In the immediate aftermath of the changeover on the August 5, the police were nowhere to be seen.
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.
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.
Says mother of Munna who was shot dead in Dhanmondi
Says mother of Raihan, 17, who died of bullet wounds
The real test lies in the reform strategies that can steer a country toward justice.
Fear cannot ever lead to forgetting.
If the ruling party leaders don’t understand or pretend not to understand why students are not staying back at home (their campuses and dormitories remain shuttered), we are in much deeper trouble than one could imagine
The government has announced a three-day general holiday on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for ensuring public safety amid the ongoing violent protests across the country
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
A number of vehicles at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) were torched this morning by unidentified people
Thousands of protesters have gathered at the Shahbagh intersection in the capital this morning and blocked it to press home their one-point demand -- resignation of the government
At least 93 people, including 14 cops, were killed across the country in the clashes surrounding the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement
The problems are economic, social and political in nature.
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.
Video footage captured on July 16 shows police shooting at Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed.
Chhatra League and other ruling party activists attack quota protesters at Dhaka University. They also attack wounded demonstrators inside and outside Dhaka Medical College Hospital. More than 300 injured on both sides.
The recent protests surrounding the quota reform movement have garnered widespread solidarity from various sectors of society.
The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement yesterday issued a 15-point instruction for people so the non-cooperation movement it has announced is successful.
