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
Police chase, detain several protesters at ECB Chattar
Police detained several people from near the ECB Chattar in Dhaka as several hundred protesters gathered in the area and tried to stage a demonstration around noon today
6 protest organisers will soon return to their families: DB
The six organisers of the quota reform protests, who have been in custody of the detective branch (DB) of police for several days, will be released soon, a top DB official said today
Writ filed with HC seeking release of 6 protest coordinators, prohibition on firing on students
Two Supreme Court lawyers today filed a writ petition with the High Court demanding the immediate release of six detained coordinators of the anti-discrimination students' movement.
Taking Faiyaz on remand, tying him with ropes was a mistake, govt tells HC
The government today told the High Court that taking a 17-year-old college student on remand and tying him with ropes was a mistake and that it will take steps so that such mistakes are not repeated
Quota protests: One more hurt in previous clashes dies at DMCH
One more person, who suffered bullet wounds during the recent clashes centring the quota protests, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital last night
Protest coordinators: Detention by DB unconstitutional
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.
'Please spare him, my grandson is not involved with politics'
Jhunu Begum says at Narayanganj court premises
Cases after violence: Over 2 lakh accused in Dhaka city
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.
From ‘DB office’, 6 organisers lift protest programme
Six organisers of the quota reform protest, who are in custody of the Detective Branch of police, yesterday announced the withdrawal of their protest programmes apparently from the DB office on Minto Road in the capital.
70 pellets in 16-year-old student’s body
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.