When protest seeks to punish through pressure, it crosses a clear ethical line
Students of polytechnic institutes yesterday announced to launch a long march to Dhaka if the government fails to respond to their six-point demand within 48 hours.
Today's rally comes a day after students staged a "Rise in Red" programme
Students of all polytechnic institutes across the country will stage a protest march after Juma prayers today.
The meeting began around 12:00pm at the Secretariat, where Rehana Yasmin, additional secretary (technical wing) of the Technical and Madrasah Education Division, met an 18-member delegation from Karigori Chhatro Andolon, Bangladesh.
The blockade has caused a long tailback on roads in the neighbouring areas.
Students arrived in small processions throughout the morning
Students demonstrate with the demand of 'decentralised Bangladesh'
Students and citizens across the country took to the streets yesterday, demanding urgent action to tackle the worsening law and order situation and the rise in rape, sexual violence, and mugging.
A group of students marched to the High Court premises to besiege the court, demanding the resignation of "pro-Awami League fascist judges"
To ensure that contributions from individuals like Nusrat, Prapti, and Dipty are not isolated, we must take concrete steps to empower the next generation of women
Politicians need to start understanding that the loud, unnecessary, intrusive politics that we know today needs to become the politics of the past.
The students can help establish a new political party and free the country from the burden of family dynasties.
I’m not here to take sides, but I want to ask: Why are we so quick to question the students when reports started coming in of some crossing the line?
August 5. The day the student-led mass protests did the unthinkable in toppling the previous regime, with the aspiration to build back the country from the ground up - one brick at a time.
Gen-Z have finally become mass aware of their socio-political rights and started to ask for accountability, transparency, and honour.
It is deplorable how the previous government did not find it shameful to allow students to be harassed, beaten, and even killed to satisfy political desires.
Protesters have issued an ultimatum to Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan and judges of the Appellate Division to resign by 1:00pm today
As quota reform protesters clashed violently with police and the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) during their "complete shutdown" movement, rapper and barrister Towfique Ahmed announced on Facebook that his law firm would provide assistance to the protesters.
