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Police dispersed students who had gathered at ECB Chattar in Mirpur on Monday noon to protest the recent deaths during student movements and to demand the release of individuals arrested by law enforcement agencies.
The students began their demonstration around 12 PM. However, by 12:30 PM, police had moved in to disperse the crowd, according to reports from the scene.
Following the dispersal, the protesters regrouped in different alleys in the area. Additionally, police obstructed another group of protesters at Mirpur-10 as they attempted to bring out a procession around 12:30 PM.
Security forces, including members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), police, and army, have taken positions at various strategic points to maintain order.
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Teachers from various universities across Bangladesh, united under the banner of the ‘Anti-Repression Teachers Rally,’ have called for an immediate end to the harassment of students and the practice of "mass arrests." They also demanded the release of detained students.
Expressing their solidarity with ongoing student protests, the University Teachers Network organized a rally at the base of Aparajeyo Bangla on the Dhaka University campus, reports UNB. The rally commenced with a minute of silence in memory of students who lost their lives in the recent quota reform movement. The teachers urged that the incidents of violence and deaths be termed the “July Massacre.”
Addressing the gathering, Dr. Saeed Ferdous, Professor of Anthropology at Jahangirna...
Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) has detained former BRAC University lecturer Asif Mahtab and Nusrat Tabassum, another coordinator of the quota reform movement. The announcement was made by Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, the Additional Commissioner and Head of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, in a press conference at the Minto Road DB office on Sunday, July 28.
Harun-or-Rashid stated that Nusrat, Asif, and three other individuals were brought into DB custody for security reasons, and assured their families that there is no cause for concern.
According to reports, Nusrat Tabassum was taken by detectives from a relative's house in the Rupnagar residential area of Mirpur early on Sunday morning, while Asif Mahtab was picked up from his Uttara residence around 1 a...
"A total of 147 deaths have so far been reported, and police members, Awami League leaders and activists, students, and people of different professions were among the deceased,” said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday while talking to reporters at the secretariat.
A further search is underway to determine the death toll, reports a news agency.
The police are working to determine how many women, men, and people of different professions were among the dead, said the minister.
The students' protests demanding reform in the government's job quota began on July 1. After the students’ clashes with police and Chhatra League activists on the Dhaka University campus on July 15, violence spread all over the country.
