From stage to street, artistes and activists led a cultural revolt against brutality and censorship
Abu Sayed taught us not to step back.
Bangladesh’s new Tk 5 note features 2024 protest icons Abu Sayeed and Mugdha, marking a bold shift toward memorialising civic dissent. The move stirs debate on balancing contemporary memory with timeless national history on currency.
Abu Sayed, a martyr of the July uprising last year, will be missing from his family's celebrations for the first time
This apparent error has caused confusion among many.
Mokbul Hossain, father of Abu Sayed, has been airlifted to Dhaka and admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for treatment.
Abu Sayed, a 23-year-old student from Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) whose killing by police on July 16 fuelled the anti-discrimination student protests, has posthumously passed his honours final examinations.
In Bangladesh, inequality starts with education.
Bangladesh’s young footballers dedicated their first goal against Sri Lanka in their first match of the SAFF U-20 Championship in Kathmandu today to the martyrs of the student protesters, who laid down their lives during the recent quota movement which eventually culminated in the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-government.
There is a serious governance failure in dealing with the student demands for merit-based recruitment system in Bangladesh’s government jobs.
