Bangladesh

As of 4pm on Sunday, at least 32 individuals were killed in various districts across the country in a series of clashes between protesting students, Awami League activists and police amidst the ongoing ‘All-out non-cooperation’ called by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. The anti-discrimination student movement has intensified its protests, with increasing numbers of casualties reported from different parts of the ...

Rejecting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s call for talks to resolve the ongoing stalemate, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement announced an all-out non-cooperation movement starting on Sunday, demanding the government’s resignation. Since the morning, protesters have clashed with police and ruling party supporters in Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet, and various parts of the country, resulting in the deaths of at least 12 people. ...

The High Court on Sunday dismissed the writ petition seeking directives to stop firing on protesters. The HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice SM Masud Hossain Dolon passed the order after hearing the petition. The High Court said all citizens have the right to participate in peaceful assemblies and emphasised that the police must follow legal directives. ...

A local Awami League office was set on fire during a clash erupted between Awami League men and protesters in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila on Sunday morning. Eyewitnesses said that the clash started around 11:00 AM when AL men tried to stop a procession of the protesters on the Dhaka-Kishoreganj Highway. The clash continued for around an hour. Sazib Mia, duty ...

The demonstrators have gathered at Shahbagh intersection in the capital demanding their one-point as part of non-cooperation movement. Around 11am, the protesters, equipped with bamboo sticks, chased the Awami League leaders and activists who tried to take position there. After that, they took shelter inside Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and started throwing brickbats to the protesters from there. ...

Two people were killed and 20 others were injured in a clash between protesters and members of the Awami League and its associated organizations in Munshiganj on Sunday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The clash broke out around 11:00 AM near the Super Market area in the district. Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal, the superintendent ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a view-exchange meeting with Vice-Chancellors (VCs) of the public and private universities, college principals and teachers at Ganabhaban on Saturday night. The meeting was held for nearly three hours from 7:30pm to 10:20pm, PM’s Deputy Press Secretray MM Emrul Kayas told BSS. During the meeting, they discussed the overall situation created following the anti-quota movement ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the agitating students to sit with her at her official Ganabhaban residence to put an end to violence centering the Quota Reform Movement. “The door of Ganabhaban is open. I want to sit with the agitating students of the movement and listen to them. I want no conflict,” she said. The prime ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the release of all detained students in Quota Reform Movement. She made the announcement at a meeting held with the leaders of Peshajibi Samannay Parishad (Professional Coordination Council) at Ganabhaban on Saturday.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has cancelled the pension scheme proposed for the employees of the public universities, autonomous and government institutions. The decision came at a meeting with the central leaders of the Professional Coordination Council at Ganabhaban on Saturday, education ministry’s public relation officer MA Khayer confirmed.