Bangladesh violence leaves at least 32 children killed: UNICEF
At least 32 children were killed in Bangladesh during the quota reform protests in July with many more injured and detained, said UNICEF regional director for...
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Students participate in mass procession on Dhaka-Pabna Highway
Students participated in a mass procession on Friday on the Dhaka-Pabna Highway to press home their nine-point demand, including justice for those who died during the quota reform movement and the withdrawal of cases.
Who will be responsible for so many deaths: PM
Referring to the ongoing student protests, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday questioned, 鈥榃hat kind of movement it was?鈥� and added, 鈥榃ho will shoulder the...
Inquiry commission expanded, asked to investigate all killings during deadly protests
Bangladesh government on Thursday widened the judicial inquiry commission鈥檚 scope and jurisdiction tasking it with the investigation of all the killings and violence perpetrated between July 16 and July 21 during the students鈥� quota reform movement.聽
Protests on as police scuffle with teachers
Students and teachers of different public and private universities, along with other professionals, continued their protests on Thursday, seeking justice for the killings in the...
Students demand justice amidst massacre
SHEIKH Hasina鈥檚 government is now under fire for what many are calling a war against her own people. In the past week alone, more than 200 people were reportedly killed in a brutal crackdown on protests. The government deployed helmeted forces, the Chhatra League, the army, the police and border guards using armoured vehicles and helicopters...
Govt plays to crowd as it seeks UN help in mayhem probe
THE prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 statement that she seeks cooperation of the United Nations and other international organisations for a fair and proper investigation of the mayhem, born out of the student protests that sought reforms in civil service job reservations, to establish the culprits involved in the attacks and punish them appears...
Musicians, bands boycott 鈥楯oy Bangla Concert鈥� in solidarity with student protests
A good number of bands and musicians of the country have boycotted the 鈥楯oy Bangla Concert鈥� in solidarity with student protests.
Teachers-students scuffle with police at RU
In Rajshahi, teachers and students on Thursday scuffled with the law enforcers after the law enforcers attempted to pick up several students from Rajshahi University campus following a peaceful demonstration...
Govt suspends HSC, equivalent exams till August 10
The government on Thursday suspended the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations till August 10 and announced that all the suspended exams would be held from...
Death toll rises to 214 as one more dies
One more critically injured person died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, taking the death toll from the recent violence during student protests to at least 214 till Wednesday...
EU suspends negotiation talks with Bangladesh after deadly protests
The European Union on Wednesday said that it postponed negotiation talks with Bangladesh on a new cooperation agreement amid聽 widespread criticism at home and abroad over killings of more than 200 people during student protests for government job quota reform...
HC hearing postponed
A two-judge High Court bench on Wednesday could not hold the scheduled hearing of a writ petition that sought the release of six coordinators of the quota reform movement from the custody of the detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police...
Univ teachers join students in protests
Teachers of different public and private universities joined the students in demonstrations on Wednesday, demanding justice for the killings in the recent protests and the resignation of the government...
People in fear as arrest drives on
Police continued the countrywide arrest drives as at least 150 more people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with cases filed on charges of violence during the student protests against the quota system in the civil service...
Migration, politics and economics
ALTHOUGH this issue has not been discussed much, current political hostility may affect migration and its long- as well as short-term economics more than thought of now. The protests and subsequent jailing of protesting migrants in the United Arab Emirates have largely been forgotten now...
Govt must honour and heed demands for justice
THE government is still showing an unwillingness to bring those responsible for the death of more than 200 students and people, including at least 16 children, mostly in indiscriminate police firing during the student protests to justice. The government is still continuing with the wholesale arrest of students and people in cases of 鈥榲andalism and violence鈥�...
Intimidation of injured victims at hospitals inhumane
AMIDST the global and national call for an immediate end to the ongoing violence against student protests seeking reforms public service quota that left more than 200 dead and...
Govt primary schools in Bangladesh, except in cities, reopen Sunday
Academic activities in all government primary schools across Bangladesh except city corporation areas are going to resume on Sunday after about half a month of closure following student protests for quota reform in government jobs...
Lives lost during violence over quota protests will never come back: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the lives lost during the recent quota reform violence can never be brought back even though the destroyed structures were rebuilt...
Protesters announce 鈥榤arch for justice鈥� for today
The Student Movement Against Discrimination platform for quota reform protests on Tuesday announced the 鈥楳arch for Justice鈥� programme to be held today in all courts, campuses and...
Amnesty Int鈥檒 chief calls on Hasina for urgent action to end violence
The Amnesty International secretary general Agn猫s Callamard in a letter to prime minister Sheikh Hasina urged to take urgent and concrete action to end the violence and...
72 citizens condemn wholesale arrests, torture in remand
Seventy two eminent citizens in a statement on Tuesday strongly condemned the wholesale arrests of students via block raids and the reported torture under the guise of remand following the countrywide student protests...
Arrested accuse police of torture in remand
Police are torturing arrested people in the ongoing crackdown on students, and opposition political parties after deadly quota reform protests, political parties and...
Panic at hospitals as injured forced to share fingerprints
Security forces in plainclothes are taking fingerprints and photos of individuals admitted to various city hospitals with injuries from violence during the recent countrywide student protests seeking...
16 children killed, scores injured during deadly protests in Bangladesh
At least 16 children, including nine students and a preschooler, were killed and scores of others were injured in violent clashes during recent student protests for quota reform in...
Student protests spread to diverse communities
A cross-section of people, including teachers, parents, civil society members, and cultural organisations, have joined the students in expressing solidarity with their demand to ensure justice for...
Protesting students announce fresh programme across Bangladesh
The protesting students, who began their movement against discrimination in government job recruitment and the quota system reform, on Tuesday announced a fresh programme, the March for Justice, in all courts, campuses, and roads across the country on Wednesday.
Nat鈥檒 mass inquiry commission a welcome development
IN A historically and politically significant move, a national mass inquiry commission to investigate the recent violent crackdown on student protests that sought reforms in public service job quota was announced on July 29 at a protest that lawyers organised in Dhaka. The commission is meant to establish the political and legal liability for...