Clashes between students of Dhaka and City colleges raise concerns
Police charge batons and use tear gas, sound grenades to disperse the students
The demand of the students of seven colleges reflect a strong desire for autonomy and better academic conditions.
Students of Dhaka College and City College clashed for about two hours in the Science Lab and its neighbourhood areas yesterday afternoon, causing injuries to at least 15 people.
Several students were injured as both the groups engaged in chase and counter chase and hurled brick-chunks at each other
The worrisome state of once glorious student activism
Dhaka University wore a festive look as the 53rd convocation of the country’s oldest university began at 12:00pm today.
The clash in the New Market area began around 11:30pm on April 18 following an argument between staffers of two fast food shops. It ended around 3:45am the next day after hours of massive police intervention that left a student badly injured.
A case has been filed against two Facebook users under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for allegedly spreading misinformation against Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh regarding the clashes at Dhaka's New Market area on April 18 and 19.
Regarding the clashes between students and traders in Dhaka’s New Market area, Education Minister Dipu Moni today said had the law enforcers reached the spot earlier, the situation might not have turned this serious.
At least six newsmen, including The Daily Star’s photojournalist, were attacked and injured while performing their duties during the clash between shop employees and Dhaka College students in New Market area.
Vehicular movement on Mirpur Road came to a halt following the renewed clashes between Dhaka College students and traders in New Market area this morning.
Jahangir Sarker could have been just another unemployed postgraduate the country has so many of. But the zeal within the
Police in a raid detain 23 people including 13 students from the dormitories of Dhaka College in the city.
A case is filed today accusing 150 to 200 unidentified people over the clash between students of Dhaka College and traders on Mirpur road that left 30 injured yesterday.
At least 30 people are injured and several shops and motorcycles vandalised as Dhaka College students fight with traders of different markets in the New Market area of Dhaka.
