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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.

6m ago

The power of education in ‘Bangla Bashanta'

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

9m ago

A new dawn rises on Bangladesh

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

9m ago

We must turn back from further violence

Bangladesh is heading down an extremely dangerous path

9m 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.

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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.

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Holding to account the perpetrators of crimes against protesters

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

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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.

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Why this prolonged internet shutdown?

Never before has there been such a lengthy internet outage encompassing the whole country.

10m ago

The violence must end

What can possibly justify any response by the law enforcement that has led to this death toll?

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A sudden curfew

A nation-wide government curfew was declared from midnight on Friday till 10 am on Sunday.

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A sad day for the nation

Why did it use so much force if it was “principally” in favour of quota reforms?

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What happened in DU on Wednesday

There was smoke everywhere, and I heard gunshots.

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Govt has completely failed to understand the youth

What is happening in Bangladesh right now is truly unfathomable.

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What happened on Wednesday: An account from JU

I wonder if this is how the nights must have felt during those nine months of the Liberation War.

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Universities and the government have failed the students

The responsibility for this bloodshed cannot be avoided by either the government or the university authorities.

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Dying for a systemic change

There is a serious governance failure in dealing with the student demands for merit-based recruitment system in Bangladesh’s government jobs.

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Quota reform resurgence: Stop violence against students

The government is complicating and antagonising a solvable proposition by ordinary citizens

10m ago