Citizens threaten tougher movement
A section of citizens under the banner of 鈥楤ikkhubdha Nagarik Samaj鈥� on Tuesday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the authorities concerned demanding release of six leaders of the quota reform...
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AL is biggest sponsor of militancy: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party said on Tuesday that the ruling Awami League was the biggest sponsor of extremism in this country...
Arrested accuse police of torture in remand
Police are torturing arrested people in the ongoing crackdown on students, and opposition political parties after deadly quota reform protests, political parties and...
Panic at hospitals as injured forced to share fingerprints
Security forces in plainclothes are taking fingerprints and photos of individuals admitted to various city hospitals with injuries from violence during the recent countrywide student protests seeking...
16 children killed, scores injured during deadly protests in Bangladesh
At least 16 children, including nine students and a preschooler, were killed and scores of others were injured in violent clashes during recent student protests for quota reform in...
Protesting students announce fresh programme across Bangladesh
The protesting students, who began their movement against discrimination in government job recruitment and the quota system reform, on Tuesday announced a fresh programme, the March for Justice, in all courts, campuses, and roads across the country on Wednesday.
Govt should restrain Chhatra League, heed students鈥� demands
ATTACKS by the Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, on protesting students again at Barishal University on July 29 are deplorable. The attacks left at least 15 injured, nine of whom had to be sent to hospital. It was Chhatra League attacks on protesters on July 15 that forced a peaceful student movement into violence...
Nat鈥檒 mass inquiry commission a welcome development
IN A historically and politically significant move, a national mass inquiry commission to investigate the recent violent crackdown on student protests that sought reforms in public service job quota was announced on July 29 at a protest that lawyers organised in Dhaka. The commission is meant to establish the political and legal liability for...
Six protest leaders in DB custody for up to 4 days
Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has kept six coordinators of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, a quota reform platform, in its custody for up to...
Train services to resume on short distances from Thursday
The Bangladesh Railway is scheduled to resume train services only on short distances from August 1, about two weeks after it had stopped the services.
Protesting guardians face police obstruction at DMC
The police obstructed protesting guardians of students in front of Dhaka Medical College while they were going to Shagbagh on Tuesday morning to organise a rally protesting against casualties in the unrest centring quota reforms movement.
Mourning day being observed today
Mourning day is being observed across Bangladesh on Tuesday for those who died during unrest centring around student protests for quota reform in the past week.
US for peaceful resolution of Bangladesh situation
Reiterating their unwavering support for the freedom of peaceful assembly, the United States has called for a peaceful resolution to the current situation in Bangladesh.
Teachers demand release of students, campus reopening
Teachers from various public and private universities, including Dhaka University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Jahangirnagar University, and Rajshahi University, on Monday held rallies and processions expressing solidarity with the student protests...
Bangladesh protests death toll rises to 213 as one more dies
One more critically injured person died on Sunday while undergoing treatment in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, taking the death toll from the recent violence during countrywide student protests to at least 213...
Stop mockery of nation: HC
The High Court on Monday called 鈥榓 mockery with the nation鈥� the act of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch chief鈥檚 taking meal with six confined coordinators of the Students Movement Against...
Families allowed to meet 6 protest coordinators at DB office, Sohel Taj denied
The family members of the six coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement were allowed to meet the leaders at the detective branch custody on Monday...
National Mass-Inquiry Commission to investigate quota movement deaths, arrests of students
A national mass inquiry commission was formed on Monday to investigate the crimes of killing, shooting, torture and mass arrests of students and people linked to the student protests for quota reform in July 16鈥�21...
BGB enhances security measures nationwide
Border Guard Bangladesh has intensified security measures across the country, particularly in key areas of Dhaka, to maintain law and order.
Arrests, clashes mark fresh student protests in many areas of Bangladesh
Students protesting under the banner of the Students Movement Against Discrimination returned to the streets on Monday, holding fresh demonstrations across the country to protest...
Harassment, killing of students condemned
Leaders of opposition parties in a statement on Sunday condemned the killings of students and people killed during the student movement for reforming quotas in the government jobs...
JP extends support to student movement, condemns killings
The Jatiya Party has extended its full support to the student movement for reforming the quota system in government jobs...
Foreign missions working so that no more Bangladeshis in trouble: info minister
State minister for information Mohammad Ali Arafat said that Bangladesh missions aboard were working on the instructions of prime minister Sheikh Hasina so that any more Bangladeshi expatriates were not in further troubles over protests in solidarity with quota reform student movement back home...
Students stage protests against arrests, cases, torture
Students of different public universities, along with student bodies on Sunday held a rally and procession and did wall art, demanding justice for mass killings, a stop to the attacks on...
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...
2 more protest leaders,聽ex-BRAC teacher held
Fellows and family members on Sunday alleged that intelligence agencies of police picked up two more coordinators of the Students Movement Against Discrimination and...
Families allege youths go missing for days after deadly protests in Bangladesh
Family members on Sunday alleged that many students were going missing for several days before ending up in court abruptly as members of law enforcement agencies were...
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...
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...