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Two cops arrested over Abu Sayed’s murder
Two suspended police personnel were arrested in connection with the killing of Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University, on July 16 during a student movement in Rangpur.
Abu Sayed murder case: 16-yr-old in Rangpur jail for 12 days
A 16-year-old is in Rangpur jail for 12 days after his arrest in the case filed over Abu Sayed’s killing.
Abu Sayed’s death in police firing: Cops’ FIR runs counter to known facts
Video footage shows police shooting at Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who posed no physical threat to the law enforcers, during the quota reform protest near the campus on July 16. He died soon afterwards.
Student killed in clash between protesters and police, AL activists
A student was killed and at least 200 injured today in Savar during a clash between quota protesters on one side and police and activists of Awami League and its associate bodies on the other
8 killed in clash between police and quota protesters in Uttara
Over 50 injured were rushed to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, and eight among them were declared dead
Quota protesters torch BTV Centre in Rampura
Protesting students set the Bangladesh Television Centre at Rampura on fire this afternoon
Government ready to hold talks with quota reform activists: law minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the government is ready to hold talks with the quota reformists
Man killed as police clash with students in Badda
A man was killed and over 100 others, mostly students, were injured during clashes between police and private university students in Badda and Rampura area
Parts of Dhaka almost deserted during 'complete shutdown'
Parts of Dhaka wore an almost deserted look today with city streets remaining empty, as fear gripped people following students’ enforcement of a "complete shutdown" across the country
Anti-quota protests: Police sue protestors over vandalism, assault
A case was filed against anti-quota protesters on charges of vandalising police vehicles, assaulting police officers, and attacking policemen during the ongoing quota reform movement
Quota system in govt jobs: Reforms must be well thought out
Any disproportionate quota system usually hurts a merit-based civil service, and any kind of decision to reform the system, in place since independence, should be well thought out, experts say.
Anti-quota movement: Protesters block roads, ignore warnings
The anti-quota protesters blocked the Shahbagh intersection yesterday, demanding reforms to the quota system in government jobs and protesting Thursday’s police action on students outside Dhaka.
Quota protesters crossing the line: home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said students continuing their anti-quota protests are crossing the line..He made the remark during a press conference at the secretariat, held in observance of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Students block Shahbagh removing police barricade
Students and jobseekers faced off with police at Shahbagh in Dhaka today as the protesters marched to the intersection for their Bangla Blockade programme to protest reinstatement of quotas in government jobs
BCL ready to face those trying to politicise quota protests: Saddam
Some demonstrators trying to prolong movement by holding general people hostage, says BCL president
Will take legal action if quota protesters continue to block roads: DMP
DMP Additional Commissioner (Crime and Ops) KH Mahid Uddin said today that they would take legal action if quota protesters continued to block the roads
Court's door is always open for students: chief justice
Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan today said the door of the court is always open for students who are running the movement against the quota system in civil service
Sufferings all around
The ongoing student protest against the quota system in government jobs caused severe disruptions in Dhaka and other parts of the country, leaving people in severe misery.
Quota protesters to continue Bangla Blockade from 3:30pm tomorrow
Students and job seekers who are protesting the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs today declared they would continue their “Bangla Blockade” movement tomorrow