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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...

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Fahmin’s 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...

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Rangpur manager Bithi reinstated

Rangpur Division women’s cricket team manager Arifa Jahan Bithi – who was dismissed from her role following her participation in helping the protestors during the recent Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in the country – has been reinstated...

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RU, IU VCs, others resign

The vice-chancellors of Rajshahi University and Islamic University in Kushtia resigned from their posts on Thursday after the students issued ultimatums...

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Students demand resignation of CJ, other AD justices

The Student Movement Against Discrimination on early Thursday demanded resignation of the chief justice and other Appellate Division justices by the morning to eliminate fascism from the country’s judiciary system...

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Amzad’s 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...

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We haven’t fought to fulfill any party’s 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...

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Political parties protest at sectarian attacks, vandalism

Leaders of different political parties on Wednesday welcoming the victory of students’movements called on the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to stop countrywide political and sectarian attacks on religious minorities and vandalisms...

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Bangladesh A team’s Pakistan tour rescheduled

Bangladesh A team’s 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...

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BGMEA members express no-confidence in president, directors

A group of members of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association have expressed their no-confidence in the existing board of directors of the trade body, alleging that the president of the trade body SM Mannan Kochi opened fire on students during the student movement against discrimination...

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Dreams shattered with bullet wanted a better future, mourning at home

Mamun Mia, a 25-year-old student, was working as a freelancer along with his studies to overcome the financial struggles of the family. He was about to go to Belgium for work in August hoping a better future but a bullet doomed the dreams of Mamun and his family...

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Justice, legal accountability needed for July massacre

GRAVE violations of rights witnessed during the student movement for reforms in quota for public service leading to the overthrow of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League should be addressed with a credible investigation by holding all perpetrators to justice. When the now-deposed prime minister of the Awami League government...

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DU, JU students break into halls

Protesting students of Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University on Sunday afternoon broke into 11 residential halls, including five in DU and six in JU, which were shut on July 17 amid a police crackdown on the student movement for reforming the quota system in government jobs...

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Banks see fewer customers amid unrests

Banks in Bangladesh saw significantly decreased customer activity on Sunday, as the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement announced a non-cooperation movement across the country...

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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. 

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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.

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A nation’s descent into crisis

THE quota reform movement, a movement birthed from the desperate cries of Bangladesh’s youth, has transformed into a chilling indictment of a nation in crisis. What began as a plea for equitable opportunities in government service has morphed into a battleground where students face the full force of a militarised police state...

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Stocks dip for third week amid unrests

Dhaka stocks fell for the third consecutive week in the past week amid economic worries and the ongoing countrywide turmoil centring the quota reform movement, market operators said...