Uprising鈥檚 climax: military supported the oppressed
THE anti-discrimination movement went peacefully with processions and rallies from July 1 to July 13. The reaction of students to the 鈥榬azakars鈥� comment of the prime minister on...
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Unemployment, suppression, bravery and unity caused the unimaginable
The 鈥楪en Z Revolution鈥� is a unique story. The student鈥檚 initial demand for reforming the quota system for government jobs resonated with the masses because of high unemployment and pent-up discontent. The Hasina...
Cause of opposition movements鈥� failures
FOR Bangladesh and the rest of the world, it was an accomplishment no one could have imagined a day ago. Prominent political parties such as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and...
International media periscope
ACCORDING to Marxian jargon, what happened during those 36 days from July 1 to August 5, 2024, in Bangladesh was not a revolution in the stricter sense of the term. It was not...
Iran warns Israel to hit 鈥榩ainfully鈥� if attacks targets
Iran鈥檚 Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami warned Thursday of further retaliation against Israel if it attacks Iranian targets, which Israel has vowed to do after Iran鈥檚 missile attack...
MyBL Super App campaign wins Digital Nations award
Banglalink鈥檚 鈥楳yBL Super App: Revolutionising Healthcare in Rural Bangladesh鈥� campaign has won 鈥楨xcellence in Digital Inclusion Award鈥� at M360 APAC Digital Nations Awards in Seoul, South Korea 鈥� GSMA鈥檚 annual flagship event for the Asia Pacific region, said a press release...
JnU to observe 19th anniv focusing on July Revolution
Jagannath University will celebrate its 19th anniversary on October 20 with a focus on the 鈥楯uly Revolution鈥� that toppled the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5...
Yunus mentions nothing specific on national election in UNGA: RWPB
The Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh on Saturday criticised the speech delivered by Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the...
1,581 killed in mass uprising: students
The health affairs sub-committee of the Student Movement against Discrimination at a press conference on Saturday said that they prepared a list of 1,581 people who were martyred in the...
Delhi in denial over Bangladesh
FOR a couple of months, Bangladesh has been making the media headlines. What is happening in this geographically small but strategically important country of 175 million people has created widespread interest...
Group exhibition 鈥�36 July鈥� under way in Germany
A visual archive of the July Revolution in Bangladesh titled 36 July is underway at two separate venues in Germany...
Towards a second republic
BANGLADESH has entered a critical phase in its history on August 5. The student-mass uprising of July-August is evidence that Bangladeshis will not tolerate fascism. What started off from Dhaka University on July 1 as an innocuous demand for reforms of the quota system for government jobs turned into a massive revolution and ousted 16-year-old Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 despotic Awami League government...
RWP wants to establish rights of the working class people
The Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the Ganatantra Mancha, said that it wanted to establish rights of workers and the working class people during rule of the...
Return to classrooms, Yunus urges students
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday called upon the students to return to their classrooms and campuses as a well-educated and competent generation was required to reap the benefits of the revolution...
A call for intellectual realignment
THE term 鈥榬evolution鈥� has evolved significantly over time, while its Bengali counterpart, 鈥榖iplob,鈥� has not experienced the same expansion in meaning. This may be due to the strong influence of the Bolshevik left in Bengal, which has kept 鈥榖iplob鈥� confined to the Russian, Chinese, and Cuban revolutionary models. In contrast, the word 鈥榬evolution鈥� has been used...
Revolution of Students in Photography underway at NSU
The North South University鈥檚 media, communication, and journalism programme and the NSU TV, Radio, and Digital Lab jointly organised a seven-day photo exhibition titled Revolution of Students in Photography under way at the NSU Plaza...
Turning into a colour revolution?
THE student-led anti-quota movement has made the headlines globally, not only for its original demands but also for the broader implications it carried for the entire country. Initially sparked by grievances over the government鈥檚 quota system in public sector jobs, the movement evolved swiftly into a much larger political struggle...
Beacon of inspiration in South Asia
BANGLADESH experienced a political earthquake when prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned following a nationwide protest in August led by the youth, particularly the Gen-Z generation. The 鈥楪en-Z Revolution鈥� shares striking similarities with the Arab Spring, underscoring the powerful impact of youth-driven movements in bringing about significant radical change in Bangladesh...
UN to send fact-finding team next week to probe Bangladesh atrocities
The United Nations was sending a fact-finding team next week to probe atrocities committed during the student revolution in July and early this month, said...
UN experts to probe into killings of protesters soon, UN rights chief tells Yunus
The UN human rights chief, Volker T眉rk, has made a phone call to Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and said a UN-led investigation will be launched very soon to probe the killing of the protesters during the 鈥楽tudent Revolution鈥�...
AI won鈥檛 replace you but will spy on you
SINCE the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, workers have had to contend with the inimical effects of technology on their jobs. From the power loom to the personal computer, each wave of automation has not only increased productivity, but also empowered the owners and managers who dictate how these technologies reshape the workplace. Today, workers worldwide are haunted by the specter of artificial intelligence...
Venezuelans to vote on continuing the Bolivarian revolution
THE future of Venezuela鈥檚 25-year-old socialist movement will be decided in the upcoming July 28 election. Venezuelans will go to the polls knowing that a vote for incumbent president Nicol谩s Maduro means no relief from US unilateral coercive measures...
Recent changes in rural body politic
CHANGES always occur in society after big phenomena like a revolution and a war. Such changes took place in Bangladesh after 1947 and 1971 when an evolution of social patterns became inevitable to keep pace with the ideology of the newly created administration. But one cannot wink at the social changes recently happening in Bangladesh...
BNP to launch another spell of simultaneous movement soon: Fakhrul
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Friday said that they, together with other opposition parties, would soon launch another round of simultaneous movement to oust the current 鈥榰surper鈥� Awami League government....
RWPB observes 20th anniversary
The Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of Ganatantra Mancha, observed 20th founding anniversary with the vow to restore democracy on Friday...
A call to end child labour
IN WILLIAM Blake鈥檚 touching poems 鈥楾he Chimney Sweeper鈥� from his collections Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, he paints a sad picture of child labour during the Industrial Revolution. Blake describes little children, covered in soot, crying out 鈥榳eep, weep.鈥�...
RSU gets new central Committee
The Revolutionary Students Unity on Friday announced its 17-member new central committee in its 16th council session.
BADC holds workshop on 4IR
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation held a training workshop on the 4th Industrial Revolution on Wednesday, said a press release...
RWPB demands free, fair, participatory election
The leaders of the Revolutionary Workers鈥� Party of Bangladesh at a press conference on Sunday demanded to hold a general election in a free, fair and participatory manner for the...
Iran retaliation
ON THE night of April 13, Iran attacked Israel for the first time in history with drones and missiles. Israel claimed that Iran had launched 170 drones, more than 309 cruise missiles and 120 ballistic missiles. Iran did not specify the...