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Clashes and deaths: anxiety accompanies Dhaka residents home after daylong traffic trouble

Dhaka, July 17 -- Residents of the capital endured a day filled with anxiety and hardship as students and job seekers disrupted traffic by blocking city roads as part of the quota reform movement. Pa... Read More


DB claims recovery of weapons, bombs in BNP central office raid after explosion in Naya Paltan

Dhaka, July 17 -- The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has recovered weapons and crude bombs during a raid in the BNP's central office following a series of explosions in Dhaka's Nayapalt... Read More


Man killed in Ctg clash during quota protests was furniture shop worker

Dhaka, July 17 -- The man killed in a clash between quota reform protesters and government supporters in Chattogram's Muradpur has been identified as a furniture shop worker. The incident occurred wh... Read More


Quota protesters drive BCL leaders out of DU's Ruqayyah hall, demand end to student politics at dormitory

Dhaka, July 17 -- Students demonstrating for reforms to government job quotas have driven out leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League from Dhaka University's Ruqayyah Hall after the deaths of six people ... Read More


Few vehicles dare Dhaka's streets amid Ashura, quota protests

Dhaka, July 17 -- Few vehicles dared the streets of Dhaka on Wednesday amid the Islamic festival of Ashura and the ongoing quota reform protests across Bangladesh. Due to the public holiday, buses co... Read More


Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to address the nation at 7:30pm

Dhaka, July 17 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to address the nation amid the ongoing tensions surrounding the quota movement. The prime minister's address will begin at 7:30pm on Wednesday an... Read More


Police break up quota protesters gathering for absentee funeral prayers at Raju Sculpture

Dhaka, July 17 -- Police have used sound grenades to disperse quota reform protesters gathering at the Raju Sculpture at Dhaka University for absentee funeral prayers and coffin marches commemorating ... Read More


Police charge batons, fire tear gas to disperse BNP's procession from Baitul Mukarram

Dhaka, July 17 -- Police have fired tear gas and conducted baton charges on the BNP's procession from Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after the funeral prayers of the people who were killed in the quo... Read More


Students drive out Chhatra League leaders from DU halls, vandalise rooms

Dhaka, July 17 -- Students have driven out Chhatra League leaders from different residential halls in Dhaka University amid clashes between protesters demanding reforms to the quota system in governme... Read More


'He works for the Chhatra League. Kill him'

Dhaka, July 17 -- The leaders and activists of the Chhatra League were thrown off the roof of a building during the clashes between the quota reform protesters and Chhatra League and Jubo League activ... Read More