quota protest
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
When will we democratise the political parties of Bangladesh?
The real test lies in the reform strategies that can steer a country toward justice.
We must never let such an environment of fear reign again
Fear cannot ever lead to forgetting.
Opinion / We must step back from the precipice
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
Govt announces three-day public holiday from tomorrow
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
Those engaging in sabotage are not students, but criminals: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said those who are engaging in sabotage in the name of protest are no longer students, but criminals
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
Internet outage, curfew leave foreign investors in a bind
Violence centring the quota reform movement as well as a five-day internet blackout and the ongoing curfew has shaken foreign investors’ confidence in Bangladesh, tarnishing the country’s image as a reliable investment destination.
Block raids unnerve city residents
City residents, still reeling from the shocks of deaths and destructions over the quota protests, are now feeling a fresh wave of fear.
Internet outage, curfew: Default loans to soar, banks’ profit to dip
Bankers are dreading a big drop in their profits as their defaulted loans are likely to increase further due to the curfew and the five-day internet blackout.
Mobile internet may be restored by tomorrow
Government officials and mobile network operators will meet today to discuss restoring mobile internet, which has been switched off by the government for almost 10 days now.
'Every time he wakes up, he cries out in pain'
Says father of Yasin who was shot in hip during recent violence
3 quota protest leaders held for their own safety: home minister
Three quota protest organisers have been taken into custody for their own safety, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan
A generation's fight in the shadows of quota
The movement was no longer about quotas; it was about justice.
PM visits victims of mayhem at Pongu Hospital
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today visited the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) popularly known as Pongu Hospital to see the injured victims during countrywide destruction centring the quota reform movement
How can the rulers erase so much bloodstain?
Why did the situation escalate last week, resulting in so many deaths and injuries?
Quota protest: DB picks up three organisers from hospital
Police yesterday afternoon picked up Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud and Abu Baker Majumder, three key organisers of the quota reform protests, from a city hospital where Nahid and Asif were undergoing treatment.