quota protest

Block raids unnerve city residents

City residents, still reeling from the shocks of deaths and destructions over the quota protests, are now feeling a fresh wave of fear.
27 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Internet outage, curfew: Default loans to soar, banks’ profit to dip

Bankers are dreading a big drop in their profits as their defaulted loans are likely to increase further due to the curfew and the five-day internet blackout.
27 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Mobile internet may be restored by tomorrow

Government officials and mobile network operators will meet today to discuss restoring mobile internet, which has been switched off by the government for almost 10 days now.
27 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Post-violence crackdown: Over 8,000 held in 10 days

At least 726 more people were arrested in the capital and elsewhere in the 36 hours till 6:00pm yesterday as the nationwide crackdown against protesters and opposition parties continues.
27 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Food delivery hit hard by internet disruption

Bangladesh’s burgeoning online food delivery sector has been severely hit by the internet disruptions, bringing operations of the platforms to a near halt.
27 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Internet outage, curfew leave foreign investors in a bind

Violence centring the quota reform movement as well as a five-day internet blackout and the ongoing curfew has shaken foreign investors’ confidence in Bangladesh, tarnishing the country’s image as a reliable investment destination.
27 July 2024, 18:00 PM

'Every time he wakes up, he cries out in pain'

Says father of Yasin who was shot in hip during recent violence
27 July 2024, 15:31 PM

3 quota protest leaders held for their own safety: home minister

Three quota protest organisers have been taken into custody for their own safety, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan
27 July 2024, 08:38 AM

A generation's fight in the shadows of quota

The movement was no longer about quotas; it was about justice.
27 July 2024, 04:00 AM

PM visits victims of mayhem at Pongu Hospital

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today visited the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) popularly known as Pongu Hospital to see the injured victims during countrywide destruction centring the quota reform movement
27 July 2024, 03:42 AM

How can the rulers erase so much bloodstain?

Why did the situation escalate last week, resulting in so many deaths and injuries?
27 July 2024, 01:00 AM

Anti-mosquito drives slow down due to unrest

Anti-mosquito drives have either remained completely suspended in some areas or been slowed down since the recent unrest in the country centring the quota reform protests.
26 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Quota protest: DB picks up three organisers from hospital

Police yesterday afternoon picked up Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud and Abu Baker Majumder, three key organisers of the quota reform protests, from a city hospital where Nahid and Asif were undergoing treatment.
26 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Over 5,500 held in one week

At least 738 more people were arrested in the capital and several other districts in 36 hours till 6:00pm yesterday in connection with the recent violence across the country.
26 July 2024, 18:00 PM

‘End crackdown, restore full access to internet’

UN experts on Thursday called upon Bangladesh government to immediately ensure accountability for human rights violations, end the violent crackdown against protesters and political opponents, and to fully restore people’s access to the internet and social media.
26 July 2024, 18:00 PM
26 July 2024, 16:23 PM

The shifting political field and the price of permanent war

Is it not easier to defeat your enemies in parliament than to be permanently on the warpath against some shapeshifting enemy?
26 July 2024, 04:00 AM

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Are we going to learn from our mistakes or keep repeating them?

What is said by the power and what is believed by the people may not be the same.
25 July 2024, 18:30 PM

Violence centring quota protests: 2 more hurt in earlier clashes die at DMCH

Two more people, who suffered bullet wounds during the recent clashes centring the quota reform movement, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital today
25 July 2024, 11:01 AM

Andaleeve Partho arrested over 'inciting violence' during quota protests

The detective branch (DB) of police arrested Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman and former member of parliament Andaleeve Rahman Partho from his Gulshan residence early today.
25 July 2024, 10:34 AM