The government announced on Wednesday the closure of government primary schools in areas under the jurisdiction of city corporations across Bangladesh for an indefinite period amid ongoing student protests demanding quota reform in government jobs....
Braving loneliness, tough auditions and an unfamiliarly hot and humid climate, aspiring actor Guo Ting is determined to make it in China鈥檚 answer to Hollywood...
The Border Guard Bangladesh personnel have been deployed amid the quota reform movement across the country in Dhaka, Chattogram, Bogura and Rajshahi....
The ruling Awami League鈥檚 student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League and its youth wing Bangladesh Juba League attacked quota protesters at the Science Laboratory crossing in Bangladesh capital on Dhaka Tuesday....
A student of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur was killed and sixteen others were injured during a clash between the police and quota protesters in front of the university on Tuesday.
Students protesting against the reinstatement of quotas in public services and demanding reform in the system聽and leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League鈥檚 student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League clashed on the Dhaka University campus on Monday afternoon....
Leaders of national minority communities on Sunday demanded the reinstatement of 5 per cent quota for national minorities in Class I and II government jobs...
In a sun-baked village north of Morocco鈥檚 capital Rabat, Mustapha Loubaoui and other itinerant workers wait idly by the roadside for farm work made scarce by a six-year drought...
The High Court has observed that the government 鈥榤ay take necessary step by framing rules/guidelines to ensure the participation of backward sections of the citizens in the recruitment process of the government.鈥�..
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday that the government could do nothing to reform the quota system in public services until the court resolved the matter...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan indicated on Sunday that the case filed against quota protesters could be dismissed if it was without merit...
A case was filed against unidentified quota protesters for vandalising vehicles of the police and assaulting their personnel during Thursday鈥檚 blockade programme at the Shahbagh crossing in Dhaka....
Mentioning that everyone should obey by the court order, Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman on Friday said that police would not tolerate...
Hundreds of quota protesters gathered at the Shahbagh crossing in Bangladesh鈥檚 capital Dhaka on Friday and vowed to resist intimidation against students protesting at the reinstatement of quotas in public services and demanding reform in the system....
The National Human Rights Commission chairman Kamal Uddin Ahmed on Thursday said that it was important to ensure proper coordination and adjustment of issues related to quota in the government jobs...
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal on Thursday extended its full support to the ongoing movement of general students demanding reform in the existing quota system for government jobs.
THE remark of the senior joint secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party that the government is creating various issues to deflect public attention away from agreements 鈥� said to have been against Bangladesh鈥檚 national interests 鈥� that the government has signed with other countries is misleading on a few counts...
Students who have been staging demonstrations demanding reform in the quota system resumed their 鈥楤angla Blockade鈥� in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Thursday afternoon despite DMP鈥檚 warning against road blockade....
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police additional commissioner Khandkar Muhid Uddin on Thursday said that there was no scope for anti-quota protesters to take to the streets after the Appellate Division decision on Wednesday to stay for four weeks a High Court verdict that had asked the government to restore a 30 per cent quota for freedom fighters鈥� descendants....
Students continued their protests against the existing quota system in government jobs for the ninth consecutive day on Tuesday by blocking highways at places in the...
US job gains eased slightly in June while unemployment edged up, government data showed Friday, in a sign that the world鈥檚 biggest聽economy聽is cooling steadily as policymakers hope...
Students from different public universities and colleges on Saturday blocked major highways across the country, including Dhaka-Tangail, Dhaka-Rajshahi, Dhaka-Pabna...
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday that the party morally supported the ongoing movements by public university teachers and students based on 鈥榡ustified鈥� demands....
Canada鈥檚 unemployment rate rose slightly in June to 6.4 per cent as hiring stalled amid strong population growth, the government said Friday.
A SURGE of protests by teachers and students at public universities across Bangladesh underscores a deepening crisis in the country鈥檚 higher education system. The causes of this unrest are multifaceted, involving contentious policies such as the newly introduced pension scheme named Prattay under the Universal Pension Scheme and the reinstatement of...
The Asian Skill Development Company Ltd today started its journey with a mission to support Bangladeshi students aspiring to work in Japan by providing education in the Japanese language, culture and etiquette....
Thousands of students in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on Thursday continued their street protests by blocking the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh intersection and major highways...
Public administration minister Farhad Hossain told Jatiya Sangsad on Wednesday that the government had no plan to increase the age limit for entering government jobs to 35 years...
Thousands of students from various universities blocked roads and highways in places across the country on Wednesday for the third consecutive day, demanding the cancellation of the High Court order to restore 30 per cent quota for children and grandchildren of freedom fighters in government jobs...
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud has said a joint task force of Bangladesh and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be formed aimed at protecting Bangladeshi job seekers from fraud...