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The massacre was a significant event in the political spectrum of Bangladesh, and part of the ongoing unrest that began in mid-2024. [30] The Supreme Court's decision to reinstate a 30% job quota for descendants of freedom fighters sparked initial protests as the decision reversed reforms from 2018 made in response to the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. [31]
He was shot by police on 18 July 2024 in Savar during a clash between protestors and police. [21] Rakib Hossain Rajib - was a student of Textile Engineering in Southeast University. He was shot by police while he was in procession in Dhaka on 5 August, 2024. He was said to have been involved in the quota reform movement from the beginning. [22]
July massacre: 16 July – 5 August 2024 Bangladesh 700-1000 Mass killings of protesters during quota protests and non-cooperation movement from July 16 to August 5, 2024, carried out by various law enforcement agencies under Hasina administration and affaialed groups of Bangladesh Awami League such as the Chhatra League
Abu Sayed (Bengali: আবু সাঈদ; 1998/1999 – 16 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student activist who was shot dead by the Bangladesh Police on 16 July 2024, [119] [120] [121] while participating in the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
The unrest centers on demands to end a quota system reserving up to 30% of government jobs for relatives of 1971 independence war veterans. Protesters argue the system is discriminatory and ...
Students in Bangladesh began a quota reform movement in early June 2024 after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector. The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as July massacre , by the ...
Deaths Date Notes Ref. Bangladesh famine of 1974: Famine: 1970 Bhola cyclone: Cyclone: Bhola: 500,000+ 12 November 1970: Entire coast of Bangladesh (then called East Pakistan) Cyclone: Bengal 200,000+ 1897 A cyclone with a storm-surge of 12.2 metres (40 ft) hit Meghna River estuary near Chittagong, Barisal, and Noakhali. Casualty is about 200,000.
July 4, 2024 at 6:26 AM. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A spokesperson for Ukraine’s military said its army has retreated from a neighborhood in the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, a strategically important ...