Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the people of the country must come forward to make sure that the perpetrators of the recent violence face trial and punishment. “They [people] have to try the culprits. I am seeking justice from them,” she said after visiting the vandalised metro rail station at Mirpur-10 in the morning….
Three quota protest coordinators — Dhaka University’s Asif Mahmud, Abu Baker Mazumder and Rifat Rashid — have been found after five days. Asif and Bakar both wrote on Facebook that they were blindfolded and left in Hatirjheel and Dhanmondi areas of the capital yesterday. Neither of them mentioned who took them. Rifat wrote on Facebook…
In a major reform to the quota system in public jobs, the government yesterday issued a circular, taking merit-based recruitment in civil service to 93 percent from the existing 44 percent. The rest seven percent will come from various quotas. The new quota system, which came in line with Sunday’s Supreme Court order, will come…
Protesters in Bangladesh have issued demands amid a lull in the violence that has filled the streets in recent days after the government backed down on quotas on hiring for government jobs. Student leaders said on Monday that they plan to continue demonstrations despite a decision by the Supreme Court the previous day scaling back the…
Nahid Islam, a key organiser of quota reform movement, alleged he was “tortured physically” until he was unconscious. In the early hours Saturday, he was picked up allegedly by law enforcers from a house in the capital’s Sabujbagh. Talking to The Daily Star, Nahid said, “After taking me into a room, they interrogated me over…
Leaders of the quota reform protests have come up with two varying sets of demands. Three key coordinators of the Baishamyabirodhi Chhatra Andolan placed eight-point demand at a meeting with three ministers at State Guesthouse Padma on Friday night. Hasnat Abdullah, Sarjis Alam and Hasib Al Islam participated in the meeting with Law Minister Anisul…
By yesterday evening, many Dhaka streets were strewn with the remnants of thousands of rounds of teargas shells, sound grenades, rubber bullets, shotgun pellets, bullets and brick chunks. Those areas looked like battlefields too risky to enter. By nightfall, at least 66 people were confirmed dead and hundreds more injured across the country, as the…
Violent Protests Leave 29 Dead, Thousands Injured as Clashes Escalate Across Bangladesh. On July 18, 2024, a surge of violence broke out across Bangladesh as at least 29 people, including 11 students and a journalist, were killed and over 3,000 injured in fierce clashes between quota reform protesters and security forces, with ruling party activists…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the protesting students to keep faith in the country’s judicial system, expressing hope that they would not be disappointed. “I am requesting all to wait patiently till the verdict is delivered. I believe our students will get justice from the apex court, they will not be disappointed. In the…
6 killed as violence spreads Fierce clashes break out in Dhaka, Chattogram, Rangpur between BCL, police and quota protesters; govt deploys BGB in 6 districts; all universities, colleges, secondary schools closed; univ students asked to vacate halls; Thursday’s HSC exams suspended. Abu Sayed, the youngest of nine siblings, was studying in the English department at…
