quota protest death
JULY KILLINGS / 'We want justice before we die'
The government has failed to address its top priorities within the first two months of taking office, alleged family members of the martyrs of the July uprising.
A family wracked by tragedies
It was July 19 – the day 28-year-old Monir Hossain was shot dead during the quota reform protests in Dhaka and a string of further tragedies started befalling the ill-fated family.
Shot during protest: Many barely hanging on to life
The sudden twitches of his left hand and his attempts to speak in too weak a voice are just about the only signs that 16-year-old Raiyan Ahmed is still alive.
'He was just 14...'
Says mother of Munna who was shot dead in Dhanmondi
'They shot my boy six times'
Says mother of Raihan, 17, who died of bullet wounds
HC rejects writ filed challenging legality of firing on protesters
The High Court today rejected a writ that challenged the legality of keeping six coordinators of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in DB custody and the use of live rounds at demonstraters
One killed in clash between protesters and police-AL men in Magura
At least one person was killed and 20 others injured during a clash between protesters on one side, and police and ruling party men on the other, in Magura this morning
Count of a carnage: about 95pc killed by gunshots
When Tahir Zaman Priyo was gunned down around 5:00pm on July 19 just behind Labaid Hospital in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi, his friend Faria Ulfath Syed heard just a single gunshot.
Snippets of disregard for life
Video footage captured on July 16 shows police shooting at Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed.
My son hasn’t called me. He never will...
Says mother of 22-year-old Rabbi who died after being shot in Narayanganj
'Police killed my brother. Should we go to them for justice?'
Asks sister of 19-year-old Soikot who was shot in Mohammadpur
Journalist killed in the line of duty
Mehedi dies of bullet wounds while covering news in Jatrabari
We had to bribe hospital for his body
Says brother of Gani who died after being shot in Dhaka
No parent should have to bury a child
Says father of 20-year-old Maruf who died of bullet wounds
‘Killings during quota protests state-sponsored’
All the killings that took place during the quota reform protests were state-sponsored and carried out by the forces of the state and its associates, said Prof Salimullah Khan of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh yesterday.
Bullet leaves newborn without a mother
20-year-old Sumaiya dies after being shot; family believes it came from a helicopter
A family left to navigate pain and loss
Nightguard Imran, 26, dies of bullet wounds in Dhaka
One bullet, two lives and endless agony
Life had just begun for 19-year-old Jisan Ahmed, a small-time vendor who supplied water to shops in his neighbourhood from his battery-run cycle-van.
Why isn’t father calling me?
4-year-old daughter of Priyo, who was shot dead on July 19, keeps asking