TWO protests began on July 1. Teachers of the 35 public universities that have teachers鈥� associations started abstaining from work to press home their exclusion from the universal pension scheme called Pratyay that the government made mandatory. And, students and job-seekers started holding protests, first, against civil service job reservations and, then, for reforms...
The government, which forced peaceful protests for a legitimate cause into violence that left more than 200 people dead, now appears to be playing to the gallery in what might be called a damage control effort. The prime minister on July 28 distributed financial assistance to families of 34 people killed in during the protests...
Thousands of protesters brought a Pakistan port city to a standstill on Monday, igniting clashes in which a soldier and a demonstrator were killed, authorities said.聽
At least 15 students were injured in an alleged attack by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at Barishal University.
Border Guard Bangladesh has intensified security measures across the country, particularly in key areas of Dhaka, to maintain law and order.
The leaders of Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Monday demanded the resignation of the Awami League government and protested against the...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday seeking its directive to the law enforcement agencies not to shoot at protesters from today and release of six quota coordinators from the custody of Detective Branch of police...
Students protesting under the banner of the Students Movement Against Discrimination returned to the streets on Monday, holding fresh demonstrations across the country to protest...
Six years have passed since student protests for road safety gripped the nation in 2018 that led the government to make many promises and take several initiatives, but fatal...
THE wholesale arrest of dozens of students and hundreds of leaders, activists and supporters of opposition parties in cases filed in connection with violence and vandalism during the student protests for reforms in government job quota is another misstep of the government, the like of which forced a peaceful protest into a violent one...
THE only responsible government response to the violent policing of student protests seeking public job quota reform was to take responsibility for the death and injuries. But the government continues to spread reckless lies and deceive the public. The first information report that the Rangpur police filed about the death of a Begum Rokeya University...
The Foreign Investors鈥� Chamber of Commerce and Industry has recommended a list of measures to recover from economic losses amid unrests centring the quota reform protests...
The government restored mobile internet services at about 3:00pm on Sunday after almost 10 days, but users found difficulties in using the internet services...
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that 鈥榩ossible involvement鈥� of Professor Muhammad Yunus, and others giving statements, in the recent quota reform movement and violence needed to be looked into...
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday extended her condolences and support to the families of those killed during the mayhem created by 鈥楤NP-Jamaat terrorists,鈥� leveraging the quota reform movement...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives arrested 304 people raiding different parts of the country, including Dhaka, in connection with the recent violence over quota reform protests...
Though a number of countries expressed their concern over the recent violence in Bangladesh, 14 foreign missions stationed in Dhaka have jointly written to foreign minister Hasan Mahmud seeking a sustainable solution to the issue to ensure a lasting peace in the country...
Solidarity rallies and protests were held in various countries worldwide in response to the student movement and violence in Bangladesh over quota reform in public services in the past week...
Law enforcement agencies are largely ignoring the Supreme Court guidelines while making blanket arrests of citizens on suspicion of their involvement in violence during the recent student protests...
THE prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 call on people to help identify the 鈥榗ulprits鈥� involved in the mayhem, born out of the peaceful student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations, makes sense. While she sought people鈥檚 support in holding the culprits to justice, she said that the culprits, in whatever corner they are staying...
The dollar rate on the open market, also known as the kerb market, rose by over Tk 1.5 to reach Tk聽121.5 a dollar on July 25 amid unrests centring quota reform protests across the country...
The Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police picked up two more leaders of the Students Movement Against Discrimination 鈥� Sarjis Alam and...
The lacklustre curfew continued for the eighth day in a row on Saturday as many people and vehicles were seen plying on roads beyond the curfew hours in...
The police in France on Saturday blocked climate activists from holding a demonstration in central Paris on the first official day of the Olympic Games.
Police arrested 139 people, including Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat activists in connection with the violence amid students鈥� protests demanding reformation in government job quota in Sylhet...
Bangladesh Bank has instructed banks in the country to keep their branches open from 10:00am to 3:00pm in accordance with the reduced curfew hours.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday morning visited National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation to see the injured people who came under attacks during the recent countrywide protests...
Law enforcement agencies have continued arrests, and night-time block raids in many areas of Dhaka and other places across the country as part of their special drive against...
Two more critically injured people died on Friday while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, taking the death toll from the recent violence during...
The committees of 27 units of the ruling Awami League under the Dhaka-13 constituency were dissolved on Thursday night due to their inaction during the anti-quota student protest in...