July 25: Hasina visits vandalized metro station as death toll hits 204
This news article from the Dhaka Tribune covers events of July 25, 2024, as part of a retrospective series on Bangladesh's "Monsoon Revolution." It documents a period of severe civil unrest stemming from the quota reform movement, which resulted in at least 204 deaths and 4,500 arrests nationwide. Main Topics Sheikh Hasina's visit to the vandalized Mirpur-10 Metro Rail station, where she condemned the destruction and appealed for public help identifying perpetrators The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM) issuing a statement expanding their demands beyond quota reform and calling for international advocacy Government accusations against BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami for allegedly orchestrating arson attacks on state infrastructure, which opposition leaders denied and countered by demanding an international investigation A political arrest of Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partho on incitement charges Postponement of HSC examinations until August 1 due to safety concerns
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Dhaka Tribune. "July 25: Hasina visits vandalized metro station as death toll hits 204." Dhaka Tribune, 2026. July Archive. https://julyarchive.org/sources/july-25-hasina-visits-vandalized-metro-station-as-death-toll-2cfa2be8.
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