8 unidentified bodies handed over to Anjuman
The police on Wednesday handed over eight unidentified bodies from Dhaka Medical College Hospital in connection with the quota reform movement to Anjuman Mufidul Islam for burial...
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Massive manhunt continues across Bangladesh after deadly protest
Police continued the countrywide arrest drives as 641 more people were arrested in Dhaka city on Wednesday in connection with violence and vandalism during student protests for quota reform for government jobs that left at least 162 killed...
The wound will cast a long, indelible shadow
THE Appellate Division coming to revoke the July 5 High Court verdict that asked the government to reinstate 30 per cent quotas in government jobs for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters, sparking massive student protests, does not, and will not, heal the wounds that have been inflicted on the nation since July 15...
Some int鈥檒 media outlets circulate false, fabricated reports: FM聽
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said that some international media outlets including Qatar-based Al Jazeera circulated false, distorted and fabricated reports on...
Police on arrest spree after student protests
Authorities launched a countrywide arrest drive after dozens of cases were filed on charges of acts of sabotage after violent student protests that left at least 157 killed in the past...
Business community must rise above partisan position
AMID the curfew imposed on July 20 for an indefinite period apparently to contain violence centring student protests for quota reforms, businesspeople at a meeting with the prime minister on July 22 urged the government to immediately reopen factories. Most business leaders who attended applauded the government for creating...
Many people stranded in Dhaka for curfew
A sudden curfew, imposed across the country since midnight past Friday against the backdrop of violent student protests demanding reform of quotas in government jobs, has left people who are in dire need to leave Dhaka, stranded at railway stations, launch and bus terminals...
It鈥檚 time to say 鈥榥o鈥� to discriminatory quota
IN RECENT days, Bangladesh has seen student protests in many parts of the country, especially on university campuses. The protesting students have valid reasons to protest about a quota system that they find highly unfair and discriminatory. A whopping 30 per cent of the well-paid and massively oversubscribed Bangladesh Civil Service posts...
DU students express solidarity with US student protests
Students of Dhaka University organised a rally on Sunday expressing solidarity with students who are protesting on campuses across the US against Israel鈥檚 attacks on Gaza...
Student protests against Israel's offensive in Gaza spread
Student protests against the Israeli military assault on Gaza following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel have spread to several countries.