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.
Political opposition BNP condemns yesterday’s attack on quota reformists.
Members of quota reform movement could not hold their scheduled press briefing as they were attacked allegedly by the members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the Dhaka University campus.
Quota reform demonstrators are to observe a two-hour strike at all the colleges and universities across the country as the government failed to issue a gazette notification on abolishing quota system in public service by Thursday.
The public administration ministry sends a proposal to the Prime Minister’s Office for undertaking necessary steps including forming a committee to put an end to the crisis of the much-talked-about existing quota system in the civil service.
Investigators claim to have identified two persons who spread rumours in social media and incited violence during the recent Quota reform movement.
The parliamentary body on public administration yesterday suggested that the quota system in government jobs should not be abolished completely as announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier.
Children of freedom fighters under the banner of Amra Muktijoddhar Sontan urge the government to preserve 30 percent quota for them in public service and to form a commission for its smooth implementation.
In 2016, the Supreme Court in a verdict on widespread abuse of police's powers over arrest and detention strongly denounced all sorts of torture by the law enforcement agencies and directed magistrates to take action against errant policemen in case of any such incident.
Three students, who led the recent quota reform movement, are released hours after they were allegedly picked up by detectives.
