Sejuti Mourin: Dete-ctives arrested one of the leaders of the quota reform movement from Bhasantek area of Dhaka yesterday, reported The Daily Star. Muhammad Rashed Khan, joint convener of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad, was detained from the area around 12:30pm, Devdas Bhattacharya, additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), told The Daily Star. Police…
Abrar Hussain: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said yesterday they more pressure will be mounted on Myanmar to make them understand what they should do on the Rohingya issue. “We’re keeping up pressure on Myanmar…we need to put more pressure on Myanmar to make them understand what they should do on this issue,” he said during…
Prof. Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque, Academic : Students taking part in the quota reformation movement have come under attack. The society would definitely not condone this. But where will the students get an answer for this unprovoked attack? The students’ demand is just and fair. However, the prime minister is not acknowledging it. Now we have…
Afsan Chowdhury, Senior Journalist and Political Analyst : Quota reform is a very important issue, but it will take some time to implement it. If the government reveals how long it will take, they would not have to send the Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and activists against the reformists. The government has reasoned that it is…
Azfar Aziz, Advisory Editor, Daily Finland : So far three city corporation elections have been held in Bangladesh mainly to test the ground for the upcoming parliamentary polls. It’s a common practice in most of the representative democracies, unlike the currently negligible number of direct democracies. A direct democracy is where people decide and vote on…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy : Abu Tayeb Mohammed Anisuzzaman was born on February 18, 1937 at Calcutta. His paternal house is at Mohammadpur village in Barishal subdivision of 24 Chobbish Pargana District of West Bengal. His grandfather Sheikh Abdur Rahim (1859-1931) was a writer and journalist. He is…
Raj Abrar: Members of quota reform movement were attacked by alleged members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at the Dhaka University campus yesterday, preventing them from holding scheduled press. Six leaders of quota reform movement were injured in the attack in front of DU Central Library Building around 10:45am, reported The Daily Star quoting the…
Sejuti Mourin: Information Minister and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haq Inu said BNP intends to create anarchy by carrying out sabotage activities in the name of democracy. “First of all, BNP should be made correct. In fact, they don’t believe in democracy,” Inu alleged yesterday while talking to reporters after a views-exchanging meeting with his…
Sofian Khan: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said “My family is Awami League (AL), its leaders and activists.” “I lost my family members in 1975. We have called you at the special meeting as a family members of AL. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made the party of AL by his own hand for the people of…