Mamunur Rashid

University of Dhaka student and protester

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Mamunur Rashid is a student at the University of Dhaka. Rashid was an active member of the July and August 2024 protests that led to the removal of the Sheikh Hasina Wajid government.

Early life and background

Rashid has said his home is in Mirpur, Dhaka. He has said that political instability and political movements marked his early childhood in Bangladesh, but Mirpur was always normal. He has also said he is 22 years old. [1]

Education

Rashid has said he studies at Dhaka University. He has said the liberation war history is part of the curriculum that students have to read. [1]

Role in the 2024 protests

Rashid has said the demand he and others made was to reform the quota system in government jobs. He has said that he and others concluded it was time to call for Hasina to step down rather than continue the quota movement. According to Rashid, he and others started the protest with a Facebook hashtag, "step down Hasina". [1]

Rashid has said police were firing in front of his house. He has said that he and others were sending bulk SMS in his area, and that he could give updates on the Mirpur area every hour. He has described the movement as having no specific leader, with the movement itself acting as the leader. [1]

Rashid has described his own account of 5 August. He has said he woke up around 10 a.m. and was getting ready to go for the long march. Around 2 p.m., he has said, he and others heard that Hasina had been removed from Bangladesh. He has said he entered what he described as Hasina's residence, and that he did not take anything because he felt he had got his country back. [1]

Views

Rashid has said that, for his generation in Bangladesh, Pakistan is a villain country. He has said that from 2008 to 2024 his generation, Gen Z, has seen only the Awami League as the ruling political party. On elections, he has said Bangladesh needs a free and fair election commission. He has also said a fully free and fair election, run by a non-biased election commission, is needed. [1]

Personal life

Rashid has described himself as part of Gen Z. He has said he is an official voter in Bangladesh but has never been able to cast a vote. He has said he never missed Hasina's live press briefings, which he watched for entertainment. He has said he had many army friends in his friend list, and that he was attacked with a stick and a hockey stick. [1]

Timeline

2024
Active member of the July and August protests that led to the removal of the Sheikh Hasina Wajid government[1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2024-12-11 Inside Bangladesh's revolution, told by a Dhaka University student Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mamunur Rashid?

Mamunur Rashid is a student at the University of Dhaka. He was an active member of the July and August 2024 protests that led to the removal of the Sheikh Hasina Wajid government.[1]

What does Mamunur Rashid do?

Mamunur Rashid is a student at the University of Dhaka. He has said he studies at Dhaka University.[1]

Where is Mamunur Rashid from?

Mamunur Rashid has said his home is in Mirpur, Dhaka. He has said that political instability and political movements marked his early childhood in Bangladesh, but Mirpur was always normal.[1]

What did the protesters demand, according to Mamunur Rashid?

Mamunur Rashid has said the demand he and others made was to reform the quota system in government jobs. He has said that he and others then concluded it was time to call for Hasina to step down rather than continue the quota movement.[1]

Who led the protest movement, according to Mamunur Rashid?

Mamunur Rashid has described the movement as having no specific leader. He has said the movement itself was the leader.[1]

What does Mamunur Rashid say Bangladesh needs?

Mamunur Rashid has said Bangladesh needs a free and fair election commission. He has also said a fully free and fair election, run by a non-biased election commission, is needed.[1]

References

  1. Inside Bangladesh's revolution, told by a Dhaka University student . Thought Behind Things , 2024-12-11.
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  1. Rashid is a student at the University of Dhaka. Mamunur Rashid is a student of the University of Dhaka
  2. Rashid was an active member of the July and August 2024 protests that led to the removal of the Sheikh Hasina Wajid government. was an active member of the protests in July / August 2024 that led to the removal and subsequent collapse of the Sheikh Hasina Wajid Government
  3. Rashid has said he is 22 years old. I'm just a simple student 22 years old.
  4. Rashid has said his home is in Mirpur, Dhaka. My home, my home located situated in Mirpur, Dhaka
  5. Rashid has said that political instability and political movements marked his early childhood in Bangladesh, but Mirpur was always normal. Since my very early childhood, there were so many political instability, political movement in our country, but Mirpur was always normal.
  6. Rashid has said he studies at Dhaka University. Uh in my campus, in Dhaka University
  7. Rashid has said the liberation war history is part of the curriculum that students have to read. we have to read the liberation war history in our book, in our curriculum
  8. Rashid has said that, for his generation in Bangladesh, Pakistan is a villain country. towards our generation in Bangladesh, Pakistan is a villain country
  9. Rashid has described himself as part of Gen Z. we are, we are a proud Gen Z, we started that
  10. Rashid has said that from 2008 to 2024 his generation, Gen Z, has seen only the Awami League as the ruling political party. since 2008 to till 2024, we, the Gen Z, we the generation just seeing Awami League as a power political party.
  11. Rashid has said he is an official voter in Bangladesh but has never been able to cast a vote. I am a voter, officially in my country, I'm a voter. I till now, I have never ever able to give my vote.
  12. Rashid has said the demand he and others made was to reform the quota system in government jobs. Our demand was to reform the quota system in government job.
  13. Rashid has said that he and others concluded it was time to call for Hasina to step down rather than continue the quota movement. after that, we said, okay, now it's time not time to uh do the quota movement, it's time to step down Hasina.
  14. Rashid has said that he and others started the protest with a Facebook hashtag, "step down Hasina". We started the protest with hashtag in Facebook, step down Hasina.
  15. Rashid has said he never missed Hasina's live press briefings, which he watched for entertainment. I never miss those uh press briefing live telecast because I I watched them for entertainment
  16. Rashid has said he was attacked with a stick and a hockey stick. Attacking me with the stick, with the hockey stick.
  17. Rashid has said police were firing in front of his house. But in front of my house, police is firing, helicopter is giving round
  18. Rashid has said that he and others were sending bulk SMS in his area. we just uh sending some bulk SMS like in my area
  19. Rashid has said he could give updates on the Mirpur area every hour. So I can give the Mirpur area uh update every hour.
  20. Rashid has said the movement had no specific leader and that the movement itself was the leader. Interesting part is actually this movement had no specific leader. This movement itself was a leader.
  21. Rashid has said he had many army friends in his friend list. In my friend list, there were so many army friends.
  22. Rashid has said that on 5 August he woke up around 10 a.m. and was getting ready to go for the long march. my own story on 5th of August. I woke up in the morning around 10:00 a.m. I was getting ready to go for the long march
  23. Rashid has said that around 2 p.m. he and others heard that Hasina had been removed from Bangladesh. it was around 2:00 p.m. and we just heard Hasina has been removed from Bangladesh.
  24. Rashid has said he entered what he described as Hasina's residence. I entered into the Gonobhaban. Gonobhaban means Hasina's residence
  25. Rashid has said he did not take anything because he felt he had got his country back. But I didn't took anything because uh I felt I I get back my country.
  26. Rashid has said Bangladesh needs a free and fair election commission. we need to create a free fair election commission
  27. Rashid has said a fully free and fair election, run by a non-biased election commission, is needed. we need a 100% free and fair election which will be created or it which will be executed by a non-biased fair election commission.