Deaths on roads go unabated
Six years have passed since student protests for road safety gripped the nation in 2018 that led the government to make many promises and take several initiatives, but fatal...
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Repression and propaganda
THE wholesale arrest of dozens of students and hundreds of leaders, activists and supporters of opposition parties in cases filed in connection with violence and vandalism during the student protests for reforms in government job quota is another misstep of the government, the like of which forced a peaceful protest into a violent one...
Reckless lies and deceit are no answers
THE only responsible government response to the violent policing of student protests seeking public job quota reform was to take responsibility for the death and injuries. But the government continues to spread reckless lies and deceive the public. The first information report that the Rangpur police filed about the death of a Begum Rokeya University...
FICCI suggests steps to fully restore economic activities
The Foreign Investors鈥� Chamber of Commerce and Industry has recommended a list of measures to recover from economic losses amid unrests centring the quota reform protests...
Mobile internet restored, social media platforms still inaccessible in Bangladesh
The government restored mobile internet services at about 3:00pm on Sunday after almost 10 days, but users found difficulties in using the internet services...
Possible involvement of Yunus in quota protests needs to be probed: Quader
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that 鈥榩ossible involvement鈥� of Professor Muhammad Yunus, and others giving statements, in the recent quota reform movement and violence needed to be looked into...
Prime minister meets with families of those killed during protests
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday extended her condolences and support to the families of those killed during the mayhem created by 鈥楤NP-Jamaat terrorists,鈥� leveraging the quota reform movement...
RAB arrests 304 more people over quota protests violence
Members of Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives arrested 304 people raiding different parts of the country, including Dhaka, in connection with the recent violence over quota reform protests...
14 foreign missions in Dhaka seek sustainable solution to current unrest
Though a number of countries expressed their concern over the recent violence in Bangladesh, 14 foreign missions stationed in Dhaka have jointly written to foreign minister Hasan Mahmud seeking a sustainable solution to the issue to ensure a lasting peace in the country...
Rallies held worldwide over student movement in Bangladesh
Solidarity rallies and protests were held in various countries worldwide in response to the student movement and violence in Bangladesh over quota reform in public services in the past week...
SC guidelines largely ignored in wholesale arrests, remand
Law enforcement agencies are largely ignoring the Supreme Court guidelines while making blanket arrests of citizens on suspicion of their involvement in violence during the recent student protests...
Who decides, who defines who the 鈥榗ulprits鈥� are
THE prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 call on people to help identify the 鈥榗ulprits鈥� involved in the mayhem, born out of the peaceful student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations, makes sense. While she sought people鈥檚 support in holding the culprits to justice, she said that the culprits, in whatever corner they are staying...
Dollar price rises to Tk 121.5 on kerb market
The dollar rate on the open market, also known as the kerb market, rose by over Tk 1.5 to reach Tk聽121.5 a dollar on July 25 amid unrests centring quota reform protests across the country...
DB picks up two more protest leaders
The Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police picked up two more leaders of the Students Movement Against Discrimination 鈥� Sarjis Alam and...
Death toll reaches 212, lacklustre curfew rolls on 8th day
The lacklustre curfew continued for the eighth day in a row on Saturday as many people and vehicles were seen plying on roads beyond the curfew hours in...
Police foil climate protest in Paris on first day of Olympics
The police in France on Saturday blocked climate activists from holding a demonstration in central Paris on the first official day of the Olympic Games.
139 people arrested in 11 cases filed over quota protests in Sylhet
Police arrested 139 people, including Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat activists in connection with the violence amid students鈥� protests demanding reformation in government job quota in Sylhet...
Banks to operate from 10:00am to 3:00pm till July 30
Bangladesh Bank has instructed banks in the country to keep their branches open from 10:00am to 3:00pm in accordance with the reduced curfew hours.
Prime minister visits NITOR to see victims of quota protests
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday morning visited National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation to see the injured people who came under attacks during the recent countrywide protests...
Wholesale arrests, night-time block raids continue across Bangladesh
Law enforcement agencies have continued arrests, and night-time block raids in many areas of Dhaka and other places across the country as part of their special drive against...
2 more injured victims die at DMCH
Two more critically injured people died on Friday while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, taking the death toll from the recent violence during...
AL dissolves 27 unit committees
The committees of 27 units of the ruling Awami League under the Dhaka-13 constituency were dissolved on Thursday night due to their inaction during the anti-quota student protest in...
Prime minister visits BTV Bhaban to inspect damage
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday morning visited Bangladesh Television Bhaban to see the extent of damage after it came under attack during the recent protests...
Quota protest leaders picked up from hospital
Nahid Islam, Abu Baker Mazumdar, and Asif Mahmud, three coordinators of Students Movement Against Discrimination, a platform for quota reform movements, were allegedly picked up by...
Quota protesters press for curfew withdrawal, campus reopening
The Anti-quota protest platform Students Movement Against Discrimination鈥檚 several co-coordinators on Thursday pressed their demands to withdraw curfew and...
1,300 more arrested across Bangladesh in聽24 hours
Police on Thursday arrested at least 1,307 suspects, mostly opposition leaders and activists, across the country in connection with violence and vandalism during...
Hospital visits reveal 209 deaths during deadly protests in Bangladesh
Hospitals in the capital Dhaka and 10 other districts reported at least 209 killings during the violent student protests for quota reform in the past 10 days across the...
201 UK academics stand against 鈥榖rutal repression鈥� on protestors
Condemning the 鈥榖rutal repression鈥� by the state against quota reform protesters in Bangladesh, 201 academics, including both Bangladeshis and non-Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom, on Thursday issued a statement, expressing full solidarity with the student movement...
Police unlawfully use lethal weapons against protesters: Amnesty
Amnesty International in a statement on Thursday said that Bangladesh authorities have continued to use unlawful force against student protesters, amid six days of shutdown and communication restrictions, during the quota-reform protest across the country...
Disjointed key protest leaders create confusion
The lack communication between leaders of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, a platform for anti-quota movement has resulted in confusion among the protesters about their next course of actions...
