Eighteen-year-old Alif Hassan Rahat, a student from Milestone College in Uttara, dreamed of becoming a rocket engineer.
Identity and ideology politics also played an essential role in brewing the Bangla Bashanta.
After Hasina’s fall, we must strive to build a pro-people, inclusive society
Bangladesh is heading down an extremely dangerous path
Students who were shot dead and injured were simply exercising their democratic rights and posed no threat to anybody.
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.
The July massacre has brought the credibility of this regime into question.
It is astounding how little a regime in power for 15 years understands the new form of student politics.
Bangladesh’s global reputation and image have taken serious hits.
Why the silence around security forces’ role in quota protests?
The red line crossed by the government while suppressing the quota reform movement with authoritarian aggression is completely different
People relied on TV networks during the internet blackout for updated information. But was that expectation met?
The protection of juvenile rights should remain a non-negotiable aspect of maintaining the integrity of the legal system in Bangladesh.
Due process being ignored during ongoing nationwide crackdown
On that evening, the student activists were scheduled to brief the media about the ongoing movement.
Govt has a lot to do to recover business and investor confidence
Govt must address the plight of low-income workers, entrepreneurs
The government showed us how to take a solvable problem and make it complicated
