# Non-Cooperation Movement (2024)

The Non-Cooperation Movement is an ongoing protest against the government of Bangladesh, initiated within the framework of the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. The sole demand of this movement is the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her cabinet. On 3 August 2024, coordinators of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement announced the one-point demand for the resignation.

## Background

During the quota reform movement in 2024, participants—particularly students who engaged in violence faced resistance, mass arrests, and numerous deaths and injuries at the hands of police and other security forces who were trying to protect the ordinary people. On 3 August 2024, Nahid Islam, a key coordinator of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement, announced that then the movement's exclusive demand was the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her cabinet. He stated that the coordinators would enforce a non-cooperation movement starting Sunday to press their demand. Nahid made this announcement at a massive rally held at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka.

## Timeline
### 3 August

In the early hours of the day, an injured person passed away while receiving treatment. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina proposed talks with the protesters, saying,
   The doors of Ganabhaban are open. I want to sit with the quota protesters and listen to them. I do not want conflict."
However, in the afternoon, central coordinator Nahid Islam announced that they have no plans to negotiate with the government. He stated:
   When we were in DB custody, we were offered to sit in talks with the Prime Minister. But we protested against this proposal by going on a hunger strike in DB custody.
Asif Mahmud, a coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, commented:
   We have no plans to negotiate with them. Our demands are very clear. If they have any statements, they can present them to the nation through the media. The decision of the protesting students and people is our decision. There is no dialogue with bullets and terrorism.
At the program, freedom fighter Md. Sharif Hossain said,
   Seeing the justified demands of the students, I could not stay at home. We freedom fighters are with you and will always be with you. At this time, he also called on all freedom fighters to take to the streets.
On Saturday morning, movement coordinator Asif Mahmud stated in a Facebook post,
   Non-cooperation movement is not the Gandhian one. It's like the one in March '71. Detailed activities will be released today.
Around 10:30 AM on Saturday, students from various educational institutions in Rajshahi marched and gathered in front of the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), chanting slogans. The students took to the streets with a single demand: the resignation of the Prime Minister.
Students and ordinary people gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar area with protest marches from different parts of the capital. At around 5:30 PM, Nahid Islam, one of the coordinator, addressed the assembled crowd at Shaheed Minar. The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement has announced a single demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her cabinet. The court has granted bail to Arif Sohel, a coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, but he has not been released yet.
In Chittagong, there was an attack on the residence of Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury. During this incident, two cars parked in front of the house were vandalized, and one of them was set on fire. Earlier, around 5:30 PM, there was also an attack on the office of Md Mohiuddin Bacchu, the Member of Parliament for Chittagong-10, located in the Lalkhan Bazar. The office was set on fire during the attack. In another incident in Sreepur, Gazipur one person was killed during clashes between police and protesting students.
In Rangpur, two police officers have been temporarily suspended in connection with the death of Abu Sayed, a student at Begum Rokeya University and a key coordinator of the quota reform movement. The two officers are ASI Amir Hossain of Rangpur Police Lines and Constable Sujan Chandra Roy of Tajhat Police Station.
During an anti-discrimination student movement in Sylhet, clashes occurred between the police and the students along with the public. Initial reports indicate that over a hundred people were injured in the conflict.
At around 1:30 PM in Race Course, Comilla, leaders and activists of the Chhatra League, Jubo League, and Swechchhasebak League attacked a mass rally of anti-discrimination student movement protesters. During the attack, they fired openly at the students, resulting in 10 students being shot and a total of 30 people being injured.
In Bogra, there were repeated clashes between protesting students and the police. From 4 PM to around 6 PM, these confrontations lasted nearly two hours. During the conflict, the police fired tear gas shells, sound grenades, rubber bullets, and shotgun rounds. Several areas of the city, including Satmatha, Circuit House Mor, Romena Afaz Road, Kalibari Mor, Bir Muktijoddha Rezaul Baki Road, and Jailkhana Mor, turned into battlegrounds. At least six students were shot, and an additional fifty students were injured.

### 4 August

Thousands of protesters have gathered at the Shahbagh intersection in the capital this morning and blocked it to press home their one-point demand -- resignation of the government.They were seen chanting slogans like
   "Lorai, Lorai, Lorai Chai, Lorai Kore Bachte Chai," "Dofa Ek Dabi Ek, Sheikh Hasinar Padatyag".
Unidentified individuals set fire to and damaged vehicles, including private cars, ambulances, motorcycles, and buses at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University during the protest.