BNP demands int鈥檒 probe into student movement,聽 aftermath
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday demanded an international probe into the country鈥檚 recent anti-quota student movement and its...
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Condition of 10聽injured still critical at DMCH
More than 10 critically injured people are still undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital as they have been hit by bullets in violence during the student movement for...
Govt urged to stop arrests of opposition leaders, activists
A faction of the Supreme Court Bar Association on Thursday urged the government to stop arresting and harassing opposition leaders and activists without first identifying the perpetrators, responsible for the destruction of state properties during the student quota reform movement...
Businesses call for factory reopening
Country鈥檚 business leaders on Monday urged the government to reopen factories across the country and restore internet connection to resume exports and imports business...
Opposition activists, leaders among over 800 arrested on sabotage charges
More than 800 people, mostly leaders and activists of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, have been arrested from different areas of the capital and districts across the country in the last three days on the charges of sabotage during the student movement for quota reform...
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...
Student movements cannot be controlled applying forces: Chhatra Jote
Leaders of the Ganatantrik Chhatra Jote in a press statement on Monday said that although the Awami League government was trying to control the students鈥� movement applying forces and repressions, by doing so the ongoing students鈥� movements could not be controlled...
Low-income people hit hard by curfew, fresh price increase
A DEARTH of work and an absence of support from authorities, coupled with a fresh increase in goods prices, amidst the ongoing curfew has made lives of low-income people, especially day labourers, unbearable. The government imposed curfew at midnight past July 19 after at least 112 people were killed in July 16鈥�19 in the student movement over...
Public sufferings left unsorted
THE curfew ordered midnight past July 19, along with the deployment of the army in aid of civil administration, to contain unrest born out of the student movement seeking reforms in civil service job reservations had some discommoding effects on people鈥檚 daily life...
PM seeks justice for vandalism of govt establishments
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday that people should bring those responsible for the destruction of government establishments to justice as she...
PM visits metro rail station vandalised during protests
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina visited the vandalised metro rail station at Mirpur 10 in Dhaka on Thursday morning....
Judicial commission seeks info of July 5-16 violence
The judicial inquiry commission on Wednesday requested the people to provide information by August 6 about 鈥榲iolence, arson attacks, looting and criminal activities鈥� that took place across the country in between July 5-16 during the students鈥� quota reform movement...
8 unidentified bodies handed over to Anjuman
The police on Wednesday handed over eight unidentified bodies from Dhaka Medical College Hospital in connection with the quota reform movement to Anjuman Mufidul Islam for burial...
Another missing quota protest coordinator Asif reappears after 6 days
Asif Mahmud, one of the co-coordinators of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, a platform demanding quota reform in government jobs, reappeared on Wednesday morning about six days after he had gone missing...
Everything will be under control in 3-4 days: HM
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said that law enforcement agencies had been identifying criminals one by one...
RMG units start production, FBCCI demands port demurrage waiver
All export-oriented readymade garment factories reopened on Wednesday after a four-day closure since Saturday due to the unrest over the quota reform movement and curfew imposed by the government to control the situation...
The injured must get proper treatment, mustn鈥檛 be harassed
BESIDES the death of at least 163 people in indiscriminate firing by law enforcement personnel during the student movement for reforms in government job quota, a few thousand people have been wounded, with many still in a critical condition in hospital. Many of the injured are reported to have lost their eyesight while many are at risks of losing eyesight...
Protesters term SC verdict unclear, demand law
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, a platform of students demanding quota reform in government jobs, on Sunday demanded to enact a law by calling a special session of Jatiya Sangsad within a week, terming the day鈥檚 Supreme Court verdict 鈥榰nclear鈥�...
BNP demands govt resignation
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday demanded immediate resignation of the ruling Awami League accepting people鈥檚 demands raised during the ongoing student movement...
125 arrested on sabotage charge during quota protests
At least 125 people have been arrested so far over their alleged involvement in sabotage during the quota reform system movement in the government job across the country...
Quota protest coordinator Nahid reappears injured
Nahid Islam, one of the coordinators of the Students Movement against Discrimination, a platform for the quota reform system in government services, was traced early Sunday, day after he went missing...
Opposition parties demand resignation of AL govt
Leaders of Ganatantra Mancha and some others political parties on Sunday demanded immediate resignation of Awami League government on charges of creating anarchies in the name of controlling students鈥� movement for quota reform in government services...
Arrest of BNP leaders continues
The law enforcement agencies on Sunday continued arrest of leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party in connection with the cases filed on charges of violence centring the student movement demanding reforms of quotas in government jobs...
Withdraw curfew, reopen campuses by 48 hours, say quota protesters
A group of protesters of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, a platform for the anti-quota movement, on Tuesday gave a 48-hour ultimatum demanding reopening of the...
Cultural activists protest at death of students
More than 400 cultural activists organised a programme titled Justice for Student in front of Jatiya Sangsad protesting at deaths of students in the ongoing anti-quota student movement on...
Govt to brief foreign diplomats over developing situation Sunday
The foreign ministry is scheduled to hold a briefing for foreign diplomats in Dhaka at state guesthouse Jamuna today, a day after the imposition of curfew to protect people鈥檚 life and the state鈥檚 property amid the ongoing anti-quota student movement...
PM takes opinions of alliance leaders before imposing curfew
Ruling Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday took opinions of leaders of the partners of Awami League-led alliance before imposing a countrywide curfew to control 鈥榓narchies鈥� created during the ongoing student movement demanding reform in the quota system in government jobs...
People opting for newspapers, tv, radio amid internet shutdown
People in the Dhaka city were seen buying newspapers, watching television or listening to radio for updated information on Friday and Saturday as the country had been under complete internet blackout since Thursday night amid the countrywide unrest over the ongoing quota reform movement...
JU students build monument
The students of Jahangirnagar University on Saturday built a monument on the campus in memory of the students who were killed amid the ongoing anti-quota movement...
RMG factories to remain shut today, say BGMEA, BKMEA
The country鈥檚 apparel makers have decided to keep their factories shut today considering the safety of workers and employees amid unrests centring the quota reform movement...