Khulna-Benapole-Mongla commuter train service resumes
After an 11-day hiatus, the Khulna-Benapole-Mongla commuter train service resumed operation on Wednesday morning.
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Quota protests: result of social inequality
THE current student movement in Bangladesh highlights the nation鈥檚 ongoing struggles with inequality, poor governance and political manipulation. The events have resulted in significant casualties, raising concerns about the country鈥檚 democratic fabric and the government鈥檚 handling of dissent. The movement and reform efforts have broader...
NSU stands by Khairul injured in quota reform movement
The North South University authority is monitoring a former student of the university, Khairul Alam, who is on life support at a hospital in Dhaka after he was injured on August 5 while participating in the student movement for quota reform...
Selim, other killed students, people of quota movement commemorated
The BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology organised a special prayer on the university campus on Monday in Dhaka, in memory of Md Selim Talukdar and the killed students and people of the student movement for quota reform in the government jobs...
AWC offers complimentary health services to students
The American Wellness Center has launched a new initiative to support students in response to the profound losses and financial hardships endured by many due to the anti-quota student movement, said a press release...
Fahmin鈥檚 homecoming turns into his journey to eternity
After protests sparked at most of the educational institutes in Dhaka and other parts of the country on July 18, Sheikh Fahmin Jafor told his father over the phone that he was coming home as there would be no classes and/or examinations at the college for the day...
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...
Amzad鈥檚 widow left without any shelter
Violence during the countrywide student movement for quota reform in government jobs has left many families in grief and sorrow after having lost their family during clashes with police and other forms of roadside violence...
We haven鈥檛 fought to fulfill any party鈥檚 wish: students
The Students Movement Against Discrimination, a platform for quota reform movement, on Wednesday said that the students-led mass uprising was aimed at eliminating fascist system from the country and to reform the state but not to fulfill the will of any political party or group to go to power...
Bangladesh A team鈥檚 Pakistan tour rescheduled
Bangladesh A team鈥檚 tour of Pakistan has been rescheduled following the turmoil the country went through in recent days which led to the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister following protests all over the country, which had initially begun as a quota reform movement...
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...
Killing continues before protests end 聽
Tens of thousands of people from all walks of life took to Dhaka streets on Monday defying curfew to join the March to Dhaka programme called by the...
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 extends curfew for indefinite period from 6:00pm
Home ministry extended curfew for an indefinite period in Dhaka, all divisional cities, district towns, upazila towns, city corporation areas, municipal areas and industrial areas from 6:00pm on Sunday.聽
Judicial body to seek int鈥檒 agencies help if needed聽聽聽聽
The government-formed judicial inquiry commission鈥檚 chairman, Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman, said on Saturday that the commission would seek international investigation agencies鈥� assistance...
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.
I ordered release of innocent students: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that she had already instructed to release the innocent people that include general students from the jail.
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...
A nation鈥檚 descent into crisis
THE quota reform movement, a movement birthed from the desperate cries of Bangladesh鈥檚 youth, has transformed into a chilling indictment of a nation in crisis. What began as a plea for equitable opportunities in government service has morphed into a battleground where students face the full force of a militarised police state...
Stocks dip for third week amid unrests
Dhaka stocks fell for the third consecutive week in the past week amid economic worries and the ongoing countrywide turmoil centring the quota reform movement, market operators said...
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.
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...
PM offers talks, student protesters reject
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the agitating students to sit with her at her official Ganabhaban residence to put an end to violence in the ongoing protests seeking justice for...
Ultimatum given demanding justice for murdered journalists
Journalists gave a 48-hour ultimatum demanding justice for the murders of journalists, including Hasan Mehedi of Dhaka Times, who was killed while covering the quota reform movement in...
Protests all over
Hundreds of thousands of people on Friday came out on the streets across the country protesting at brutal killings and repression by the government during the student movement in...
48 HSC examinees get bail
Two Dhaka courts on Friday granted bail to 42 Higher Secondary Certificate examinees who were arrested in connection with cases filed on charges of violence and...
Cultural activists perform in street joining protests聽
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...
Protesters block Dhaka roads protesting at killings, oppression
In protest against recent nationwide killings, arrests, and oppression students and people from all walks of life took position in different areas in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Friday...