Bangla Blockade

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

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

Sufferings all around

The ongoing student protest against the quota system in government jobs caused severe disruptions in Dhaka and other parts of the country, leaving people in severe misery.

Quota protesters to continue Bangla Blockade from 3:30pm tomorrow

Students and job seekers who are protesting the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs today declared they would continue their “Bangla Blockade” movement tomorrow

July 10, 2024
July 10, 2024

Students say 'Bangla Blockade' to continue despite SC's status quo on HC order

Students and job seekers who are protesting the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs said they would stay on the roads until the government forms a commission regarding the reform of the quota system

July 10, 2024
July 10, 2024

In pictures: 'Bangla blockade' by quota protesters

Major intersections, rail routes and express way were blocked in several places including Dhaka, Chattogram, Gazipur and Savar today

July 10, 2024
July 10, 2024

Quota protest: Students block Shahbagh, Farmgate, Science Lab, Agargaon

Thousands of students and jobseekers brought out processions and blocked major intersections, including Shahbagh and Farmgate, in Dhaka today protesting the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs.

July 10, 2024
July 10, 2024

Quota protest: Students block Science Lab intersection

Hundreds of students of Dhaka College and nearby institutions blocked the road in the capital's Science Lab area, protesting the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs

July 10, 2024
July 10, 2024

Quota Reform Demo: Protesters set to resume blockade today

After a one-day break in their blockade programme, students demonstrating against the quota system in government jobs have announced a nationwide blockade for today.

July 9, 2024
July 9, 2024

Quota protests on; govt looks to SC for a way out

For the second consecutive day, students demonstrating against the quota system for government jobs occupied key city intersections, bringing traffic  to a halt for hours.

July 8, 2024
July 8, 2024

Quota protest: No blockade tomorrow

Students demonstrating against quotas in government jobs decided not to hold any blockade programmes tomorrow

July 8, 2024
July 8, 2024

JU students block Dhaka-Aricha highway

Hundreds of students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway near the campus today protesting the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs

July 8, 2024
July 8, 2024

Comilla University students block Dhaka-Ctg highway

Students of Comilla University, under the banner of “Bangla Blockade”, blocked the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in the afternoon today, protesting the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs

July 8, 2024
July 8, 2024

Bangla Blockade: Students again block Shahbagh, Science Lab, other key Dhaka intersections

Students demonstrating against the quota system in government jobs blocked some key intersections of the capital, including Shahbagh and Farmgate, this afternoon as part of their “Bangla Blockade” programme