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 female student, who participated in the ongoing quota reform movement, shares her horrific experiences of physical assault, verbal abuse and mental tortures allegedly inflicted by activists against quota reform movement and policemen.
Two groups are concurrently demonstrating at Dhaka University, one protesting the attack on students and the other against what they are describing as agitation at campus. Girls in big numbers have come down to the streets and chanting slogans against attack on students.
Police allegedly assault a Dhaka University teacher when a platform of parents and teachers gather at Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka for holding a demonstration programme expressing concern over the detention of quota reform leaders.
After three days and multiple incidents of assaults, Dhaka University’s Proctor AKM Golam Rabbani says he remains “uninformed” over attack on students and that no one has written a complaint to him.
It was around 10:45am. About 15 quota reformists gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar to form a human chain. Within moments, however, a group of people pounced on them.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) expresses its deep concern over the attacks on the members of quota reform movement and demanded for exemplary punishment of those involved in the attacks.
On duty police members are seen leaving the spot just before the attack on the quota reform movement activists allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) members at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka.
Family members of one of the injured leaders of quota reform movement alleges that authorities of a hospital in Dhaka forcefully released him in the wee hours.
Five students demanding civil service quota reforms are injured as attack on quota reformists allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) members continued for the third consecutive day.
Students demanding civil service quota reforms came under attacks in Dhaka and Rajshahi allegedly by BCL men yesterday while a leader of the platform spearheading their movement was arrested.
