Shahbagh

Shahbagh

Police barricades in front of the Hotel InterContinental on 27 Aug. Photo: Tahsin Samin/TBS

Avoid Shahbagh: Dhaka grinds to a halt amid engineering students's blockade

The demonstration began around 11am as students pressed a three-point demand, and the blockade was still in force until filing of the report at 8pm. 

The students demand that the existing 33% quota for diploma engineers in the ninth-grade posts of government service be abolished, and appointments be made solely on the basis of merit. Photo: TBS

Students block Shahbagh for 6 hours, demand diploma holders stop using 'engineer' title

File photo of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman. Photo: Screengrab/TBS

Students must play a conscious role in resisting rise of fascism, extremism: Tarique

Protestors block Shahbagh demanding implementation of July Charter on 31 July 2025. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Dhaka traffic chokes as protesters block Shahbagh over July Charter

Projonmo Chattar at Shahbagh after demolition on 13 July 2025. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

‘Projonmo Chattar’ structure in Shahbagh demolished

Job seekers clash with police at Shahbagh intersection during a protest on 4 July 2025. Photo; Collected

PSC reform, 44th BCS results: Job seekers clash with police during protest at Shahbag

Dhaka areas at a gridlock on Wednesday, 28 May 2025. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

BNP, Jamaat rallies: Traffic clogs Dhaka roads, including Motijheel, Paltan, Dainik Bangla intersection

Photo: TBS

How Shahbagh became the focal point of protests — and public suffering

Protesters block Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on 18 May 2025. Photo: Sadiqe Al Ashfaqe

Chatradal ends Shahbagh blockade demanding justice for Shammo

Protesters block Shahbagh intersection demanding ban on AL on 9 May. Photo: Sadiqe Al Ashfaqe/TBS

'Road closed until AL is banned': NCP-led Shahbagh blockade grows bigger, Sarjis urges BNP to join

Job seekers block the Shahbagh intersection in the capital on 27 April 2025. Photo: Focus Bangla

Job seekers block Shahbagh intersection demanding PSC reforms

Firefighters work to douse the flames in the capital's Shahbagh. Photo: Courtesy

Shahbagh flower market fire brought under control

National Citizen Party leaders and activists at a rally, demanding the trial of Awami League and cancellation of AL’s registration as a political party, in the capital’s Shahbagh on 22 March 2025. Photo: TBS

3 rallies, including NCP's, at Shahbagh in a day despite DMP ban