Shahbagh
#Satire / Bangladesh needs a protest to protest the protests
If you have been keeping up with the news, you would be forgiven for thinking that Bangladesh’s national pastime is becoming "who can protest the loudest." With protests popping up on every street corner like pop-up shops, it’s time to address the real issue.
10 years of Shahbagh Movement / Revisiting Shahbagh’s spirit
What could the youth of Bangladesh have done, on February 5 a decade ago, if not gather at Shahbagh, if not chant slogans against war criminals, if not exhibit outrage?
‘Mugger shot while attacking police in Shahbagh’
An alleged mugger sustains bullet injuries in Dhaka’s Shahbagh area as police fired gunshot after the lawmen “came under attack”.
Dhaka traffic suffers in hartal
Students’ blockade protesting the murder of Tonu at Shahbagh intersection, one of the major intersections in Dhaka, created acute traffic congestion in the capital.
Cop apologises for discourteous behaviour with DU female student
A policeman apologises for his discourteous behaviour with a female student of Dhaka University during Pahela Baishakh celebration at Shahbagh in Dhaka.
Tonu killing: Strike called at all educational institutions Apr 3
Students demonstrating at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka call daylong strike at all educational institutions on April 3 demanding punishment to Tonu killers.
34th BCS non-cadre candidates stage demo in Dhaka, 5 held
Candidates, who passed the 34th BCS test for non-cadre posts, stage a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka demanding filling up the 672 vacant posts.
Pahela Baishakh molestation: Lone arrestee sent to jail
A Dhaka court sends Kamal Hossain, an arrestee of Pahela Baishakh sexual assault case, to jail after he refused to give confessional statement before a magistrate in connection with the sensational case.
Total chaos at Shahbagh intersection
The reckless driving of buses at Shahbagh and Matsya Bhaban intersections continued yesterday even after horrific deaths of two schoolgirls in the areas on Saturday.
UK minister concerned over attacks on publishers
UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire expresses deep concern over the attacks on publishers and bloggers in Bangladesh.
Dipan’s father believes in ‘ideology of killers’: Hanif
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahabubul Alam Hanif comes down heavily on Prof Abul Qashem Fazlul Huq for not seeking trial of the killers of his son publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan.
Gonojagoron Mancha calls 6-hr hartal for Tuesday
Gonojagoron Mancha calls a countrywide six-hour hartal from 6:00am to 12:00pm on Tuesday to protest killing of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan and attack on three others.
Publisher killing: Booksellers to observe strike Monday
Booksellers decide to refrain from selling books across the country from tomorrow morning to afternoon protesting the attacks on two publishers in Dhaka.
Publisher murder: Aziz Super Market to remain closed till tomorrow
Aggrieved by the brutal murder of one of their colleagues, book shop owners and businessmen of Aziz Cooperative Super Market in Shahbagh will keep their shops closed till tomorrow.
Attacks on Avijit’s publishers are isolated incidents: Kamal
A day after the attacks on two publishers of slain blogger Avijit Roy, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says such attacks are isolated incidents and not new in Bangladesh.
Publisher killed in second attack in Dhaka
Publisher of Jagriti Prokashony is stabbed dead at his Shahbagh office shortly after assailants knifed another publisher of books written by slain blogger Avijit Roy along with two bloggers at his Lalmatia office.
Medical question leak: Protestors call for independent probe
Protestors demand for an independent probe into allegations of question leak that marred this year’s medical and dental admission tests.
Medical test protesters withdraw Shahbagh sit-in
Students seeking retake of the MBBS and BDS admission tests withdraw their six-hour sit-in at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka for today.
Medical admission seekers stage sit-in at Press Club
Agitating students seeking retake of the MBBS and BDS admission tests stage a sit-in programme at the National Press Club to press home their demands.