SALUTING THE BRAVEHEARTS: 36 DAYS OF JULY
Appeal to the ‘new generation leaders’ / You have crushed fascism, now strengthen democracy and press freedom
We are proud to launch our photo exhibition today, titled “36 DAYS OF JULY -- SALUTING THE BRAVEHEARTS”, to pay our special tribute to the students and the people who have freed us from the shackles of fascism.
The first night of curfew and a surprise ‘abduction’
It was a clear moonlit night. There was a slight breeze. An eerie quiet blanketed the streets.
Echoes of August 5: Gunfire and grit on Dhaka street
It was Monday, August 5, at exactly 10:46 in the morning when my phone rang. On the other end was a student from Jahangirnagar University, his voice trembling with fear and urgency.
DU, ‘laasher michhil’, and an uprising
A child steps onto the street from an alley -- only to be shot dead in an instant. A college student lies lifeless in a pool of blood at a city hospital, his phone vibrating with calls from “Maa”. And a “laasher michhil” (procession of bodies) on the streets of Dhaka.