SC to hear DU students鈥� plea today
The Appellate Division has set today to hear a fresh petition seeking a stay on a High Court verdict that directed the government to restore a 30 per cent quota for...
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PM dismisses anti-quota protests terming it as irrational, sub-judice
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday dismissed the movement against the quota system in the government jobs as irrational saying, 鈥業t is sub-judice.鈥�...
Anti-quota protests keep spreading
The students of different public universities continued their protests on Friday demanding cancellation of the High Court order for restoring a 30 per cent quota for...
Dozens protest in Kenya with riot police out in force
Dozens of Kenyans took to the streets on Tuesday under a heavy police presence, with many shops shuttered as youth activists called for fresh protests after...
Five killed in Kenya protests
Five people were shot dead and 31 wounded on Tuesday during protests in Kenya over proposed tax hikes, an NGO said...
China protests EU sanctions on firms with Russian war links
China on Tuesday said it had protested to the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on 19 Chinese companies for abetting what the West believes is Beijing鈥檚 support for Russia鈥檚 war in Ukraine...
LDA protests against eviction of sweepers until relocation
The Left Democratic Alliance leaders on Friday at a protest rally called on the Dhaka South City Corporation authority to refrain from evicting the dwellers of the Miranzilla Harijan Sweeper Colony in the capital鈥檚 Bangshal area until their relocation...
Critics of campus protests are weaponising anti-semitism
COLLEGE campuses and universities across the country have organised some of the largest peace activities and anti-war protests since 1969. As the social movement points in specific directions in calling for Palestinian liberation, over 100 schools scattered across the United States...
Govt backtracks on ban on battery-run rickshaw 聽
The government has backtracked on its decision to ban operations of unauthorised battery-run rickshaws in Dhaka city amid street protests by...
These new attacks on academic freedom may be just the beginning
DURING the wave of campus protests opposing the US-backed war on Gaza and calling for divestment from Israel, students weren鈥檛 the only demonstrators to face arrest 鈥� supportive faculty members were also caught up in the crackdown...
Armenia detains demonstrators
Armenia on Tuesday detained dozens of demonstrators in the capital Yerevan as large protests continue against government plans to concede land to the country鈥檚...
Georgia passes 鈥榝oreign influence鈥� bill despite protests
Georgia鈥檚 parliament on Tuesday adopted a controversial 鈥榝oreign influence鈥� law that has sparked weeks of mass protests against the measure, which...
Georgians protest against Russian law
Hundreds of young Georgians crowded outside the Caucasus country鈥檚 parliament on Monday after a night-long demonstration against a...
Columbia Univ cancels main graduation ceremony
Columbia, the prestigious New York university at the heart of US campus protests against the war in Gaza, announced on Monday that it has cancelled the main ceremony for graduating students next week...
DU students express solidarity with US student protests
Students of Dhaka University organised a rally on Sunday expressing solidarity with students who are protesting on campuses across the US against Israel鈥檚 attacks on Gaza...
Student protests against Israel's offensive in Gaza spread
Student protests against the Israeli military assault on Gaza following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel have spread to several countries.
Hasina warns of going US-style aganist protests 聽
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday that she would ask the police to follow the style of the United States to handle street protests, referring to the...
Over 200 detained as Istanbul police clash with May Day protesters
Turkish police on Wednesday fired tear gas and rubber bullets and detained more than 200 protesters 聽after authorities banned May 1 rallies at Istanbul's historic Taksim Square.
Rival protesters clash at UCLA amid escalation of US campus unrest
Clashes broke out on Wednesday at pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, as dozens of universities around the United States struggle to contain similar protests.
Activists occupy Columbia building as US campus protests flare
Demonstrators at Columbia University barricaded themselves inside a campus building early on Tuesday, escalating a standoff with school officials as pro-Palestinian protests upend...
Activists rename Columbia building after Palestinian girl as US campus protests flare
Demonstrators at Columbia University barricaded themselves inside a campus building early Tuesday, escalating a standoff with school officials as pro-Palestinian protests upend campuses across the United States.
Tension flares at US univs including Columbia, Yale, MIT over Gaza protests
Tensions flared between pro-Palestinian student protesters and school administrators at several US universities Monday, as in-person classes were cancelled and demonstrators arrested.
W Bank protests over Palestinians held in Israeli prisons
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank rallied on Wednesday calling for the release of prisoners held by Israel without charge and for families to again be able to visit their...
Protests in Georgia as MPs proceed with 鈥榝oreign influence鈥� law
Georgia鈥檚 parliament was poised to advance on Wednesday with a controversial 鈥榝oreign influence鈥� law that has sparked mass street protests over concerns it would undermine Tbilisi鈥檚 European aspirations...