If you are smart, you will see that we are in the midst of a historic moment where history is repeating itself. It's a time when university students are ready to sacrifice their lives for their birthrights. The irony is that without a date, you could be reading about the Language Movement or the current nationwide Quota Reform protests, watching them unfold from the comfort of your living room.

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Several hundred BRAC University (BRACU) students are stuck inside their campus, and many of them are currently in need of urgent medical assistance. 

The incident has also sparked a storm on social media, where celebrities and cultural activists have raised their voices in support of the protesters.

Following violent clashes between student protesters and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists at different public universities around the country, celebrities have voiced their support for the quota reform movement. The July 15 incident left approximately 300 people injured, including female students and BCL members. As of July 17 (3:00pm), six fatalities have been reported due to the ongoing unrest.

Sporadic chase and counter-chases are taking place between college students and Dhaka College BCL near the Science Lab intersection

To attain the objectives of both strong institutions and inclusivity, assistance need not always come in the form of a quota for the backward sections.

Students from several private universities took to the streets earlier today to join the Quota Reform Movement protests. 

The quota system must be executed in a way that upholds fairness, inclusivity, and equity.

Many jobs remain inaccessible to many individuals because of the quota system.

Polarisation, rife with mutual fear and rage, is on the rise. Something dark and sinister is occurring.

Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain says the ongoing students’ movement demanding reform to the existing quota system in civil service is a logical one and blasted the people who branded the quota reformists as Razakars’ children.

As cries for his release continue falling on deaf ears, the court has decided not to grant bail to quota reform leader Rashed Khan yet following double phases of remand grilling.

The issue of quota is still in discussion within the highest level of the government, Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam says.

A group of indigenous people demands to keep five percent allocation of quota privileges in government job recruitment system.

Facing threats of agitation resuming from May, lawmaker and senior Awami League leader Jahangir Kabir Nanak has invited the quota reformists for talks to chalk out a solution.

The student protests that swept the country weeks ago were not just about the quota system in public jobs. As a whole, they should be interpreted as a major symptom of a much more complex disease: soaring youth unemployment that can have serious implications for the country's future.