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Situation at Chattogram port improves, but 'will need time' to return to normal

Dhaka, July 24 -- Containers of imports and exports had started piling up at Chattogram port and the off-dock amid the halt on freight service due to the quota protest movement and the interruption of... Read More


Judicial panel to issue public notice for info on deaths during quota protest

Dhaka, July 24 -- The judicial committee to investigate the deaths of six people on Jul 16 in the beginning of violent clashes during anti-quota student protests. The committee decided to issue a pub... Read More


DMP offers rewards for information on quota protest saboteurs

Dhaka, July 24 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police has requested information, images, and videos regarding individuals involved in violent incidents during the quota reform protests. A reward will be given ... Read More


Broadband internet is back in Bangladesh after quota protest disruption for 5 days

Dhaka, July 23 -- Broadband internet services have started returning to Bangladesh after a five-day disruption during widespread and violent protests for reforms to government job quotas. Users began... Read More


Offices open from 11am to 3pm on Wednesday, Thursday after violent quota protests

Dhaka, July 23 -- The government has decided to keep offices open on Wednesday and Thursday after a three-day holiday over violent student protests across Bangladesh for reforms to quotas in public se... Read More


Quota protestors not open to discussion with government after bloodshed

Dhaka, July 18 -- Several leaders of the quota reform movement say they are not open to discussions with the government due to the deaths of students in police gunfire. Several coordinators of the qu... Read More


At least 4 killed, scores injured in Uttara amid quota protest violence

Dhaka, July 18 -- At least four people have been killed and scores injured in clashes between protesters and police in Dhaka's Uttara during the shutdown across Bangladesh demanding reforms to civil s... Read More


Bangladesh Chhatra League website hacked amid nationwide unrest

Dhaka, July 18 -- Bangladesh Chhatra League's official website (https://bsl.org.bd/) has been hacked amid nationwide protests by students and job seekers calling for reforms to the quota system for go... Read More


Second Dhaka victim is New Market hawker as six die in quota violence across Bangladesh

Dhaka, July 17 -- A 25-year-old hawker from Dhaka's New Market area, Mohammad Shahjahan, has been identified as the second casualty in the deadly violence at the Science Laboratory area over the quota... Read More


Quota protesters to hold funerals in absentia on Wednesday for victims of violent clashes

Dhaka, July 17 -- Students demonstrating for reforms to quotas in public service jobs have announced funerals in absentia across Bangladesh for the victims of violence during protests. They will also... Read More