The detective branch (DB) of police arrested Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman and former member of parliament Andaleeve Rahman Partho from his Gulshan residence early today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this morning visited the vandalised metro rail station at Mirpur-10 in Dhaka

The infiltrators were handed the opportunity on a silver platter the moment BCL ensured that violence took over the movement.

The government wasted time while the violence continued.

The government may decide to reopen the educational institutions and lift the curfew in most places after Friday as the last weekend saw large-scale violence over the quota-reform protest.

DBL Group, a leading garment exporter, usually ships apparel worth around $50 million each month.

Three quota protest coordinators -- Dhaka University’s Asif Mahmud, Abu Baker Mazumder and Rifat Rashid -- have been found after five days.

Bristy Begum went to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in the old part of the city from Manik Nagar in Jatrabari to catch a glimpse of her husband Fazlur Rahman.

Business and industrial activities resumed yesterday amid a semblance of normalcy after a spasm of violence, internet outage and a curfew that left deep wounds in almost all corners of the economy.

Even though the inter-district bus service resumed yesterday, it may take a few more days for passenger transport services to become completely normal in the capital and other parts of the country.

The quota reform protesters are likely to announce fresh programmes tomorrow as the 48-hour ultimatum to fulfil their four-point demand ends tomorrow.

Four more people, including a six-year-old child, who sustained injuries during clashes centring the quota reform movement earlier, died in different hospitals today

Bus services from Dhaka’s Sayedabad Bus Terminal to other parts of the country resumed with a thin presence of passengers this morning

Garment factories, banks and stock exchanges reopened as the government relaxed a curfew imposed to quell violent protests that left at least 150 people dead since last Tuesday

Broadband internet connections were restored on a limited scale yesterday after 5 days of complete countrywide blackout amid the violence over quota protest

Four key organisers of the quota reform demonstration have said the protests would continue after they rejected yesterday’s government circular announcing the new quota allocation in government jobs.

On Thursday night, the entire country was plunged into digital darkness as broadband internet across the country became unavailable, less than 24 hours after mobile data was shut off amid worsening violence centring the quota protests across the country..The latest news on the situation is

The Supreme Court yesterday ordered major reforms to the quota system in jobs at government, semi-government and autonomous bodies, curtailing quotas to only seven percent from the existing 56 percent.

What can possibly justify any response by the law enforcement that has led to this death toll?

Two people were killed and 50 others injured in clashes between quota reform protesters and police in Bahaddarhat area of Chattogram city this evening