Bangla Blockade

The July that rocked Bangladesh / July 9, 2024: A pause before the storm

The ongoing Bangla Blockade paused for a day as students leading the quota reform movement prepared for their next round of protests.

The July that rocked Bangladesh / July 8, 2024: Blockade intensifies as students form committee

For the second consecutive day, the Bangla Blockade grips the capital, with thousands of students and jobseekers bringing traffic to a standstill at key intersections across Dhaka.

The July that rocked Bangladesh / July 6, 2024: 'Bangla Blockade' announced

Beyond Dhaka, protesters hold the streets with equal resolve

Detention of student coordinators: Was it really for their security?

On that evening, the student activists were scheduled to brief the media about the ongoing movement.

A generation's fight in the shadows of quota

The movement was no longer about quotas; it was about justice.

Anti-quota protests: Police sue protestors over vandalism, assault

A case was filed against anti-quota protesters on charges of vandalising police vehicles, assaulting police officers, and attacking policemen during the ongoing quota reform movement

Attack on Quota protesters: RU students block rail line near campus

Several hundred students of Rajshahi University blocked a railway line near the university campus this afternoon, protesting police attack on Comilla University students during a quota reform demonstration yesterday

Students block Shahbagh removing police barricade

Students and jobseekers faced off with police at Shahbagh in Dhaka today as the protesters marched to the intersection for their Bangla Blockade programme to protest reinstatement of quotas in government jobs

BCL ready to face those trying to politicise quota protests: Saddam

Some demonstrators trying to prolong movement by holding general people hostage, says BCL president

July 9, 2025
July 9, 2025

July 9, 2024: A pause before the storm

The ongoing Bangla Blockade paused for a day as students leading the quota reform movement prepared for their next round of protests.

July 8, 2025
July 8, 2025

July 8, 2024: Blockade intensifies as students form committee

For the second consecutive day, the Bangla Blockade grips the capital, with thousands of students and jobseekers bringing traffic to a standstill at key intersections across Dhaka.

July 6, 2025
July 6, 2025

July 6, 2024: 'Bangla Blockade' announced

Beyond Dhaka, protesters hold the streets with equal resolve

July 29, 2024
July 29, 2024

Detention of student coordinators: Was it really for their security?

On that evening, the student activists were scheduled to brief the media about the ongoing movement.

July 27, 2024
July 27, 2024

A generation's fight in the shadows of quota

The movement was no longer about quotas; it was about justice.

July 13, 2024
July 13, 2024

Anti-quota protests: Police sue protestors over vandalism, assault

A case was filed against anti-quota protesters on charges of vandalising police vehicles, assaulting police officers, and attacking policemen during the ongoing quota reform movement

July 12, 2024
July 12, 2024

Attack on Quota protesters: RU students block rail line near campus

Several hundred students of Rajshahi University blocked a railway line near the university campus this afternoon, protesting police attack on Comilla University students during a quota reform demonstration yesterday

July 11, 2024
July 11, 2024

Students block Shahbagh removing police barricade

Students and jobseekers faced off with police at Shahbagh in Dhaka today as the protesters marched to the intersection for their Bangla Blockade programme to protest reinstatement of quotas in government jobs

July 11, 2024
July 11, 2024

BCL ready to face those trying to politicise quota protests: Saddam

Some demonstrators trying to prolong movement by holding general people hostage, says BCL president

July 11, 2024
July 11, 2024

Will take legal action if quota protesters continue to block roads: DMP

DMP Additional Commissioner (Crime and Ops) KH Mahid Uddin said today that they would take legal action if quota protesters continued to block the roads