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Did not fight to serve any party or group: Students

The uprising, led by students and people, has taken place to repair the state and to abolish the fascist system and not to satisfy the power aspirations of any particular party or group, said the Anti-discriminatory Student Movement.
In a press release, signed by Asif Mahmud, a key coordinator of the student movement, it said the responsibility of the interim government will be to implement the hopes and aspirations of the students and general people.
Until the establishment of the interim government proposed by the students and people and the state is repaired as per the demand, the students and people are alert and will remain vigilant, it reads.
The statement said the movement is working with the people to prevent any communal provocations, damage to public properties and chaos.

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Tribunal acquits Dr Yunus in labour law violation case

Dhaka Labour Appellate Tribunal today acquitted Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and three others in a case lodged for violation of labour law.
Labour Appellate Tribunal chairman MA Awal pronounced the judgment this afternoon.
Dhaka 3rd Labour Court on January 1, 2024, had convicted and sentenced six-month jail to Dr Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Telecom director and former managing director Md Ashraful Hasan, members of Board of Directors Nur Jahan Begum and Md Shahjahan.
Yunus, who is set to become the chief adviser to the interim government, will arrive in the country tomorrow.
"Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka on the Emirates flight (EK-582) from Dubai at 2:10 PM Dhaka time (GMT +6) on Thursday (8 August 2024) subject to flight being on time," a press release said.

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Some police officials violated human rights: new IGP

Many police officials have been injured, killed, and tortured because of some unprofessional and overly ambitious officials.
Newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam made the statement while addressing his first briefing at the Police Headquarters today.
The police chief said they [unprofessional officers] did not follow the accepted principles of applying force, and violated human rights.

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2 held with 112-kg ganja

RAJSHAHI: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in an anti-crime operation, arrested two alleged drug peddlers with 112 kilograms of ganja in the district last night.
The arrested were identified as Mosharaf Hossain, 38, son of late Nazrul Islam of Fulbari village under Godagari upazila in Rajshahi district and Muhammad Sharif, 27, son of late Abdul Maleque of Ghorashal village under Muradnagar upazila in Comilla district, RAB sources said this noon.
On a tip-off, a team of the RAB conducted a raid in the house of Mosharaf Hossain around 1.30 am and recovered the hemp and arrested them red-handed, RAB sources said.