Cultural activists pay tribute to protesters, demand justice for murders
Thirty-one cultural organisations on Wednesday paid tribute to student protesters of the quota reform movement who achieved historical one-point demand...
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Hardly any activities in secretariat for 2nd day
Activities in the country鈥檚 administrative hub Bangladesh Secretariat remained almost suspended for the second day on Wednesday after student-led mass protests ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday...
Death toll rises to 151 in violence since Hasina deposed
Nine more bodies were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital raising the death toll to 151 till filing of this report at 6:00pm Wednesday since the forced resignation of Sheikh Hasina amid mass uprising triggered by student protests for quota reform in government jobs...
How will I survive: Imran鈥檚 widow
鈥楬ow will I survive with the child, who will now look after him,鈥� lamented Shanta Maria, the widow of Imran Hosain, who was killed in firing on student protests for government job quota reforms on July 19...
Rights orgs demand probe into human rights violations
The Amnesty International and Human Rights Development Centre on Tuesday urged the authority to investigate into all the alleged violation of human rights issues during the student protest that killed over 300 students and people...
RMG factories reopen Wednesday
Bangladesh鈥檚 export-oriented readymade garment factories are going to resume its operations today after a two-day closure amid unrests centring student protests against discrimination...
Important tasks that lie before interim government
THE authoritarian government of the Awami League has been overthrown by the democratically oriented student and mass movement and the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has fled the country in half an hour after her resignation. Earlier, several hundred people were killed, several thousand people, including student protesters and...
Seven killed in protesters-law enforcers clashes in Dhaka
At least seven people were declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in Bangladesh capital on Monday after clashes between members of law enforcement agencies and protesters at Jatrabari and Old Dhaka in the city....
Bangladesh anti-PM protesters defy curfew after deadly clashes
Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 resignation defied security forces enforcing a curfew on Monday, marching on the capital鈥檚 streets after the deadliest day of unrest since demonstrations erupted last month....
Protesters urge int鈥檒 communities to stand by common people of Bangladesh
In a statement sent out by Abdul Kader, a coordinator of Student Movements Against Discrimination, a platform for protesting students, on early Monday, urged the international community to stand by the common people of Bangladesh and create international pressure to oust this government before the ongoing series of massacres takes the form of genocide...
Houses of state minister, 3 lawmakers attacked in 3 dists
Houses of at least four lawmakers came under attack in Barishal, Lakshmipur and Sirajganj on Sunday during the student protests with their one-point demand for the resignation of the government...
Imran puts onus of apology on army for his detention
Former prime minister Imran Khan has claimed that the army owes an apology to him since he was 鈥榓bducted鈥� by the Rangers on May 9, 2023...
A mutiny rooted in history?
MULTIPLE assumptions emerged from the furious anti-job quota protests that recently catapulted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to her worst encounter during her last 15-years of uninterrupted rule. The number of deaths swirled beyond two hundred as of this writing; overwhelming brutalities, rampant arson, prolonged curfews...
Govt should take pulse of people and hear their voice
People from all walks of life have taken to the streets to lend their support for the student protests, which聽in the beginning of July sought reforms in civil service job reservations but have now been on the streets demanding the resignation of the government. The protests which begun with a single demand came up with fresh demands as the government...
Bangladesh govt announces 3-day public holiday from today
The government on Sunday declared a three-day general holiday across the country from today and extended the ongoing curfew for an indefinite period from...
HC dismisses a writ petition seeking order not to shoot protesters
The High Court on Sunday dismissed a writ petition seeking an order not to shoot protesters but gave some observations in this regard.
Indefinite curfew slapped as 92 killed in clashes across Bangladesh
At least 92 people, including 14 police members, demonstrators, and political activists, were killed in clashes amongst protesters, members of law-enforcement agencies, and...
Few number of transports, people seen on Dhaka roads
Only a handful of public transports and other vehicles were seen on roads in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Sunday morning...
No children killed in student protests: HM
The home minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, on Saturday said that no children were killed in the violence centring the student protests for public job quota reforms.
Family left with聽no time to grieve over death
Gun pellets stopped Khalid Hasan Saifullah, a 16-year-old student, from reaching home in the Azimpur Government Staff Quarter on July 18.
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鈥檚 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...
Writers condemn attacks on protesters, demand punishment of attackers
Thirty writers on Saturday issued a statement expressing condemnation over the attack on the quota reform movement protesters and demanding exemplary punishment of those responsible involved in the attacks...
Police forcing statement off protesters warrants action
THE six coordinators of the protests, banded under Students against Discrimination that sought reforms in civil service job reservations, have issued a joint statement putting out a call for justice for the killing of unarmed people during the protests and noting that their earlier statement calling off the protests that was circulated while they...
BGMEA seeks cooperation from labour leaders for smooth operation
The country鈥檚 apparel makers on Saturday sought cooperation from labour leaders to keep the production in the factories uninterrupted amid the ongoing protests in the country...
Several injured as protesters, police clash in Faridpur
Students Movement Against Discrimination has demanded the resignation of the ruling Awami League government for 鈥榦rdering the indiscriminate killing of citizens of the country鈥�.
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.
Bangladesh Health Watch demands proper care for injured in unrest
Bangladesh Health Watch, a non-governmental organisation, urged the authorities concerned to immediately issue directives and provide resources to all healthcare institutions for treating people injured amid the unprecedented situation that has been created in the country in the past few weeks.
Protesters reject PM鈥檚 call for dialogue
Protest leaders on Saturday rejected the prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 call for holding a dialogue with them about the movement...
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...