Shamsuddoza Sajen

Shamsuddoza Sajen is a journalist and researcher. He can be contacted at [email protected]

August 5, 2024: The day the people triumphed

August 5 became a watershed in Bangladesh’s history -- the climactic peak of the July uprising.

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August 4, 2024: The deadliest day of the uprising

August 4, 2024 marked the deadliest day of Bangladesh’s student-led uprising, as the non-cooperation movement entered an explosive new phase.

1d ago

August 03, 2024: A nation united under one demand

On August 3, 2024, the anti-discrimination movement in Bangladesh reached a new peak as protesters rejected prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s offer for dialogue and instead placed a singular, uncompromising demand before the nation: the resignation of the prime minister and her entire cabinet.

2d ago

August 2, 2024: Nationwide clashes as violence returns

After nearly two weeks of tense calm, Bangladesh once again plunged into violence on August 2, 2024, as widespread clashes broke out between protesters and police -- often aided by ruling party activists -- across multiple districts.

3d ago

August 1, 2024: Jamaat banned, protests surge, death toll mounts

The day marked a turning point in Bangladesh’s deepening political crisis, as the government officially banned Jamaat-e-Islami and all its affiliated organisations, including Islami Chhatra Shibir.

4d ago

July 31, 2024: Crackdown on march for justice

As the sun rose on July 31, 2024, thousands of students, teachers, and citizens across Bangladesh prepared to join the March for Justice, a countrywide programme organised by Students Against Discrimination.

5d ago

July 30, 2024: The red wave of defiance

Amid continued mourning and mounting outrage, July 30 marked a powerful day of nationwide protests and symbolic resistance, as students, teachers, guardians, and citizens rallied across Bangladesh demanding justice for the lives lost during the quota reform movement.

6d ago

July 29, 2024: Protesters return, undeterred

On July 29, 2024, the Awami League-led 14-party alliance recommended that the government ban Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, citing their alleged involvement in anti-state activities.

1w ago
August 5, 2025
August 5, 2025

August 5, 2024: The day the people triumphed

August 5 became a watershed in Bangladesh’s history -- the climactic peak of the July uprising.

August 4, 2025
August 4, 2025

August 4, 2024: The deadliest day of the uprising

August 4, 2024 marked the deadliest day of Bangladesh’s student-led uprising, as the non-cooperation movement entered an explosive new phase.

August 3, 2025
August 3, 2025

August 03, 2024: A nation united under one demand

On August 3, 2024, the anti-discrimination movement in Bangladesh reached a new peak as protesters rejected prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s offer for dialogue and instead placed a singular, uncompromising demand before the nation: the resignation of the prime minister and her entire cabinet.

August 2, 2025
August 2, 2025

August 2, 2024: Nationwide clashes as violence returns

After nearly two weeks of tense calm, Bangladesh once again plunged into violence on August 2, 2024, as widespread clashes broke out between protesters and police -- often aided by ruling party activists -- across multiple districts.

August 1, 2025
August 1, 2025

August 1, 2024: Jamaat banned, protests surge, death toll mounts

The day marked a turning point in Bangladesh’s deepening political crisis, as the government officially banned Jamaat-e-Islami and all its affiliated organisations, including Islami Chhatra Shibir.

July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025

July 31, 2024: Crackdown on march for justice

As the sun rose on July 31, 2024, thousands of students, teachers, and citizens across Bangladesh prepared to join the March for Justice, a countrywide programme organised by Students Against Discrimination.

July 30, 2025
July 30, 2025

July 30, 2024: The red wave of defiance

Amid continued mourning and mounting outrage, July 30 marked a powerful day of nationwide protests and symbolic resistance, as students, teachers, guardians, and citizens rallied across Bangladesh demanding justice for the lives lost during the quota reform movement.

July 29, 2025
July 29, 2025

July 29, 2024: Protesters return, undeterred

On July 29, 2024, the Awami League-led 14-party alliance recommended that the government ban Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, citing their alleged involvement in anti-state activities.

July 28, 2025
July 28, 2025

July 28, 2024: Crackdown worsens, thousands accused

By July 28, more than 2.13 lakh people—most of them unnamed—had been accused in nearly 200 cases filed with police stations across the capital in connection with the recent violence centring the quota reform movement.

July 27, 2025
July 27, 2025

July 27, 2024: Mass arrests and block raids fuel fear

City residents, still reeling from the trauma of deaths and destruction during the quota reform protests, felt a renewed wave of fear. Each day, particularly after sundown, convoys of vehicles carrying law enforcers reached neighbourhoods across Dhaka.