Quota for freedom fighters’ grandchildren dropped
The education ministry on Thursday published the college admission guidelines for the current academic year, dropping quota for the grandchildren of the freedom fighters...
The education ministry on Thursday published the college admission guidelines for the current academic year, dropping quota for the grandchildren of the freedom fighters...
Politicians, freedom fighters and professionals on Wednesday at a condolence meeting said that the nation would remember freedom fighter Mostafa Mohsin Montu for his role in restoring democratic rule in the country...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till March 12 its hearing on an appeal challenging the High Court judgment that declared illegal the government circulars and gazette notifications regarding minimum age of freedom fighters...
The interim government has decided to keep quota for family members of the July mass uprising victims — injured or martyred – along with children of the freedom fighters and martyred freedom fighters for admission in the...
The nation today celebrates the 54th Victory Day, remembering the heroic freedom fighters’ supreme sacrifices to free the country from the marauding Pakistani military in the War of Independence.
Some slogans transcend the eras in which they were born, becoming timeless symbols of resistance, change and justice. One such rallying cry is Inquilab Zindabad, which means ‘Long Live Revolution.’ Coined by Maulana Hasrat Mohani in 1921, this slogan has echoed through generations, inspiring freedom fighters, social reformers and revolutionaries...
Bangladesh interim government Liberation War Affairs adviser Farooq-e-Azam, Bir Pratik on Wednesday asked fake freedom fighters, who managed to get certificates as 1971 veterans to return the credentials voluntarily to evade punitive actions...
The Bangladesh army honoured military personnel, who received awards for their roles in the country’s Liberation War, alongside distinguished freedom fighters and their families...
THE magnificent origin of Bangladesh’s Armed Forces Day goes back to 1971 in the battlefields of the war of independence. November 21 is a significant day in the victory saga of patriotism. On this day, the army, the navy and the air force united with the Mukti Bahini, freedom fighters — and led the joint offensive against the occupation forces...
The Rajshahi University authorities on Thursday decided to cancel the quota facility for freedom fighters’ grandchildren, but to retain the five per cent quota for their children for admission to undergraduate courses under the 2024-25 academic session...
The High Court on Tuesday sought an explanation from the interim government as to why those killed during the student-led mass uprising between July 16 and August 5 should not be recognised as ‘national heroes,’ and why those injured or detained should not be accorded the legal status of ‘freedom fighters.’...
The National Freedom Fighters’ Foundation in a statement on Sunday demanded the investigation of former Liberation War Affairs minister AKM Mozzamel Haque...
STUDENT power, often seen as the untapped potential within educational institutions, has historically been a force of significant social change. This power, wielded by young minds full of idealism, energy and a desire to reshape the world, has played a crucial role in numerous political, social and cultural movements across the globe. We can also see how far...
The National Freedom Fighters’ foundation in a statement on Friday congratulated Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government...
THE Appellate Division has revoked the High Court verdict of June 5 that ordered the government to reinstate 30 per cent of civil service job reservations for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters. The appeals court in its verdict after hearing two petitions on July 21 brought down the civil service job reservations...
THE Appellate Division coming to revoke the July 5 High Court verdict that asked the government to reinstate 30 per cent quotas in government jobs for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters, sparking massive student protests, does not, and will not, heal the wounds that have been inflicted on the nation since July 15...
Public university students on Monday blocked highways, brought out protest processions and held rallies demanding cancellation of the High Court order for the...
Freedom fighters on Saturday declared Rajshahi-6 constituency lawmaker and former state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam unwanted in the Rajshahi city for...
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’s verdict...
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’ children and...
The students of Jahangirnagar University formed a human chain protesting at the move to restore freedom fighters’ quota in government jobs after a...
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...
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...
The government is now actively considering the proposal of raising the honorarium of the martyred families and the freedom fighters, according to...