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Quota Carnage

Quota Carnage

Shot, shackled, blinded

Eighteen-year-old Alif Hassan Rahat, a student from Milestone College in Uttara, dreamed of becoming a rocket engineer.

2w ago

The power of education in ‘Bangla Bashanta'

Identity and ideology politics also played an essential role in brewing the Bangla Bashanta.

4m ago

A new dawn rises on Bangladesh

After Hasina’s fall, we must strive to build a pro-people, inclusive society

4m ago

We must turn back from further violence

Bangladesh is heading down an extremely dangerous path

4m ago

Violence against students: A tribute to our little John Hampdens

Students who were shot dead and injured were simply exercising their democratic rights and posed no threat to anybody.

4m ago

Count of a carnage: about 95pc killed by gunshots

When Tahir Zaman Priyo was gunned down around 5:00pm on July 19 just behind Labaid Hospital in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi, his friend Faria Ulfath Syed heard just a single gunshot.

4m ago

Holding to account the perpetrators of crimes against protesters

The July massacre has brought the credibility of this regime into question.

4m ago

New student politics demands respect, dignity, and trust

It is astounding how little a regime in power for 15 years understands the new form of student politics.

4m ago

The lives of fallen students must inspire the change we need

Reconciliation cannot occur without truth-telling, accountability, and a commitment to dismantling the structures of violence that perpetuate inequality and injustice.

4m ago

Govt risks further alienation as the outrage cycle resumes

It must stop crackdown on protests, mass arrests

4m ago

Aftermath of quota reform violence: Will a normal day ever come?

Can we envision a future where such pervasive violence and control are no longer defining elements of our daily lives?

4m ago

Politics has to change to cure Bangladesh of economic ills

What is good politics for a party, or any party, may not result in good economics

4m ago

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Mindless killing changed everything

Blinded by unquestioned power, the government is refusing to accept the new reality.

4m ago

Legal manoeuvring cannot hide ugly truths

Free all detained students, protesters without delay

4m ago

In the aftermath of violence

Maybe it was the anger at a system that demanded martyrdom before acknowledging legitimate grievances

4m ago

Only justice for the killings can restore public trust

Govt must allow independent probe into the deaths of protesters

4m ago

Violence against students: ENOUGH!

When Bangladesh bleeds, no one scores any political point, however lofty their political ideologies are.

4m ago

Are we failing our own future?

Why did a student movement that started with a demand to reform a discriminatory and unconstitutional system get so violent?

4m ago