Abu Sayed is no longer just a name. The English department student of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) was brutally shot dead by police on this very day a year ago.
Abu Sayed, a 23-year-old student from Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) whose killing by police on July 16 fuelled the anti-discrimination student protests, has posthumously passed his honours final examinations.
Chilling video surfaces of police talking to ex-home minister about subduing the protesters
Two police personnel, including an assistant sub-inspector, were suspended over the killing of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed during quota protest on July 16
A 16-year-old is in Rangpur jail for 12 days after his arrest in the case filed over Abu Sayed’s killing.
Video footage shows police shooting at Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who posed no physical threat to the law enforcers, during the quota reform protest near the campus on July 16. He died soon afterwards.
They are struggling to provide necessary care to patients
Legal action for violence is vital, and so is addressing popular anger
Over 50 injured were rushed to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, and eight among them were declared dead
They are struggling to provide necessary care to patients
Legal action for violence is vital, and so is addressing popular anger
Over 50 injured were rushed to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, and eight among them were declared dead
A man was killed and over 100 others, mostly students, were injured during clashes between police and private university students in Badda and Rampura area
As tension reaches unpredictable heights in Bangladesh amid the quota reform protest movement across the country, reports about the violent clashes between students and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists have reached media portals worldwide. Indian celebrities in Kolkata are showing their support for the Bangladeshi students on social media.
Why was Abu Sayed of Rangpur's Begum Rokeya University shot down by police? He was standing alone, totally unarmed with arms stretched out, holding no weapons but a stick
Before the start of the janaza, Saddam Hussain said the quota protesters had destabilised each educational institution in the country
Sports stars have started voicing their support for the quota protests and condemning the violence unleashed on the protesters across the country over the last two days.
In a major escalation of violence, at least six people, including three students, were killed and several hundred injured in clashes between quota protesters and Chhatra League activists and police across the country yesterday.
Abu Sayed, the youngest of nine siblings, was studying in the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur.
