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Violent quota reform protests, curfew leave Dhaka street vendors in dire straits

Dhaka, July 26 -- Harilal Hridoy, a cobbler from Saidabad's Maniknagar, has faced severe hardship during the recent violence during quota reform protests followed by a curfew. With no savings and una... Read More


Quota movement: RAB arrests 266 in connection with violence

Dhaka, July 26 -- The Rapid Action Battalion says it has arrested 266 people in connection with the nationwide violence surrounding the quota protest movement. Sixty-three people were arrested in Dha... Read More


Hasina teary-eyed during visit to BTV building damaged in attack

Dhaka, July 26 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has visited the Bangladesh Television building which was attacked and seriously damaged during the violence that erupted amid the quota protest movement.... Read More


Mobile internet likely to resume on Sunday or Monday: BTRC

Dhaka, July 26 -- Mobile internet service, which was disrupted amid the violence surrounding the quota protest movement, is likely to resume at the start of next week, the Bangladesh Telecommunication... Read More


I did not call students Razakars, says Hasina

Dhaka, July 26 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that her comments on the quota movement were 'distorted' and that she did not call the protesters 'Razakars' but that some of the protesters used th... Read More


Two teen boys drown in Rangamati's Kaptai Lake

Dhaka, July 26 -- Two teenage boys have drowned to death in Kaptai Lake in Rangamati town's Tabalchari area. The two victims were identified as 15-year-old Edison Saha, a tenth grade student from Ran... Read More


'No father or mother should lose their child like this again'

Dhaka, July 26 -- Md Asaduzzaman lost his son Redwan Hossain Sagor amid the violence during the quota protests in Mymensingh on Jul 19. "I don't blame anyone for my son's death," he said. "I don't wa... Read More


Foreign Minister Mahmud urges search for 'militant agents' among student leaders

Dhaka, July 26 -- Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has suggested that agents of militant groups may be among the leaders of the quota reform movement, despite blaming the BNP and the Jamaat-e-Islami for ... Read More


Help us bring perpetrators of violence to justice: Hasina to citizens

Dhaka, July 26 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the public to assist in identifying and bringing to justice those responsible for recent acts of sabotage during the violence that erupted ... Read More


Train ticket refunds in progress as services remain disrupted after protests

Dhaka, July 26 -- Bangladesh Railway has begun refunding ticket prices after trains were halted during recent student protests for government job quota reforms. Refunds are being processed for ticket... Read More