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A preliminary report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published on 16 August 2024 stated that more than 400 fatalities were reported nationwide between 16 July and 4 August, mainly due to violence carried out by state forces such as the Bangladesh Police, RAB, BGB and Army, as well as the Chhatra League ...
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 Bangladesh quota reform movement. Students began to feel like they have a limited opportunity based on merit.
Students in Bangladesh began a quota reform movement in early June 2024 after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector. The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as July massacre , by the ...
Rahman was appointed the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India in July 2022. [8] Rahman signed the Marrakesh Treaty to the World Intellectual Property Organization on behalf of Bangladesh. [9] In June 2024, Tareq Md Ariful Islam was appointed the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office in Geneva. [10]
Abu Sayed (Bengali: আবু সাঈদ; 1998/1999 – 16 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student activist who was shot dead by the Bangladesh Police on 16 July 2024, [119] [120] [121] while participating in the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [note 1] is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The UNDP emphasizes on developing local capacity towards long-term self-sufficiency and prosperity.
The non-cooperation movement, [a] also known as the one-point movement, [b] was a pro-democratic disinvestment movement and a mass uprising against the Awami League-led government of Bangladesh, initiated within the framework of 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
The main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), demanded that the government hand over power to a neutral caretaker government before the January 2024 elections. [9] This was rejected by Hasina, who vowed that "Bangladesh will never allow an unelected government again". [ 10 ]