Sarjis slams negligence
A central coordinator of the Student Movement against Discrimination Sarjis Alam slammed the adviser to the health ministry Nurjahan Begum for alleged negligence in treating the...
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3 deceased AL leaders named in case
Three deceased Awami League leaders, who died much earlier, have been prosecuted over the attack on the recent anti-quota student protests in Cumilla...
Ex- planning minister Mannan granted bail
A Sunamganj court on Wednesday granted bail to former planning minister MA Mannan in a case filed for alleged attack on a rally of the anti-quota movement...
Juba League activist held for shooting at quota protesters
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday arrested an activist of Juba League, the youth wing of Awami League, allegedly for shooting at protesting students in the capital鈥檚 Uttara during the...
JU invites applications for providing treatment costs
The authorities of Jahangirnagar University have invited applications from the university students injured during the quota reform student movement for providing treatment costs...
2 policemen arrested for killing Abu Sayeed during students' protest in Rangpur
Two members of the Rangpur Metropolitan Police were arrested by the Police Bureau of Investigation on Monday in connection with the killing of anti-quota movement leader and...
Father to never call little daughter 鈥榤y princess鈥�
Clothing trader Muhammad Zan Sharif will never anymore call his eight-year-old daughter Zara 鈥榤y princess鈥� as a bullet took his life during the student movement for quota reforms in...
Injured worry about future
Injured patients admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital during the quota reform movement and subsequent student-led mass uprising now worry about their future as many of them do not know when they can return to normal life and work...
Turning into a colour revolution?
THE student-led anti-quota movement has made the headlines globally, not only for its original demands but also for the broader implications it carried for the entire country. Initially sparked by grievances over the government鈥檚 quota system in public sector jobs, the movement evolved swiftly into a much larger political struggle...
Justice demanded for student protest victims
A youth organisation, Juba Bengali, on Monday demanded justice for those killed, including its central organiser Asif Iqbal, during student protests seeking quota reform in the...
Cop suspended for gagging student mouth during protest
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police have suspended Shahbagh police station inspector (operations) Arshad Hossain, who was photographed gagging a student protester during a demonstration on July 31...
Hospital bills worry families of injured
Family members of injured patients admitted to private hospitals during the quota reform movement are still worried about their bills.
Former Major General Ziaul Ahsan arrested, remanded in murder case
Former military officer Ziaul Ahsan, who was allegedly involved in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of people, was placed on eight-day remand in a...
Khulna-Benapole-Mongla commuter train service resumes
After an 11-day hiatus, the Khulna-Benapole-Mongla commuter train service resumed operation on Wednesday morning.
Quota protests: result of social inequality
THE current student movement in Bangladesh highlights the nation鈥檚 ongoing struggles with inequality, poor governance and political manipulation. The events have resulted in significant casualties, raising concerns about the country鈥檚 democratic fabric and the government鈥檚 handling of dissent. The movement and reform efforts have broader...
NSU stands by Khairul injured in quota reform movement
The North South University authority is monitoring a former student of the university, Khairul Alam, who is on life support at a hospital in Dhaka after he was injured on August 5 while participating in the student movement for quota reform...
Selim, other killed students, people of quota movement commemorated
The BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology organised a special prayer on the university campus on Monday in Dhaka, in memory of Md Selim Talukdar and the killed students and people of the student movement for quota reform in the government jobs...
AWC offers complimentary health services to students
The American Wellness Center has launched a new initiative to support students in response to the profound losses and financial hardships endured by many due to the anti-quota student movement, said a press release...
Fahmin鈥檚 homecoming turns into his journey to eternity
After protests sparked at most of the educational institutes in Dhaka and other parts of the country on July 18, Sheikh Fahmin Jafor told his father over the phone that he was coming home as there would be no classes and/or examinations at the college for the day...
Cultural activists pay tribute to protesters, demand justice for murders
Thirty-one cultural organisations on Wednesday paid tribute to student protesters of the quota reform movement who achieved historical one-point demand...
Amzad鈥檚 widow left without any shelter
Violence during the countrywide student movement for quota reform in government jobs has left many families in grief and sorrow after having lost their family during clashes with police and other forms of roadside violence...
We haven鈥檛 fought to fulfill any party鈥檚 wish: students
The Students Movement Against Discrimination, a platform for quota reform movement, on Wednesday said that the students-led mass uprising was aimed at eliminating fascist system from the country and to reform the state but not to fulfill the will of any political party or group to go to power...
Bangladesh A team鈥檚 Pakistan tour rescheduled
Bangladesh A team鈥檚 tour of Pakistan has been rescheduled following the turmoil the country went through in recent days which led to the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister following protests all over the country, which had initially begun as a quota reform movement...
How will I survive: Imran鈥檚 widow
鈥楬ow will I survive with the child, who will now look after him,鈥� lamented Shanta Maria, the widow of Imran Hosain, who was killed in firing on student protests for government job quota reforms on July 19...
Killing continues before protests end 聽
Tens of thousands of people from all walks of life took to Dhaka streets on Monday defying curfew to join the March to Dhaka programme called by the...
A mutiny rooted in history?
MULTIPLE assumptions emerged from the furious anti-job quota protests that recently catapulted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to her worst encounter during her last 15-years of uninterrupted rule. The number of deaths swirled beyond two hundred as of this writing; overwhelming brutalities, rampant arson, prolonged curfews...
Govt extends curfew for indefinite period from 6:00pm
Home ministry extended curfew for an indefinite period in Dhaka, all divisional cities, district towns, upazila towns, city corporation areas, municipal areas and industrial areas from 6:00pm on Sunday.聽
Judicial body to seek int鈥檒 agencies help if needed聽聽聽聽
The government-formed judicial inquiry commission鈥檚 chairman, Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman, said on Saturday that the commission would seek international investigation agencies鈥� assistance...
No children killed in student protests: HM
The home minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, on Saturday said that no children were killed in the violence centring the student protests for public job quota reforms.
I ordered release of innocent students: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that she had already instructed to release the innocent people that include general students from the jail.