Between July 14 and 19, 2024, Bangladesh witnessed a wave of student-led protests demanding reform of the government job quota system. The movement began with a memorandum to the president and quickly escalated after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s remarks defending the freedom fighters’ quota. Violent clashes erupted at Dhaka University and other campuses as student groups, including the ruling party’s student wing, were accused of attacking demonstrators.
On July 16, Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayeed was shot dead by police, becoming the first martyr of what became known as the July Movement. The following days saw universities declaring campuses “politics-free” and the prime minister ordering a judicial inquiry while urging patience for a Supreme Court verdict. By July 18–19, nationwide shutdowns and protests turned deadly, leaving at least 116 people killed over two days.
The government imposed a curfew and deployed the army as an internet blackout severed Bangladesh’s digital links with the world, marking one of the most violent episodes in the country’s recent student activism.
আমার দেশ ডেস্ক প্রকাশ : ২৩ জুলাই ২০২৬, ১৩: ০৮ ১৪ জুলাই, ২০২৪ (রোববার) : গণপদযাত্রা কর্মসূচির মধ্য দিয়ে রাষ্ট্রপতির কাছে স্মারকলিপি দেওয়া হয়। সংবাদ সম্মেলনে মুক্তিযোদ্ধা কোটা প্রসঙ্গে প্রধানমন্ত্রী বলেন, ‘মুক্তিযোদ্ধাদের নাতি-পুতিরা পাবে না? তাহলে কি
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