At least seven people were killed and dozens injured in sporadic clashes between law enforcers and protesters in Dhaka, Narayanganj, and Narsingdi on July 21, 2024 -- the second day of a nationwide curfew.
A citizen petition system would allow for opposition views and alternative ideas to be aired, not suppressed.
To honour the July Uprising, films such as “People Who Fought for Us” and “Digital Security Act: Story of Mushtaq Ahmed" will be screened at key locations across Bangladesh today.
Through this movement, the people of Bangladesh expressed their protest using a language shaped by long-standing discontent.
20 lose both eyes; scores of people still bear the scars of eye injury
By July 19, 2024, Bangladesh stood at the brink of collapse as the quota reform movement spiralled into its deadliest phase.
A year has passed since the country erupted in protests over the quota-reform movement — a wave of demonstrations that soon snowballed into a nationwide uprising.
The July Charter may not do everything, but it must do enough to catalyse the much-needed reforms.
They were readers of fairy tales, keepers of marbles, chasers of kites across twilight skies. Some still asked to sleep in their mother’s arms. Others, on the cusp of adolescence, had just begun to dream in the language of futures -- of stethoscopes, classrooms, galaxies. They were children, dreamers of careers, cartoons, and cricket.
At least seven people were killed and dozens injured in sporadic clashes between law enforcers and protesters in Dhaka, Narayanganj, and Narsingdi on July 21, 2024 -- the second day of a nationwide curfew.
A citizen petition system would allow for opposition views and alternative ideas to be aired, not suppressed.
To honour the July Uprising, films such as “People Who Fought for Us” and “Digital Security Act: Story of Mushtaq Ahmed" will be screened at key locations across Bangladesh today.
Through this movement, the people of Bangladesh expressed their protest using a language shaped by long-standing discontent.
20 lose both eyes; scores of people still bear the scars of eye injury
By July 19, 2024, Bangladesh stood at the brink of collapse as the quota reform movement spiralled into its deadliest phase.
A year has passed since the country erupted in protests over the quota-reform movement — a wave of demonstrations that soon snowballed into a nationwide uprising.
The July Charter may not do everything, but it must do enough to catalyse the much-needed reforms.
They were readers of fairy tales, keepers of marbles, chasers of kites across twilight skies. Some still asked to sleep in their mother’s arms. Others, on the cusp of adolescence, had just begun to dream in the language of futures -- of stethoscopes, classrooms, galaxies. They were children, dreamers of careers, cartoons, and cricket.
On the public holiday marking Ashura, Dhaka and other parts of the country witnessed unrelenting student protests, road and highway blockades, symbolic funeral prayers, coffin processions, and repeated clashes with police and pro-government activists.
