Kamal Lohani birth anniv today
Today is the 90th anniversary of the birth of Language Movement hero, freedom fighter, cultural activist and Ekushey Padak-winning journalist Kamal Lohani...
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Man arrested for Facebook post mocking freedom fighter quota
A 43-year-old man named Jahangir Alam has been arrested over a Facebook post 鈥榤ocking鈥� the quota system for freedom fighters in government jobs...
Quota or no quota 鈥� that is the question
IN A contentious decision handed down on June 5, the High Court of Bangladesh ordered the government to reinstate the 30 per cent reservation for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters in all public sector jobs, cadre and non-cadre alike. University students across the country have been speaking out and protesting more frequently since the court鈥檚 verdict...
Students threaten nationwide movement against FF quota
Dhaka University students on Sunday threatened to go for a nationwide movement if the High Court order to restore 30 per cent quota for freedom fighters鈥� children and...
SC refuses to stay HC verdict restoring 30pc FF quota in govt jobs
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday refused to stay a High Court verdict that asked the government to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters while recruiting cadre and non-cadre officers in the civil service....
JU students protest at restoration of FF quota
The students of Jahangirnagar University formed a human chain protesting at the move to restore freedom fighters鈥� quota in government jobs after a...
Quota helps a few, but meritocracy helps all
THE High Court order for the restoration of quota in public service that the government abolished in October 2028 in the wake of protests has come as disappointment for students and jobseekers...
RU students protest at HC鈥檚 order of reinstating FF quota in govt. job
Students of Rajshahi University on Thursday staged demonstrations protesting against the High Court order that asked the government to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters while recruiting cadre and non-cadre officers in the civil service...
Freedom fighter Nurul Amin dies
Freedom fighter Md Nurul Amin, also an organiser of the War of Independence, died at his residence of Ambarkhana area in Sylhet on Monday...
Govt destroys electoral system: discussion
Politicians and freedom fighters on Wednesday at a commemoration meeting said that the Awami League government destroyed the electoral system of the country and as a result the voters were not interested to participate in the ongoing upazila parishad elections...
Govt destroys Bangladesh鈥檚 electoral system: speakers
Politicians and freedom fighters on Wednesday at a commemoration meeting said that the Awami League government destroyed the electoral system of Bangladesh and, as a result, the voters were not interested to participate in the ongoing upazila parishad elections.....
Zafrullah Chy remembered
Leading freedom fighter and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury was extoled at a commemorative programme where...
Death anniversary of Pankaj Bhattacharya observed
The first death anniversary of former Oikya NAP president and freedom fighter Pankaj Bhattacharya was observed on Wednesday with various programmes...
Last tributes paid to Bangladesh鈥檚 first flag designer Shib Narayan Das
People from all walks of life bid farewell to Shib Narayan Das, one of the designers of the first flag of Bangladesh and a freedom fighter, by placing wreaths on the coffin of deceased at the central Shaheed Minar...
First national flag鈥檚 designer Shib Narayan passes away
Former Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal leader and freedom fighter Shib Narayan Das, who had designed the first flag of Bangladesh before...
Govt mulls raising of honorarium for FFs: JS body
The government is now actively considering the proposal of raising the honorarium of the martyred families and the freedom fighters, according to...
SM Mohsin鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the third anniversary of the death of Ekushey Padak-winning theatre activist, actor and freedom fighter SM Mohsin...
First death anniversary of Zafrullah Chowdhury observed
The first death anniversary of freedom fighter and Gonoshasthy Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury was observed on Thursday....