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We urge the government to undertake political initiatives to resolve the ongoing crisis. Do not destroy the good standing of our armed forces by keeping them engaged in a disgraceful campaign,
said former army chief Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, who served as the army chief under Prime Minister Hasina’s government It is no longer about job quotas,
said Sakhawat, a young female protester told AFP, as she made graffiti on a wall at a protest site in Dhaka, calling Hasina a "killer". It always stood by the people and will do so for the sake of people and in any need of the state,
he said, as quoted by an army statement that did not reveal explicitly whether the army backed the protests So far, 32 people have been killed in clashes in 13 districts across Bangladesh,
Prothom Alo newspaper reported We call the incumbent government to withdraw the armed forces from the street immediately,
We are deeply concerned, troubled and saddened by all the egregious killings, torture, disappearances and mass arrests that have been tormenting Bangladesh over the past three weeks,
Bhuiyan told reporters Sunday, in a joint statement alongside other senior ex-officers The protesters are saying that they are not going to move, until their government steps down,
They were brought dead to the hospital with bullet wounds,
said Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal, the superintendent of the district hospital Those who are protesting on the streets right now are not students, but terrorists who are out to destabilise the nation,
Hasina said after a national security panel meeting An attack on a hospital is unacceptable,
said Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen after a group vandalised a medical college hospital in Dhaka, the capital At least two people have been killed and 30 others injured in a clash between protestors and Awami League men in Munshiganj,
the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported The doors of the Ganabhaban are open,
Now the tables have turned,
Illinois State University politics professor Ali Riaz told AFP She (Hasina) must resign and she must face trial,
Nahid Islam, the group's leader, said while addressing thousands of protesters at Shaheed Minar, ... according to a report by AFP The regime's foundation has been shaken, the aura of invincibility has disappeared...The question is whether Hasina is ready to look for an exit or fight to the last,
Did we liberate the country to see our brothers and sisters shot dead by this regime?"
Evoking the historical civil disobedience campaign, spearheaded by Hasina's father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, during Bangladesh's 1971 liberation war against Pakistan, Yasmin said There were clashes between students and the ruling party men,
police inspector Al Helal told AFP, ... saying two Prepare bamboo sticks and liberate Bangladesh,
he wrote on Facebook Sunday We cannot stand silent and watch the sad loss of innocent lives and people's demands go unheard
If there is an internet crackdown, if we are disappeared, arrested, or killed, and if there is no one left to make announcements, everyone should continue to occupy the streets and maintain peaceful noncooperation until the government falls in response to our one demand,
Nahid Islam, one of the movement’s leaders, said in the statement