Maj Kamaldeep Singh Sandhu of the 6th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment was on “spearhead” duties that day. It was 5 pm on 26 February 2009 when the orders came. An emergency…

The ferocity of the crisis this month in Bangladesh is unprecedented during the rule of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s ever-more-authoritarian prime minister. It was triggered…

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Thursday called upon Bangladesh authorities to urgently disclose information on protests crackdown amid horrific violence. “Today, I…

It took just 18 minutes into TIME’s interview with Sheikh Hasina last September for Bangladesh’s Prime Minister to bring up her murdered father. There would be at least…

What began as student demonstrations for quota reform in government jobs has rapidly escalated into a nationwide uprising in Bangladesh, a widespread call for Prime Minister Sheikh…

Emirati authorities arbitrarily detained, convicted, and sentenced to long prison terms 57 Bangladeshi protesters following a rapid trial based on their participation…

Twenty seven cases have been filed in connection with the anti-quota movement clashes in Chattogram in the past few days.  Around 12,000 unidentified individuals have been charged…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said that action will be taken according to merit of the cases, filed in connection with killing of police and Ansar personnel and arson…

Clashes erupted in different districts including Chattogram as police obstructed students from blocking roads and highways as part of their complete shutdown, leaving unspecified number…

Members of the Students Against Discrimination movement of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have recovered several firearms, numerous local weapons, and empty…

A journalist based at Jahangirnagar University was allegedly beaten by police on Wednesday.  The injured reporter, Abdullah Al Mamun, a fourth-year Journalism and Media Studies…

Quota protesters at Rajshahi University have once again demonstrated in protest of the attacks by Bangladesh Chhatra League and police on students across the country yesterday.  At…

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists attacked a protest march by general students, resulting in injuries to at least 20 people, including a police officer, in the Shaheed Minar…

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stirred the country toward authoritarianism where critics, dissenters, and opposition activists came under severe repression, including…