Police on Wednesday afternoon fired tear gas and sound grenades at protesting students of Dhaka University who brought out a coffin procession after holding a 'gayebana jazana' for six persons killed on Tuesday as students鈥� protests against the quota system in government jobs across Bangladesh turned deadly amid attacks by the police and ruling Awami League supporters on protesters....
Dhaka University students on Wednesday rejected the university authorities鈥� decision to vacant halls by 6:00pm on the day....
Mobile phone users have been experiencing slow internet speed on most public university campuses, including Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University, Rajshahi University and Chittagong University...
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....
A HIGH out-of-pocket expenditure, poor access to quality health care, rampant corruption, poorly regulated growth of private healthcare system and low government investment in the health sector have eroded people鈥檚 access to health care. The out-of-pocket expenditure has also pushed a large number of households below the poverty line...
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...
A persistent increase in internal and external government borrowing and the consequent pressure on loan repayment pose a threat to the economy. While economists have for long spoken of negative impacts of the growing government debt, the authorities appear to have ignored the risks and continued to borrow excessively...
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...
The new medium-term debt strategy for FY25 to FY27 of the government has identified half a dozen risks which are likely to have negative impacts on the management of...
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.
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...
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....
Britain鈥檚 new Labour government has pledged immediate action to grow the economy after clinching a landslide election victory to oust the Conservatives, but its task could be hampered by strained state finances following huge Covid expenditures....
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...
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...
South Africa鈥檚 new unity government under president Cyril Ramaphosa began being sworn in during a televised ceremony in Cape Town on Wednesday following weeks of coalition haggling...
AFTER a 14-year struggle, including five years spent in Belmarsh, a maximum-security prison in London, WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is finally free. Under the terms of a plea deal with the U.S. Department of Justice, Assange pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to obtain documents, writings and notes connected with the national defense under...