Two police personnel, including an assistant sub-inspector, were suspended over the killing of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed during quota protest on July 16
A 16-year-old is in Rangpur jail for 12 days after his arrest in the case filed over Abu Sayed’s killing.
Why did the situation escalate last week, resulting in so many deaths and injuries?
Video footage shows police shooting at Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who posed no physical threat to the law enforcers, during the quota reform protest near the campus on July 16. He died soon afterwards.
Live updates on quota reform protests
Why was Abu Sayed of Rangpur's Begum Rokeya University shot down by police? He was standing alone, totally unarmed with arms stretched out, holding no weapons but a stick
A stretch of nearly 10 kilometres of the Dhaka-Chattogram highway from Kanchpur Bridge to Jatrabari intersection remains blocked this morning, amid the clashes between police and quota reform activists at Shanir Akhra since yesterday afternoon
Quota protesters continued their demonstrations Wednesday amid violent clashes with law enforcers across the country
Leaders and activists of different associate bodies of ruling Awami League strengthened their position at several entry points outside the Dhaka University campus
Quota reform protesters left the Dhaka University campus this evening following clashes with police..They left from the Nilkhet and Chankharpul intersections around 6:30pm, witnesses said
Before the start of the janaza, Saddam Hussain said the quota protesters had destabilised each educational institution in the country
Sports stars have started voicing their support for the quota protests and condemning the violence unleashed on the protesters across the country over the last two days.
Bangladesh cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim has expressed his dismay over the violence regarding students’ quota reform protests, which have already claimed six lives and left hundreds injured across the country in the last two days.
In a major escalation of violence, at least six people, including three students, were killed and several hundred injured in clashes between quota protesters and Chhatra League activists and police across the country yesterday.
Several rights organisations yesterday issued statements condemning the attacks on quota reform protesters at Dhaka University and other campuses across the country.
Abu Sayed, the youngest of nine siblings, was studying in the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur.
At least six people were killed in three districts, including the capital, in clashes between Chhatra League and quota reform protesters today.
100 injured so far as college students lock horn with BCL
A young man died after being attacked near Dhaka College area this afternoon
