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In response to the controversial statement made by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh during a press conference, where she reportedly referred to students protesting the quota reform movement as the children of Razakars (traitors in the 1971 Independence War), students organized a midnight demonstration at the Dhaka University campus area (See ...
The Students–People's uprising, [a] also known as the July Revolution, [b] was a pro-democracy mass uprising in Bangladesh. [c] It began as a quota reform movement in early June 2024, led by the Anti-discrimination Students Movement, after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the ...
Meanwhile, students and members of the Muslim community, including madrasa students, were seen standing guard at temples and churches to protect them. [ 156 ] [ 151 ] Chief adviser to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, also denounced the violence, stating that there was no room for discrimination in Bangladesh. [ 157 ]
DHAKA (Reuters) -A university student was killed and dozens injured on Tuesday in northern Bangladesh, police said, as they fired tear gas and rubber bullets at stone-throwing students protesting ...
Students, frustrated by shortages of good jobs, have been demanding an end to a quota that reserved 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of ...
Bangladesh has been gripped by violence this week after relentless clashes between student protesters, security officials and pro-government student activists over a quota system for government jobs.
Law Minister Anisul Huq said the government was open to discussing the student leaders’ demands. The protests are also backed by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party that has vowed to organize its own demonstrations with many of its supporters joining in the students’ protests.
A man who was injured while attempting to retrieve his son, a student protester, succumbed to his injuries on September 4 at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. [1]Over 100 Ansar members whom were at the secretariat during clashes were taken to Shahbagh Police Station [19] and a total of 388 Ansar members were arrested and sent to jail on charges of unlawful assembly. [5]