Rail communications between Dhaka and the rest of Bangladesh were snapped Thursday afternoon as students demanding quota reform in government jobs blocked the rail track at Mohakhali area in the capital....
As part of the announced countrywide 鈥楥omplete Shutdown鈥� for Thursday, students demanding quota reform in Government jobs from several colleges and universities took to the streets in Uttara area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka....
A clash erupted between police and students of BRAC University in the Badda area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Thursday when the students demanding quota reform in government jobs gathered there as part of the 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� programme....
In a move to maintain law and order, a total of 229 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh were on Thursday deployed nationwide, including in Dhaka, authorities said....
No city service buses were seen running in the capital city Dhaka since Thursday morning...
A Complete shutdown called by Anti-discrimination Student Movement is underway with protesters blocking roads and highways in Dhaka and other places across the country since Thursday morning...
A young man was killed in clashes between quota reform activists and the police in Dhaka鈥檚 Jatrabari area on early Thursday...
The United States Embassy in Dhaka will remain closed to general public today amid expanding student protest demanding quota reform in government job and reports of violent clashes across Bangladesh...
Bangladeshi authorities used unlawful force against student protesters and failed to ensure their protection during the ongoing 鈥楤angla-Blockade鈥� quota-reform protest across the country, said Amnesty International....
Six cases were filed on Wednesday, in connection with Tuesday鈥檚 clashes during the students鈥� protest demanding quota reform in government jobs in Chattogram and Dhaka....
Student protesters for quota reform in government jobs on Wednesday announced to enforce a 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� for Thursday across Bangladesh protesting at the attack by the members of police, Border Guard Bangladesh, Rapid Action Battalion and the Special Weapons And Tactics on Dhaka University campus and elsewhere in the country....
Abu Sayeed, an organiser of the ongoing students鈥� movement for quota reform in government jobs at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, died of internal haemorrhage as police shot him during a clash on Tuesday....
The president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD, a partner of Ganatantra Mancha, ASM Abdur Rob, on Wednesday, said that the ruling Awami League was leading the country towards civil war by not fulfilling the justified demands of the quota protesters....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday announced a judicial enquiry to ensure fair and just trial in the recent unwanted incidents including killings during the ongoing movement across Bangladesh demanding quota reform in government jobs....
A group of teachers from different public universities held a rally on Wednesday protesting against the killings, assault and torture during the ongoing students鈥� protests for...
Leader of the opposition in parliament and Jatiya Party chairman Golam Mohammad Quader has asked to form a judicial probe committee into the deaths of six people (mostly students) during quota protest across Bangladesh and expressed anger and sorrow over Tuesday鈥檚 violence....
Several online bookshops and book-related groups have banned Zafar Iqbal over his handwritten statement on Dhaka University students demanding quota reforms in government jobs drew widespread criticism on social media....
The administration of Jagannath University has revoked its decision to close the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall amid student protests....
Police on Wednesday afternoon fired tear gas and sound grenades at protesting students of Dhaka University who brought out a coffin procession after holding a 'gayebana jazana' for six persons killed on Tuesday as students鈥� protests against the quota system in government jobs across Bangladesh turned deadly amid attacks by the police and ruling Awami League supporters on protesters....
Ruling Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday asked his party activists to remain ready and careful and take position in every ward across Bangladesh to resist the evil efforts....
Dhaka University students on Wednesday rejected the university authorities鈥� decision to vacant halls by 6:00pm on the day....
Many leaders and activists of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its movement partner, Ganatantra Mancha, on Wednesday came under police attack at the north gate area of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after holding a 鈥榞hayebana janaza鈥� for the people who were killed during clashes between Chhatra League, police and students demanding quota reform on Tuesday...
The ongoing student protest demanding quota reform took a wild turn on Tuesday, and popular celebrities from different sectors in Bangladesh's entertainment industry took to social media to express their feelings on the nationwide chaotic situation....
Mobile phone users have been experiencing slow internet speed on most public university campuses, including Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University, Rajshahi University and Chittagong University...
The United Nations has urged the Bangladesh government to protect the protesting students demanding quota reforms in the government jobs against any form of threat or violence....
University authorities announced the closure of public universities and halls across the country for an identified period on Wednesday...
Quota protesters are scheduled to hold gayebana janaza and coffin processions in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country at 2:00pm on Wednesday....
The government announced on Wednesday the closure of government primary schools in areas under the jurisdiction of city corporations across Bangladesh for an indefinite period amid ongoing student protests demanding quota reform in government jobs....
A total of 114 eminent citizens in a statement on Tuesday demanded punishment for those involved in the murders of students protesting against quota reform in government jobs and...
The ruling Awami League鈥檚 student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and activists of Savar and Ashulia upazila units allegedly joined the Jahangirnagar University BCL unit on Monday night to attack the anti-quota protesters, leading to a clash that left over 100 injured.聽..