British MP Rupa Huq questions situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh-origin British MP Rupa Huq has raised a question in the UK parliament on the current situation in Bangladesh.
Anti-mosquito drives slow down due to unrest
Anti-mosquito drives have either remained completely suspended in some areas or been slowed down since the recent unrest in the country centring the quota reform protests.
Covering demo: Investigate killings of 3 journos
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) yesterday called on Bangladesh authorities to investigate the killings of three journalists and other attacks on reporters covering deadly nationwide protests over government job quotas.
BNP calls for ‘national unity’ with one-point demand
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday called for national unity among all democratic political parties and socio-cultural organisations to press home a one-point demand -- resignation of the government.
Find the perpetrators of violence
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged citizens to cooperate with the government to make sure the perpetrators of the recent mayhem are nabbed from every nook and corner of the country.
‘We demand UN probe into the killings’
Protesting the deaths during the countrywide violence centring the recent quota reform protests, as well as false cases and indiscriminate arrests, cultural and social organisations yesterday demanded fair and impartial investigations under the United Nations.
Mahbubul Haque laid to rest
Renowned linguist Mahbubul Haque was laid to rest in the central graveyard of Chittagong University yesterday.
Every death will be probed
Every death related to the violence centring quota reform protests will undergo judicial investigation and trial, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.
‘Punish those involved with the killings’
Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) yesterday demanded the formation of a commission comprising neutral persons and experts to investigate each killing during the countrywide violence centring the quota reform movement.
‘We condemn crackdown on student protesters’
Fifty academicians, under the banner of Bangladeshi Communication Scholars in North America (BCSNA), have expressed deep concern over the “government’s crackdown on student protesters in Bangladesh”.
Lift curfew, withdraw army: Fakhrul
Terming the killing of student protesters by law enforcers “mass murder”, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the government has lost the moral right to rule.
Quota protest: DB picks up three organisers from hospital
Police yesterday afternoon picked up Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud and Abu Baker Majumder, three key organisers of the quota reform protests, from a city hospital where Nahid and Asif were undergoing treatment.
Over 5,500 held in one week
At least 738 more people were arrested in the capital and several other districts in 36 hours till 6:00pm yesterday in connection with the recent violence across the country.
‘End crackdown, restore full access to internet’
UN experts on Thursday called upon Bangladesh government to immediately ensure accountability for human rights violations, end the violent crackdown against protesters and political opponents, and to fully restore people’s access to the internet and social media.
‘Loss of so many lives very painful’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said appropriate punishment should be meted out for the recent violence across the country to stop the criminals from playing with the lives of the people.
Abu sayed’s death in police firing: Cops’ FIR runs counter to known facts
Video footage shows police shooting at Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who posed no physical threat to the law enforcers, during the quota reform protest near the campus on July 16. He died soon afterwards.
Four more injured in clashes die in Dhaka
Four more people, who suffered bullet wounds during the recent clashes centring the quota protests, died at different hospitals in Dhaka between today and yesterday
Not a single attacker will be spared: Hasan Mahmud
Vows not to spare a single attacker, says students won't be harassed
