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.
It was around 5:30pm on July 18. Khalid Hasan, a first-year student of Ideal College in Dhanmondi, was heading back to his Amligola home in Lalbagh after offering Asr prayers at the Azimpur Government Staff Quarter mosque.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said miscreants had a plan to occupy the Gono Bhaban like protesters occupied Sri Lankan prime minister's office in 2022
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said around 147 people were killed in the conflict and violence centring the quota reform movement
At least 726 more people were arrested in the capital and elsewhere in the 36 hours till 6:00pm yesterday as the nationwide crackdown against protesters and opposition parties continues.
Says father of Yasin who was shot in hip during recent violence
At least 738 more people were arrested in the capital and several other districts in 36 hours till 6:00pm yesterday in connection with the recent violence across the country.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will take responsibility of the families of the people killed in the recent nationwide unrest
