and allow a caretaker government to oversee elections due next January. Clashes erupted in several locations when…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning, Apr 4, 2023Convenor of the Collective of All Trade Unions, Ravi Kumudesh yesterday (3) said that a massive protest is to be launched today (4) by the Collective in front of the Colombo Fort Railway Station against the new Anti-Terrorism Bill which is to be tabled in the Parliament this month. He stated this when he was contacted by The Daily Morning to inquire about the course of action…
report in Dawn, March 7th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: The residents of Bakkakhel staged a protest demonstration in Mandi Bazaar on Monday against lawlessness in the area. The protesters including tribal elders and youth marched on Bannu-Miranshah road and closed it to traffic by placing the coffin of a young man killed in the Sunday’s explosion there. On the occasion, Masoom Wazir, Waliullah, Gohar Wazir and other elders condemned the bomb explosion and said that an innocent…
By N. Lohathayalan in The Sunday Times, Feb 26, 2023More than forty Jaffna district fishermen’s associations with a membership totalling about 8000 will drag their fishing boats to the road in protest against Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda’s proposal to allow Indian fishermen to engage in fishing in Sri Lankan waters. Fishermen’s association representatives told the Sunday Times there would be a discussion today on the minister’s move to allow ‘small Indian boats’ to engage in…
Report in The Daily Star, Dec 17, 2022Ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance will hold a rally at Shikha Chironton in Suhrawardy Udyan of the capital on December 19 in protest against the BNP-Jamaat’s “anarchy and anti-state conspiracy”. Dhaka City 14-party coordinator and AL Presidium Member Mofazzel Hossain Chowdhury Maya came up with the announcement at a meeting of the alliance at AL central office on Bangabandhu Avenue this afternoon. The leaders expressed their firm determination…
by Ahmad Nabi in the Nation, Dec 11, 2022KHYBER – The tribesmen of Landi Kotal blocked the pak-afghan highway in protest over a truck driver’s abduction by unidentified robbers in Kashmore, Sindh, and demanded that the provincial government should take immediate action to secure the truck driver’s safe release. Along with local political figures, members of public and transporters blocked the sultan-Khel Landi Kotal road in the Takia area with stones and other obstructions. Member…
By Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, Nov 29, 2022The Police stated that apart from accepting notifications with regard to protest marches and processions made to the relevant police station six hours in advance and processing requests for the use of loudspeakers, no other form of licence is issued by the Police that pertains to protests. Speaking to The Morning, Police Media Spokesman, Senior Superintendent of Police, and Attorney-at-Law Nihal Thalduwa said that those organising a…