quota protest

Don't mock the people, HC says about DB's photo of detained protesters

The High Court today expressed anger at the publishing of the photo of six detained protest organisers having food at the DB office
29 July 2024, 11:09 AM

Cabinet declares countrywide mourning tomorrow

The government today decided to observe tomorrow (Tuesday) as a mourning day across the country for the people who were killed during the recent violence centring the movement for quota reform in government jobs
29 July 2024, 10:15 AM

Police chase, detain several protesters at ECB Chattar

Police detained several people from near the ECB Chattar in Dhaka as several hundred protesters gathered in the area and tried to stage a demonstration around noon today
29 July 2024, 09:26 AM

6 protest organisers will soon return to their families: DB

The six organisers of the quota reform protests, who have been in custody of the detective branch (DB) of police for several days, will be released soon, a top DB official said today
29 July 2024, 08:56 AM

Writ filed with HC seeking release of 6 protest coordinators, prohibition on firing on students

Two Supreme Court lawyers today filed a writ petition with the High Court demanding the immediate release of six detained coordinators of the anti-discrimination students' movement.
29 July 2024, 07:54 AM

Taking Faiyaz on remand, tying him with ropes was a mistake, govt tells HC

The government today told the High Court that taking a 17-year-old college student on remand and tying him with ropes was a mistake and that it will take steps so that such mistakes are not repeated
29 July 2024, 07:02 AM

Quota protests: One more hurt in previous clashes dies at DMCH

One more person, who suffered bullet wounds during the recent clashes centring the quota protests, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital last night
29 July 2024, 06:45 AM

Protest coordinators: Detention by DB unconstitutional

The Detective Branch’s picking up of key coordinators of the quota reform protest “for the sake of security” is unconstitutional, said two legal experts and an academician.
28 July 2024, 21:30 PM

'Please spare him, my grandson is not involved with politics'

Jhunu Begum says at Narayanganj court premises
28 July 2024, 19:00 PM

Cases after violence: Over 2 lakh accused in Dhaka city

Over 2.13 lakh people, most of them unnamed, are accused in around 200 cases filed with police stations in the capital over the recent violence centring the quota reform movement.
28 July 2024, 18:00 PM

From ‘DB office’, 6 organisers lift protest programme

Six organisers of the quota reform protest, who are in custody of the Detective Branch of police, yesterday announced the withdrawal of their protest programmes apparently from the DB office on Minto Road in the capital.
28 July 2024, 18:00 PM

70 pellets in 16-year-old student’s body

It was around 5:30pm on July 18. Khalid Hasan, a first-year student of Ideal College in Dhanmondi, was heading back to his Amligola home in Lalbagh after offering Asr prayers at the Azimpur Government Staff Quarter mosque.
28 July 2024, 18:00 PM

More than just numbers

The people who lost their lives in the recent violence are more than mere statistics; they are family members and friends. We try to know the stories of three such names
28 July 2024, 18:00 PM

The cost of crisis: Who will bear it?

Violence comes with a hefty price tag for the economy. Beyond the immediate death toll mostly in police shootings, the convulsion of violence that gripped Bangladesh in the middle of this month has left a debilitating impact on the economy.
28 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Shutdown cost the economy $10 billion: FICCI

The recent shutdown has significantly impacted Bangladesh's economy with over $10 billion and climbing in estimated losses, according to the Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industries (FICCI)
28 July 2024, 15:33 PM

At least 147 dead in violence centring quota protests: home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said around 147 people were killed in the conflict and violence centring the quota reform movement
28 July 2024, 10:25 AM

JU student and quota reform movement coordinator 'picked up by DB'

A Jahangirnagar University student, one of the coordinators of the quota reform movement, was picked up early today by men in plainclothes who said they were from the detective branch (DB) of police, his family said
28 July 2024, 09:43 AM

Mobile internet restored in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is once again connected to 4G internet, 10 days after mobile internet connectivity was restricted across the country
28 July 2024, 08:57 AM

Bangladesh likely to unblock mobile internet at 3pm

Says State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak; users to get 5GB free data for 3 days
28 July 2024, 05:16 AM

We cannot let ourselves become comfortably numb

With our collective inability to pay attention, it is not that unlikely that we will forget this too.
28 July 2024, 04:00 AM