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.
'Why isn’t father calling me'
On July 19, journalist Tahir Zaman Priyo was fatally shot in the head as law enforcers opened fire to disperse quota reform protesters in the Science Lab area of the capital. .Priyo's friends, present at the protest, saw him fall as the shots rang out. .Despite trying to reach him se
Will take foreign technical assistance for judicial body probing deaths: PM
"We will take foreign technical assistance for the judicial inquiry committee to make it appropriate and standard," she said
Police bar guardians from staging sit-in at DMC
Police barred a group of people from holding a silent sit-in protest under the banner "Santaner Pashe Obhibhabok (Guardians Beside Children)" in front of the Dhaka Medical College this morning
6-year-old shot while in her father’s arms passes away
The entire neighbourhood of Nayamati in Narayanganj had been praying for the recovery of Riya Gope for the last five days
Faruk's family stares at a bleak future
Mohammad Faruk, 32, an employee at a furniture shop in Shulakbahar, Chattogram, was fatally shot as Jubo League and Chhatra League clashed with quota reform protesters on July 16.
I couldn't save my boy, 3 bullets had pierced his body
Says father of slain 16-yr-old Akash
'Ma don't worry, I'll be home in two minutes'
Samudra's mother recalls his last words after the 17-year-old died of bullet injuries
Dreams dashed by a bullet
He was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital first, then to a local private hospital and finally to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after his condition kept deteriorating.
Why did cops shoot my boy? He was only 14
He succumbed to his wounds on the way to Enam Medical College Hospital.
How will I raise our son alone?
Mamun, from Jalial village in Noakhali's Binodpur, was fatally shot on the Mohakhali flyover while heading back to his home from his aunt's residence in Shaheenbag, Dhaka.