Protest for Safe Roads in Bangladesh
Student Protest: 3 more students get bail
Three more students involved with the recent student protest and quota reform movement have been given bail in cases filed with different police stations in Dhaka.
Road Safety Protest: Bail still eludes 22 students
For the entire two hours in the courtroom, Masad Mortuza Bin Ahad remained silent, even when the magistrate asked him some questions. He gave only blank looks, as he sat on a chair placed in the dock.
Road Safety Movement: Halt 'arbitrary arrests', try attackers
Human Rights Watch yesterday urged the Bangladesh government to halt “arbitrary arrests, prosecute those involved in violent attacks, and immediately and unconditionally release people it has thrown in jail just for speaking out”.
Safe road demo: Ershad urges PM for release of arrested students
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad urges Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to release the students who have been arrested during their recent protests in Dhaka for safe roads.
Road Safety Protest: No bail for 22 pvt univ students
A Dhaka court yesterday denied bail to the 22 private university students who were arrested in two separate cases filed over vandalism and attacks on policemen during the road safety movement.
Stop violence on protesters, journalists
The European Union has called for an immediate end to “disproportionate violence” against peaceful student protesters and journalists. It also demanded an investigation for holding the perpetrators accountable.
Noted photojournalist, friend of Bangladesh Raghu Rai urges PM to not punish Shahidul
Noted Indian photojournalist and a friend of Bangladesh Liberation War Raghu Rai urges Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to not punish photographer Shahidul Alam in an open letter published on Facebook.
Proposed Road Transport Bill a jugglery: BNP
BNP terms the proposed Road Transport Bill as jugglery saying that it will not be able to ensure safety and security of people on the roads.
37 students released from Tejgaon Police Station
Police have released 37 students, who were detained during student protest yesterday, into the custody of their parents.
Cops sue 28 social media account owners, admins for instigating violence
The Social Media Monitoring and Cyber Security Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) identifies 28 Facebook and Twitter accounts for spreading rumours and distorted information to instigate violence amid the ongoing students’ protest demanding safe roads across the country.
BCL denies allegations of rape, detention of female students
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) General Secretary Golam Rabbani dispels all the rumours circulating in the social media on rape of some female students at the Dhanmondi office of ruling Awami League.
Nahid urges students to return to classes
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid urges the students to calm down and return to classes saying that the government has taken steps for fulfilling their demands.
BNP blames govt for attacks on students, warns of dire consequences
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir blames the ruling Awami League for carrying out sporadic attacks on the agitating students at different places across Dhaka that left several innocent students critically injured.
Total disorder
It's anarchy of an incredible scale. Consider this: There are some 35.36 lakh registered vehicles in the country. So far, the BRTA, a transport regulator, has issued 26.39 lakh driving licences. This means, around 9 lakh vehicles are in the hands of drivers who do not have licences.
Take back the students from street for their safety: Rab DG
Director General (DG) of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Benazir Ahmed asks the guardians to take the agitating students back from the streets for their safety.