Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders have accused quota protesters of attacking students who refused to join their rallies at Dhaka University Bijoy Ekattor Hall.
The leaders of the student wing of ruling Awami League came up with the claim amidst allegations of BCL attacks injuring over 100 quota protesters on Dhaka University campus today.
According to BCL leaders, the protesters, who claimed to be conducting a non-violent movement, were armed with sticks and rods.
Referring to visuals, Chhatra League leaders said protesters demanding quota reforms vandalised the front gate of the hall. Over 50 activists and general students were assaulted as they declined to join the quota protests, they said.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman today said stern actions will be taken if any chaos is created centering the anti-quota movement.
“If anyone carries out evil attempt to breach law and order, it will be dealt with iron hands,” he said while talking to the journalists after inspecting the security arrangements at Hussaini Dalan Imambara with Shia community leaders.
Habibur Rahman said quota issue is now a subjudice matter. It is the duty of every citizen to abide by the court order, he added.
“We are bound to obey court order. Police will work staying respectful to the law,” he said.
The out-of pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditure in the country rose to 73 percent in 2021 while it was 68.5 percent in 2020, according to the Bangladesh National Health account.
"Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure is one of the most noteworthy payment strategies for healthcare in Bangladesh and the share of OOP expenditure has been increasingly alarmingly," Dr Abdur Razzaque Sarker, research fellow of BIDS, told a programme here today.
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organized the programme titled "Catastrophic Health Shock and improvement in Bangladesh: Insights HIES-2022.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in Cancer Care and Research between the National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital (NICRH), Bangladesh, and Bordet Cancer Institute at Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles (HUB), Belgium, was signed on Monday (15 July) in Brussels.
The MoU aims to foster strong partnership between these two institutions for conducting joint research activities and bringing specific expertise on cancer care through capacity building and infrastructure development, read a press release of the Embassy of Bangladesh, Brussels.
This MoU will be a tool for collaboration in cancer research, including basic, epidemiologic, prevention, diagnosis, screening, treatment, cancer control and survivorship research.