After nearly two weeks of eerie calm, violence erupted again yesterday as police aided by ruling party members clashed with protesters in the capital and several other districts, leaving at least two dead and almost 150 injured.
The government today banned Jamaat-e-Islami, its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir and all its front organisations under the Anti-Terrorism Act-2009
The law minister said discussions will be held today with the home minister to finalise the process for implementing the ban
The Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday unanimously recommended that the government ban Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir for their alleged involvement in anti-state activities.
Eminent citizens of the country have formed a commission to investigate allegations of gross violations of laws and human rights in the recent violence, including the loss of lives and mass arrests, over the quota reform protests
One more person, who suffered bullet wounds during the recent clashes centring the quota protests, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital last night
The Detective Branch’s picking up of key coordinators of the quota reform protest “for the sake of security” is unconstitutional, said two legal experts and an academician.
Jhunu Begum says at Narayanganj court premises
Violence comes with a hefty price tag for the economy. Beyond the immediate death toll mostly in police shootings, the convulsion of violence that gripped Bangladesh in the middle of this month has left a debilitating impact on the economy.
After nearly two weeks of eerie calm, violence erupted again yesterday as police aided by ruling party members clashed with protesters in the capital and several other districts, leaving at least two dead and almost 150 injured.
The government today banned Jamaat-e-Islami, its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir and all its front organisations under the Anti-Terrorism Act-2009
The law minister said discussions will be held today with the home minister to finalise the process for implementing the ban
The Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday unanimously recommended that the government ban Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir for their alleged involvement in anti-state activities.
Eminent citizens of the country have formed a commission to investigate allegations of gross violations of laws and human rights in the recent violence, including the loss of lives and mass arrests, over the quota reform protests
One more person, who suffered bullet wounds during the recent clashes centring the quota protests, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital last night
The Detective Branch’s picking up of key coordinators of the quota reform protest “for the sake of security” is unconstitutional, said two legal experts and an academician.
Jhunu Begum says at Narayanganj court premises
Violence comes with a hefty price tag for the economy. Beyond the immediate death toll mostly in police shootings, the convulsion of violence that gripped Bangladesh in the middle of this month has left a debilitating impact on the economy.
Over 2.13 lakh people, most of them unnamed, are accused in around 200 cases filed with police stations in the capital over the recent violence centring the quota reform movement.
