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...
The death toll from the student protests rose to 377 as a bullet injured youth died on Friday while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Neuro Sciences and Hospital in Dhaka...
AN INTERIM government has finally been sworn in and portfolios of the government have already been distributed. The government, with Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as the chief adviser, has 16 other advisers, including two leaders of the student protests that ultimately brought about the downfall of the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League...
Bangladesh Retired Police Welfare Association in a statement on Thursday demanded trial of those members of the police involved in killings and torture of protesting people, including students, during protests for quota reform in government jobs...
Three more injured persons died while undergoing treatment in Rajshahi, Dhaka and Feni taking the death toll from the recent violence during student protests to at least 376 till Thursday...
Activities in the country鈥檚 administrative hub Bangladesh Secretariat remained quite limited for the second day on Thursday after the student-led mass protests ousted Sheikh Hasina from power on Monday...
Protests erupted at several banks on Thursday with officials alleging that those who were not aligned with the government or bank owners and those who refused to engage in illegal activities had faced harassment and termination...
Nigerian security forces have arrested seven Polish nationals accused of playing a 鈥榮uspicious role鈥� in protests against government policies and economic hardship, the national security agency said on Thursday...
Pakistan, in its first reaction to Bangladesh's political developments after the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government following student protests, stated on Wednesday that it stood in solidarity with the people of Bangladesh.
Activities in the country鈥檚 administrative hub Bangladesh Secretariat remained almost suspended for the second day on Wednesday after student-led mass protests ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday...
Nine more bodies were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital raising the death toll to 151 till filing of this report at 6:00pm Wednesday since the forced resignation of Sheikh Hasina amid mass uprising triggered by student protests for quota reform in government jobs...
鈥楬ow will I survive with the child, who will now look after him,鈥� lamented Shanta Maria, the widow of Imran Hosain, who was killed in firing on student protests for government job quota reforms on July 19...
Bangladesh鈥檚 export-oriented readymade garment factories are going to resume its operations today after a two-day closure amid unrests centring student protests against discrimination...
In a statement sent out by Abdul Kader, a coordinator of Student Movements Against Discrimination, a platform for protesting students, on early Monday, urged the international community to stand by the common people of Bangladesh and create international pressure to oust this government before the ongoing series of massacres takes the form of genocide...
Houses of at least four lawmakers came under attack in Barishal, Lakshmipur and Sirajganj on Sunday during the student protests with their one-point demand for the resignation of the government...
Former prime minister Imran Khan has claimed that the army owes an apology to him since he was 鈥榓bducted鈥� by the Rangers on May 9, 2023...
MULTIPLE assumptions emerged from the furious anti-job quota protests that recently catapulted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to her worst encounter during her last 15-years of uninterrupted rule. The number of deaths swirled beyond two hundred as of this writing; overwhelming brutalities, rampant arson, prolonged curfews...
People from all walks of life have taken to the streets to lend their support for the student protests, which聽in the beginning of July sought reforms in civil service job reservations but have now been on the streets demanding the resignation of the government. The protests which begun with a single demand came up with fresh demands as the government...
Only a handful of public transports and other vehicles were seen on roads in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Sunday morning...
The home minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, on Saturday said that no children were killed in the violence centring the student protests for public job quota reforms.
Gun pellets stopped Khalid Hasan Saifullah, a 16-year-old student, from reaching home in the Azimpur Government Staff Quarter on July 18.
The long-route bus services from the capital came to a halt on Saturday amid the ongoing student protests...
Several leftist political parties on Saturday called for the immediate resignation of the Awami League government, holding it responsible for the deaths of over 200 students and civilians during the student protests, demanding quota reform in government jobs...
THE six coordinators of the protests, banded under Students against Discrimination that sought reforms in civil service job reservations, have issued a joint statement putting out a call for justice for the killing of unarmed people during the protests and noting that their earlier statement calling off the protests that was circulated while they...
The country鈥檚 apparel makers on Saturday sought cooperation from labour leaders to keep the production in the factories uninterrupted amid the ongoing protests in the country...
Students Movement Against Discrimination has demanded the resignation of the ruling Awami League government for 鈥榦rdering the indiscriminate killing of citizens of the country鈥�.
Thousands of people from all walks of life and ages gathered at Central Shaheed Minar on Dhaka University campus to express solidarity with protesting students demanding the resignation of Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday.
Protest leaders on Saturday rejected the prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 call for holding a dialogue with them about the movement...
The death toll from the recent violence during student protests reached at least 218 till Saturday across the country as a wounded person died while undergoing treatment in hospital, and another man died in a clash in Gazipur in the afternoon on the day...
The United States embassy in Dhaka issued a security alert on Saturday, advising US citizens to consider returning to the country if they feel unsafe, as Bangladesh has been placed on a Level 4 travel advisory鈥斺�楧o Not Travel鈥�...