Families allowed to meet 6 protest coordinators at DB office, Sohel Taj denied
The family members of the six coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement were allowed to meet the leaders at the detective branch custody on Monday...
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Garment Sramik Samhati expresses concern over 5 workers鈥� death
Garment Sramik Samhati expressed concern over the killing of five garment workers during the students鈥� movement, demanding quota reform in government jobs.
15 injured at Barishal University in alleged BCL attack
At least 15 students were injured in an alleged attack by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at Barishal University.
University Teachers Network calls for end to 鈥榮tudent harassment鈥�
Teachers from various universities across Bangladesh, united under the banner of 鈥楢nti-Repression Teachers Rally,鈥� have called for an immediate end to the harassment of students as well as 鈥榤ass arrests.鈥�
Bangladesh to observe nationwide mourning Tuesday over quota movement deaths
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked all concerned including cabinet members and government officials to remain alert against 鈥榬umours鈥� over聽 violence during...
Fourteen more cases filed, 243 arrested over recent unrest: DMP
Fourteen more cases have been filed in connection with the quota movement clashes in Dhaka over the last 24 hours till 6:00am on Monday.
Student protesters announce rallies across Bangladesh today
Students Movement Against Discrimination, a platform for anti-quota movement, announced protest rallies across the country on Monday for pressing their demand.
BNP planned capture of PM鈥檚 residence: Quader
Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that BNP had a plot to capture Ganabhaban like Sri Lanka, if the curfew had not been enforced on the night of July 19 to control the situation created centering the quota reform movement...
Students arrested, killers of students spared: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday said that law enforcement agencies were arresting the students who took part in the quota reform student movement in a...
Businesses demand low-cost loans, deferred payments
The country鈥檚 business leaders on Sunday demanded low-cost bank loans, rescheduling facilities, deferred payment of loan instalments and waiver of port demurrage due to the suspension of business activities caused by the nationwide shutdown, curfew, general holidays and internet outage centring the quota reform movement...
FICCI suggests steps to fully restore economic activities
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...
147 killed in聽violence during quota protests across Bangladesh: govt
The government at last disclosed on Sunday that 147 people, including common people, students, police, and ruling Awami League activists, were killed in...
Possible involvement of Yunus in quota protests needs to be probed: Quader
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...
JU unit anti-quota convener Arif Sohel 鈥榩icked up鈥�
Arif Sohel, Jahangirnagar University quota reform student movement convener, was picked up from his house in Savar at about 5:00am on Sunday allegedly by members of law enforcement agencies...
Jamaat-Shibir escalated violence within quota reform movement: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that Jamaat-Shibir 鈥榯errorists initially kept a low profile within the quota reform movement.鈥�...
RAB arrests 304 more people over quota protests violence
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...
Rallies held worldwide over student movement in Bangladesh
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...
Protesters issue 24-hr ultimatum for 3-point demands
Protesting students for quota reform in government jobs on Saturday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to meet their three-point demand, including enactment of a law in the parliament through...
Govt can鈥檛 avoid responsibility for killings, repressions: opposition leaders
Leaders of Ganatantra Mancha and other opposition political parties, in a statement on Saturday, said that the Awami League government was attempting to evade responsibility for the killings of students, involved in quota reform movement, by arresting opposition leaders and activists...
Restoration of women quota demanded
Leaders of two women oganisations on Saturday at a human chain formed in Dhaka called on the government to restore justified per cent of the quota for women in government jobs...
Dollar price rises to Tk 121.5 on kerb market
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...
DB picks up two more protest leaders
The Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police picked up two more leaders of the Students Movement Against Discrimination 鈥� Sarjis Alam and...
Death toll reaches 212, lacklustre curfew rolls on 8th day
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...
139 people arrested in 11 cases filed over quota protests in Sylhet
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...
2536 people arrested in Dhaka over quota protests: DMP
The police have arrested 2536 people in Dhaka in connection with the recent unrest centring student protests for quota reforms in public services.
Nationwide mayhem conspiracy to destroy economy: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the nationwide mayhem was a part of a conspiracy to completely cripple the economy to make Bangladesh again a...
RAB arrests 290 more people from Dhaka, elsewhere
Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested 290 people from different parts of the country, including Dhaka, in connection with the recent violence over quota reform protests.
Bangladesh says quota protest leaders held for their own safety
Bangladesh said three student leaders had been taken into custody on Friday for their own safety.
69 injured still undergoing treatment at NITOR
At least 69 people, including students, who were injured in the violence during the quota reform student movement, were undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Traumatology and...