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Women’s role in mass uprising to be preserved: adviser

Women and children affairs ministry adviser Sharmeen S Murshid in Dhaka on Wednesday said that steps would be taken to highlight and preserve women’s contributions to the July-August student-led mass uprising through stories, publications, and events...

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Justice for mass killing demanded

The Democratic Students’ Alliance on Wednesday afternoon held a demonstration demanding justice for mass killings during the July uprising, and financial assistance for families of the martyrs...

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How reasonable is demand for polls before reform?

AFTER the July-August 2024 mass uprising, the nature and framework of the interim government have sparked fresh debates in political and intellectual circles. Some argue that failing to establish a ‘revolutionary government’ following such a massive uprising was a mistake. This has led to disagreements on how best to address the ongoing crisis in the country. While some, including the BNP and many...

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Student violence goes against July uprising spirit

THE streets of Dhaka, long bustling with the vigour of youth and the promise of intellectual pursuits, were transformed into battle zones over the past week. What should have been a celebration of academic heritage turned into a shameful display of student violence. The clashes between students of Dhaka College and City College, as well as the broader unrest involving other institutions such as...

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Students vow not to allow AL in polls

University students who actively participated in the 2024 student-mass uprising unanimously said they would not allow the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina or any member of Awami League to participate in the next elections...

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Govt should find out quarters at play and take lawful action

A GATHERING of people, reported to have been falsely promised loans, converging from across the country at Shahbagh in Dhaka on November 25 prompted police intervention. The city police say that the organisers had promised the people, mostly low-income people from villages, help in getting more than Tk 100,000 in loans without interest and brought...

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A police system for people

THE July uprising marked a significant turning point in Bangladesh’s history. It was driven primarily by the youth, especially students, who demanded a systemic change. This uprising was not merely a protest. It represented a collective yearning for a reformed governance structure that would prioritise democracy and the protection...

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Some BB officials demand removing 2 dy governors

A group of Bangladesh Bank officials on Sunday again urged the interim government to remove two deputy governors, Nurun Nahar and Habibur Rahman, who were appointed during the tenure of Awami League-led government deposed on August 5 through a mass uprising...

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Bullet removed from beggar’s left leg

A bullet from the left leg of Ayesha Begum, an elderly beggar, was removed on Saturday, 110 days after she was shot in the leg during the anti-quota student movement in Munshiganj.

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Govt should ease doing business to better SEZs

INITIATIVES for special economic zones of the Awami League government, which was toppled through a mass uprising on August 5, have almost fallen flat. Modelled on the Chinese success of industrialisation, the initiatives taken in 2015 to set up 97 such zones still fall short of the target. The government of the day planned to set up 68 of them...

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Countering false narratives

THE latest addition to the ongoing propaganda from domestic and foreign think tanks supporting the ousted Hasina regime regarding Bangladesh’s July-August uprising alleges that it was a military coup disguised as a public movement. This baseless claim aims to alienate America and Western democratic nations from the uprising, thereby enabling...

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DU MCJ dept discusses July uprising graffiti

A presentation and discussion titled ‘Graffiti in the July Mass Uprising’ was held by the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Dhaka on Wednesday...

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76-yr old Ayesha begs with bullet-hit leg, struggles to get treatment

Ayesha Begum, an elderly woman from Manikpur of Munshiganj, had been shot in the left leg on August 4, just a day before the Awami League regime was toppled amid a student-led mass uprising. Since then the 76-year old woman, who lives alone and begs for survival, has been struggling...

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JL activist files case against Hasina, 186 other AL leaders

A Juba League activist has filed a case accusing 187 individuals, including several top Awami League leaders, of orchestrating and carrying out attacks during the anti-discrimination student movement and mass uprising in Chattogram...

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Home adviser labels most post-uprising cases as fake

Home affairs adviser retired Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday described the majority of the cases filed against different individuals following the recent mass uprising as ‘fake’...

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Ex-minister Qamrul arrested, remanded

An additional metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Tuesday allowed the police to take placed Awami League presidium member and former food minister Qamrul Islam in custody for eight days for interrogation in a case of killing during the recent student-mass uprising...