United News of Bangladesh

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md. Jahangir Alam has said the public are going through immense sufferings due to the protests of the students of Government Titumir College. The Home Adviser made the remark while talking to reporters after a meeting over law and order and security measures on the occasion of Shaheed Day and International Mother Language Day. "The students of Titumir College are making people's lives difficult. Their demands keep increasing day by day. You also know who is behind this,” the adviser said. Titumir College students block Mohakhali level crossing in Dhaka; BGB deployed Several hundred students of Government Titumir College have put up barricades on road and Mohakhali level crossing, halting train movement and causing immense suffering to the commuters. Witnesses said the students put up barricades on the road in front of their college demanding university status around 12 pm on Monday, halting vehicular movement in front of Mohakhali Link road area. No plan to declare Titumir College a university: Adviser They also chanted slogans to press home their several demands including university status. The students brought out a procession around 4:30 pm and put up barricades on Mohakhali level crossing, halting the train movement. A long tailback was created from Mohakhali to Jahangir Gate area forcing the people to leave the vehicle and walk a long distance to their destinations. Russel Sarwar, officer-in-charge of Banani Police Station, said additional police were deployed to avert further trouble.  

For the third consecutive day, students blocked Dhaka’s Shahbagh intersection around 11:45 am today (July 04, 2024), protesting the High Court’s decision to reinstate the quota system in government jobs. Around 11 am, students from various halls of Dhaka University began gathering in front of the Central Library. They then marched through the campus, culminating in a massive rally at Shahbagh intersection. Protest against quota: Students block Shahbagh for 2nd day Some students reported that as they were leaving their halls to join the rally, activists from the Chhatra League at Masterda Surja Sen Hall locked the gate to prevent them from participating. However, the main procession proceeded to Surja Sen Hall, broke the lock, and freed the students to join the protest. Earlier, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the protesters had blocked major highways and intersections in the capital, demanding the cancellation of the quota system. Students block Dhaka’s Shahbagh intersection in protest against quota system reinstatement During the rally, protesters declared their determination, saying, if needed, they will shed blood to realize their demand. Earlier today, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the High Court order declaring the cancellation of the freedom fighter quota in government jobs as “illegal.”

At least 2,000 students from Dhaka University staged a protest today (June 09, 2024) against the High Court’s decision to reinstate the quota system in government jobs. The procession began at 11 am from the front gate of the Central Library and concluded at the Raju Sculpture on the Dhaka University campus. Marching through the campus, the protesters shouted slogans demanding the repeal of the quota system in government jobs. DU students protest High Court order on restoration of quota system in govt jobs Fahim, an English department student, expressed his frustration, saying, "The decision to reintroduce the quota system in government jobs has destroyed the hopes and dreams of students who aspire to advance the country with their talent." He urged continuous protests until their demands are met.

Rajshahi University students staged demonstrations for the 2nd consecutive day on Sunday and give a 24-hour ultimatum to the authorities concerned for reopening of all the dormitories of the university.

Jahangirnagar University students on Saturday unlocked the main gate of a dormitory as the authorities ‘did not take’ any step to fulfill their 3-point demand, including hall reopening.

Students of Barishal University have been protesting in the city since Wednesday morning against an attack on some of their fellows by local transport workers on Tuesday.

A section of students of 7 affiliated colleges of  Dhaka University on Saturday protested claiming DU authorities were indifferent to implementing their demands.