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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 movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as the July massacre, by late July. [10] By early August, the movement evolved into a non-cooperation movement, ultimately leading to the ouster of the then-prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, who fled Bangladesh to India. [7]
Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho (Bengali: মীর মাহফুজুর রহমান মুগ্ধ; 9 October 1998 – 18 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student, freelancer, [112] and activist in the 2024 quota reform movement, [113] [114] [115] who was shot dead while distributing food, water and biscuits during the protest.
From 2 to 6 July, students of various institutions held protests, human chains, highway blockades, etc. in different parts of the country. On 7 July, the platform called for the "Bangla Blockade", under which students staged demonstrations, marches, civil disobedience and blockades of highways and railways. [21]
Hundreds of people protested in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday against violence targeting the country's minority Hindus since former prime minister Sheikh Hasina quit and fled the country ...
[c] Started as a student movement, the movement later escalated into a fully-fledged mass uprising known as the Student–People's uprising. The protest began in June 2024, in response to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh reinstating a 30% quota for descendants of freedom fighters, reversing the government decision made in response to the 2018 ...
On 2 July 2018, during their protest march near the main gate of RU, a master's student and joint convenor of the quota reform movement at the same university, Toriqul Islam, and 15 others, were attacked by some BCL men, including several local BCL officers, as nearby police stood still.
Violence between groups of men broke out in east London on Thursday night and police said the unrest was linked to protests in Bangladesh. Police intervened to separate two large groups fighting ...