Why this prolonged internet shutdown?

Never before has there been such a lengthy internet outage encompassing the whole country.
21 July 2024, 08:01 AM

The violence must end

What can possibly justify any response by the law enforcement that has led to this death toll?
20 July 2024, 11:23 AM

A sudden curfew

A nation-wide government curfew was declared from midnight on Friday till 10 am on Sunday.
20 July 2024, 08:49 AM

A sad day for the nation

Why did it use so much force if it was “principally” in favour of quota reforms?
19 July 2024, 09:26 AM

What happened in DU on Wednesday

There was smoke everywhere, and I heard gunshots.
19 July 2024, 03:00 AM

Govt has completely failed to understand the youth

What is happening in Bangladesh right now is truly unfathomable.
19 July 2024, 02:00 AM

What happened on Wednesday: An account from JU

I wonder if this is how the nights must have felt during those nine months of the Liberation War.
18 July 2024, 13:08 PM

Universities and the government have failed the students

The responsibility for this bloodshed cannot be avoided by either the government or the university authorities.
18 July 2024, 10:50 AM

Dying for a systemic change

There is a serious governance failure in dealing with the student demands for merit-based recruitment system in Bangladesh’s government jobs.
18 July 2024, 08:23 AM

Quota reform resurgence: Stop violence against students

The government is complicating and antagonising a solvable proposition by ordinary citizens
17 July 2024, 08:49 AM

Is political violence transforming Awami League?

These latest developments add to the concerns over the increasing tendency towards intolerance and the preference for violent means to suppress any dissent.
17 July 2024, 03:00 AM

A slogan lost in translation

What made them flood campus streets on Sunday night was a specific comment that touched a nerve for the wider student community.
16 July 2024, 15:05 PM

Stop this violence before more lives are lost

We protest mindless attacks on students
16 July 2024, 12:34 PM

We need to move from universal pension to universal social protection system

The universal pension would be out of reach of the extremely poor, such as day labourers, due to their inability to make contributions.
16 July 2024, 05:00 AM

Quota reform should be guided by constitutional principles

To attain the objectives of both strong institutions and inclusivity, assistance need not always come in the form of a quota for the backward sections.
16 July 2024, 03:00 AM

The thick line between ‘state’ and ‘government’

If we compare the state to a four-legged chair, the government represents only one leg.
16 July 2024, 02:00 AM

Why must brute force always be the response to student protests?

What could have been resolved through a discussion as expected from any government, ended up being yet another violent suppression of the voices of students
15 July 2024, 16:01 PM

Govt is totally mishandling the quota issue

We condemn the violent attacks on students
15 July 2024, 13:17 PM