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...
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Zahir Raihan birth anniv today
Today is the 89th anniversary of the birth of eminent filmmaker, fiction writer, Language Movement hero and freedom fighter Zahir Raihan...
Public hospitals to have separate units for injured
Aiming to ensure better treatment for the injured of anti-discrimination student movement, separate specialised dedicated care units would be formed in all government...
Case filed against Hasina, Quader over killing of teacher
A murder case has been filed against 101 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, in connection with the killing of a teacher during the student movement in Bogura.
3 ex-lawmakers sued in Sherpur for killing of students
Three former lawmakers from Sherpur have been sued in separate cases over deaths of two students during the student movement on August 4, and attack on a BNP leader鈥檚 rice mill.
Govt to bear treatment expenses of those injured during uprising
The government will bear all the treatment expenses of the people injured in the recent student-led mass protests that overthrew former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from power.
4 more die, 11 bodies in morgues still unclaimed
Four more people, who were either shot or suffered burn injuries on August 5 during the mass uprising overthrowing the Hasina regime, succumbed at various city hospitals...
Physical assaults, checking mobile phones violation of rights, law: Sarjis Alam
A key coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination platform, Sarjis Alam, on Friday said that stripping someone, launching physical assault, checking...
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...
Why children killings won鈥檛 be probed by int鈥檒 body: HC
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to explain why the killings of children by gunshot from helicopters during the Student Movement Against Discrimination would not be...
Students for聽bringing back Hasina, putting on trial
Students under the platform of Student Movement Against Discrimination on Thursday observed the 鈥楻esistance Week鈥� programme for the third consecutive day demanding trial of...
Murtaja Baseer鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the fourth anniversary of the death of Independence Award-winning artist and Language Movement veteran Murtaja Baseer...
Students demand Hasina鈥檚 speedy trial
Students under the Student Movement Against Discrimination platform on Wednesday demanded speedy trial of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and others involved over the killings carried out during the mass uprising led by students...
Politics and role of BDS movement 鈥� I
AT THE outset I want to beg your indulgence and forgive me for a somewhat misleading title, 鈥楾he Role of BDS in the Struggle for Palestine鈥�. A better title might have been 鈥楾he politics of BDS and the struggle for Palestine.鈥� What I want to do tonight is to go back to the basics, as it were, and think about how BDS fits into the long history of the struggle for self-determination in Palestine...
JnU student shot during student movement dies
A student of Jagannath University who sustained bullet injuries during the student movement in Mirpur area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on August 4 died on Wednesday....
Families demand justice for victims in student movement
Members of the families of those killed during the quota reform movement on Wednesday held a human chain at the Central Shaheed Minar demanding trial of Sheikh Hasina and those who ordered the shooting during the movement...
Students renovate sculpture in Kushtia
The Student Movement Against Discrimination students have recently renovated a sculpture titled Swadhikar Theke Swadhinata in Kushtia.
Khulna-Benapole-Mongla commuter train service resumes
After an 11-day hiatus, the Khulna-Benapole-Mongla commuter train service resumed operation on Wednesday morning.
Hasina, aides to be tried at ICT
The interim government has decided to hold trials for the 鈥榤ass killing鈥� committed during the Student Movement Against Discrimination between July 1 and August 5 under the International Crimes Tribunal Act...
Liaison committee holds meeting with student organisations
The liaison committee of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on Monday held a meeting with political student organisations at the auditorium of the Dhaka University鈥檚...
Students launch 鈥榬esistance week鈥� for speedy trial
The Student Movement Against Discrimination launched a 鈥楻esistance Week鈥� program on Tuesday to press home four demands, including the formation of a special tribunal to...
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...
Students seek Hasina鈥檚 trial on genocide charges
The Student Movement Against Discrimination on Monday demanded trial of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned and fled to India on August 5, on genocide charges for...
Ex-MP, 102聽others accused of killing 3 students
A murder case was filed on Sunday against 103 people, including a lawmaker and Awami League leaders and activists, in connection with shooting and killing of three students during...
JnU students give ultimatum to VC, proctorial body, provosts to resign
The students of Jagannath University gave a 24-hour ultimatum to vice-chancellor Sadeka Halim, registrar, full proctorial body and hall provosts to step down by 3:00pm on Monday.
Students urge civil, police admin to work for people
The coordinators of Student Movement Against Discrimination on Saturday urged the civil and police administrations to work for the people instead of party favouritism...
Govt tenure yet to be decided: law adviser
The interim government on Saturday decided to withdraw within the next three working days the criminal cases filed to suppress the mass movement led by students between July 1 and August 5...