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Long-route bus services from Dhaka snapped

The long-route bus services from the capital came to a halt on Saturday amid the ongoing student protests...

Left parties demand govt’s resignation

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...

Several injured as protesters, police clash in Faridpur

Students Movement Against Discrimination has demanded the resignation of the ruling Awami League government for ‘ordering the indiscriminate killing of citizens of the country’.

People throng Shaheed Minar, demand resignation of PM

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.

Death toll rises to 218 as two more die in Bangladesh protests

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...

CTG protesters take to streets again

Protesters took to the streets again in Chattgogram city on Friday.

Protesters, police clash in Khulna

Clashes broke out between students and the police during a rally organised under the banner of Student Movements Against Discrimination on Friday afternoon.

Cultural activists perform in street joining protests 

Ganahatya O Nipiran Birodhi Shilpi Samaj, a platform for cultural activists, made a three-point demand expressing its solidarity with the ongoing quota reform movement and...

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...

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, ‘What kind of movement it was?’ and added, ‘Who will shoulder the...

JU Bangla dept chair removes PM’s portrait from office

Inquiry commission expanded, asked to investigate all killings during deadly protests

Bangladesh government on Thursday widened the judicial inquiry commission’s scope and jurisdiction tasking it with the investigation of all the killings and violence perpetrated between July 16 and July 21 during the students’ quota reform movement. 

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...

Govt plays to crowd as it seeks UN help in mayhem probe

THE prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s 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 ‘Joy Bangla Concert’ in solidarity with student protests

A good number of bands and musicians of the country have boycotted the ‘Joy Bangla Concert’ in solidarity with student protests.

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...

BAPA demands probe, punishment for killing students, people

Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon in a statement on Wednesday said that indiscriminate firing by the security agencies caused the huge number of deaths and injuries during the student protest for quota reform in the government jobs...

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  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...

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...

100 injured, many held as student protests intensify

Scores of people, including students, journalists, and police, were injured, and dozens were detained as the ongoing student protest seeking justice for the recent killings intensified further on Wednesday across the country...

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 ‘vandalism and violence’...

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...

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...

AL is biggest sponsor of militancy: BNP

The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party said on Tuesday that the ruling Awami League was the biggest sponsor of extremism in this country...

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...

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.