Either we finally build a people’s republic or we condemn ourselves to repeat this “legacy of blood”.
What is said by the power and what is believed by the people may not be the same.
History and ordinary people in general will remember very well what happened over the last week or so.
The cloud of dystopia thickens as public perception connects the dotted line between pervasive corruption, greed, inefficiency and ineptitude.
It is a special kind of horror to see the semi-abstract theories you studied for your semi-abstract major come to life, and begin to apply to events 20 minutes away from you.
There is no shame in admitting that in the last few days many of us have cried helplessly, over the senseless deaths of students—teenagers or in their early twenties—the same age or close to the ages of our children.
It is becoming increasingly difficult for quota reform leaders to attend court hearings every month as police are “dillydallying” the submission of probe reports in five cases filed against them over a year ago.
Quota reformists say that their movement was for logical reformation in the civil service quota system, not for total abolishment.
As the ambulance stopped in front of the Department of Islamic Studies of Rajshahi University in the morning, a few students rushed towards it.
A leader of quota reform movement, who was ‘picked up’ by detectives early today, has been shown arrested, police say.
The quota system in Bangladesh civil service is extremely complex and cannot be implemented ensuring proportionate representation of all sections of the society, according to two former top bureaucrats of the country.
A section of Dhaka University students demand the unconditional release of their fellow Moshiur Rahman, one of the leaders of quota reform movement, from jail.
A Dhaka court places three leaders of quota reform movement on a two-day remand each in two cases filed in connection with the attack on Dhaka University vice chancellor's residence and police and vandalising vehicles on April 9.
Dhaka University’s Bangla department have staged protest at campus demanding justice over attack on one of its students during the quota reform agitation.
Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) calls upon the government to end repression on the quota reform activists throughout the country.
No outsider will be allowed to roam around in the campus without permission from the Dhaka University authorities. The provost committee came up with the decision at a meeting held on July 5 in the backdrop of "unwanted incidents" centering the quota reform movement.
Students of progressive fronts have come under attack at Jagannath University when they were marching in favour of the quota reformation demand.
The recommendations made by several public service reform committees and Public Service Commission since the introduction of quota system in civil service in 1972 will be reviewed to decide on either reformation or cancellation of the system, says Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam.
A group of guardians and citizens demand judicial probe into the recent spate of attacks on quota reformists across the country.
