Bangladesh

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.  

The students of Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET) are staging demonstration protesting killing and attack on their peaceful procession. They also demanded the government’s resignation. At about 10am on Saturday, the students of RUET took position in front of the entrance of the university on the Dhaka Rajshahi highway, chanting different slogans against government. Students from different schools ...

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina asked the party leaders to sit with the  coordinators of the Quota Reform Movement to calm the country’s situation. The party’s presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Joint General Secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif and AFM Bahauddin Nasim have been assigned the responsibility. The ruling Awami League held an emergency meeting at Ganabhaban on Friday night ...

The Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement has announced nationwide demonstration for Saturday (August 3) and indefinite non-cooperation movement from Sunday in protest against killing attacking their peaceful procession. Asif Mahmud and Rifat Rashid, coordinator and assistant coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement, announced the programme through Facebook posts and video messages at 8:00pm on Friday (August 2). They also called upon the ...

A police constable was killed and another 25 were injured during clashes between police and protesters in Khulna city on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as constable Suman Gharami. Md Mozammel Haque, Khulna Metropolitan Police Commissioner, confirmed the matter. Eyewitnesses said the clash started in front of Khulna University (KU) at around 3:00 PM when police tried to disperse ...

A court in Dhaka has granted bail to 42 HSC examinees who were arrested in connection with the cases filed with different police stations in the capital over violence during the quota reform movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rashidul Alam granted them bail in seperate orders on Friday. DMP’s prosecution branch’s deputy commissioner Anisur Rahman confirmed it. Earlier, the Ministry of ...

UNICEF, the UN children’s agency, has expressed deep concern over the death of at least 32 children as well as many arrests and detention in last month’s violence in Bangladesh. “I have just returned from a week in Bangladesh, and I am deeply concerned about the impact of recent violence and ongoing unrest on children,” said Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF regional ...

Some 3,011 people have, so far, been arrested in 274 cases filed with different police stations in the capital over the violence during the recent Quota Reform Movement. They were arrested from July 17 to August 1, 2024. Among them, 516 people were sent to jail in a day on July 23. According to the Prosecution Division of Dhaka Metropolitan ...