student protest 2024
ICT seeks red notice for Hasina’s arrest
"As an international policing agency, Interpol has been requested to take necessary steps to ensure her arrest"
Bringing back fugitives: Govt to ask for Interpol’s red notice
The government will request the Interpol to issue red notices to arrest and bring back fugitives allegedly involved in the killings and genocide during the July-August mass uprising, Law Adviser Prof Asif Nazrul said yesterday.
Govt waives tuition fees for students injured during mass uprising
The decision will be effective from their current stage of education up to university level
July uprising: Protesters to be shielded from cases
The home ministry said that no cases can be filed against students and people who actively took part in the mass uprising of July-August.
2 months of interim govt: Hopes still persist
The interim government had taken oath two months ago with overwhelming public support and amid almost equally unrealistic expectations.
A curious tale of two cases
Two cases were filed over the killing of two men in the capital’s Jatrabari during the mass uprising that toppled the Awami League government.
Govt publishes preliminary list of those killed in July-August protests
The interim government today published a preliminary list of the people who died during the student-led mass protests in July and August.
RAB denies opening fire on students, protesters
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today denied allegations of opening fire on students and protesters, said Lt Col Md Munim Ferdous, head of Rab's media wing
Cops still afraid to come out of cocoon
An overarching sense of frustration, apprehension, and opportunism prevails over the police force, rendering it virtually dysfunctional.
Students back to classes after more than a month
Public universities have reopened amid a vacuum in the administrations after the resignation of at least 20 vice-chancellors, 10 pro-vice-chancellors, and many other officials
Canards of a prejudiced neighbour
The prejudiced Indian intellectual elite and the media outlets’ hypocrisy is palpable by their collective silence about the atrocities committed by AL and law enforcement agencies.
Serious without suits: The new trend to follow
Call me the lord of useless things but it is indeed with peculiar curiosity I notice some of the student leaders in casual wear, even on the most formal of occasions. I will remember these the next time I am invited to any black tie event!
Where are we heading?
By bringing down a despotic leviathan, the anti-discrimination student movement has earned the moral authority to be spokespersons for the whole nation
No plans to form political party right now: Nahid
Post and telecommunication Adviser Nahid Islam, who is also a student leader, yesterday said the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement has no plans, for now, to form any political party
'They shot my boy six times'
Says mother of Raihan, 17, who died of bullet wounds
Law enforcers used unnecessary force on protesters: UN
The UN Human Rights Office has said that there are strong indications that the security forces resorted to unnecessary and disproportionate use of force and extrajudicial killings during the mass uprising that led to the ouster of the Awami League government.
Women’s role in toppling the govt
A female student, her face streaked with blood, pleads with Chhatra League activists to stop the relentless beatings.
Rickshaw art turn Dhaka University walls into an art gallery
On 13 August 2024, the Bangladesh Rickshaw Art Society transformed the walls near Sheikh Russel Tower at the Dhaka University campus into a vibrant canvas of rickshaw art.
Graffiti and murals: The new language of freedom in Dhaka
In celebration of our newfound freedom, everyone is expressing themselves in different ways, one of which is through murals and graffiti.