Student-protest

The Dhaka Chattogram Highway was blocked in Cumilla on Sunday demanding justice for Ishayat Shahriar Apratim, son of Dr Nahida Begum, an associate professor of the Department of Bangla at Cumilla University, who was killed. Students of Cumilla University blocked the highway in the Kotbari Bishwaroad area around 11 am on Sunday. Earlier around 10 am, Apratim’s first funeral prayer was held at the university’s Central Mosque. Standing during the funeral prayer, Apratim’s father K M Firoz S...

The newly formed Cockroach Janata Party, or CJP, has achieved a remarkable victory in an unprecedented protest against the Indian central government. The organization officially announced the withdrawal of its movement on Saturday after India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned, following 36 consecutive days of street protests demanding his resignation and protesting the alleged leak of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, or NEET, medical entrance examination question...

HSC examinees protesting over their demands have split into two groups over whether to retain the demand for the education minister’s resignation. One group is staying in front of the Education Building, while another is positioned at Shahbagh intersection. According to reports, one of the protesters announced while demonstrating in front of the Education Building on Wednesday afternoon that the demand for the ‘education minister’s resignation’ would be dropped. He said they would enter i...

HSC examinees have gathered outside the Bangladesh Secretariat after blocking the road at Science Lab intersection in the capital, pressing three demands, including the resignation of Education Adviser Dr. A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon. Police obstructed them there. At around 3 pm on Wednesday, the examinees began marching toward the Secretariat from Science Lab intersection. After 3:45 pm, when the students reached the area in front of the Secretariat, police stopped them with barricades. T...