147 killed in聽violence during quota protests across Bangladesh: govt
The government at last disclosed on Sunday that 147 people, including common people, students, police, and ruling Awami League activists, were killed in...
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Restoration of women quota demanded
Leaders of two women oganisations on Saturday at a human chain formed in Dhaka called on the government to restore justified per cent of the quota for women in government jobs...
Low-income people hit hard by curfew, fresh price increase
A DEARTH of work and an absence of support from authorities, coupled with a fresh increase in goods prices, amidst the ongoing curfew has made lives of low-income people, especially day labourers, unbearable. The government imposed curfew at midnight past July 19 after at least 112 people were killed in July 16鈥�19 in the student movement over...
Govt arresting opposition leaders to hide number of death: parties
Leaders of the Ganatantra Mancha and some opposition political parties on Wednesday said that the ruling Awami League government was making arrests of opposition leaders to hide numbers of deaths in atrocities by law enforcers during the agitation of the students demanding quota reforms in government jobs...
2,000 opposition people arrested, says BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday claimed that at least 2,000 leaders and activists of their party and other opposition parties as well were arrested in the past few days during the ongoing student protest demanding quota reform in government jobs...
Rights activists find excessive use of force
Noted human rights activists on Wednesday said that they found that the government applied excessive force to prevent the agitation of unarmed students that started with the demand for reform in the quota system in government jobs...
Another missing quota protest coordinator Asif reappears after 6 days
Asif Mahmud, one of the co-coordinators of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, a platform demanding quota reform in government jobs, reappeared on Wednesday morning about six days after he had gone missing...
SC sets 7pc quota in govt job amid protests
The Appellate Division on Sunday scrapped the High Court verdict on quota in government job and ordered a 7 per cent quota 鈥� 5 per cent for the children of freedom fighters, 1 per cent for national minorities, and 1 per cent for people with disabilities and third genders...
Protesters term SC verdict unclear, demand law
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, a platform of students demanding quota reform in government jobs, on Sunday demanded to enact a law by calling a special session of Jatiya Sangsad within a week, terming the day鈥檚 Supreme Court verdict 鈥榰nclear鈥�...
People worried as internet blackout goes on
People鈥檚 sufferings exacerbated as the shutdown of internet continued on Sunday amid the countrywide protests and demonstrations against the killing of students amid the movement for quota reform in government jobs...
Govt to issue gazette notification on quota Tuesday: LM
Law minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday that the government would issue a gazette notification on Tuesday regarding the quota in government jobs following the verdict delivered by the Supreme Court...
30 lawyers condemn use of 鈥榚xcessive, force鈥� on quota protesters
Thirty lawyers condemned the 鈥榰se of excessive and disproportionate force鈥� on the student protesters demanding quota reforms in government jobs in a statement issued on Sunday...
Govt had better take action on all issues protesters talk of
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...
SWF, CPB women cell demand restoration of women quota
Socialist Women Forum and Women Cell of Communist Party of Bangladesh on Tuesday demanded restoration of 10 per cent women quota in government jobs...
Govt must stay off disinformation campaign and act responsibly
THE foreign minister Hasan Mahmud briefed foreign diplomats in Dhaka on July 21 and screened a 15-minute video for them which was focused on the damage allegedly caused by the protesters who sought reforms in civil service job reservations. What the government showed to the ambassadors is half-truth, which is at times worse than lies...
Arafat for taking action against attackers, killers upon investigation
Expressing grief over the causalities during the violence across Bangladesh, centring job quota reform movement, state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat said on Tuesday that action would be taken against the attackers, perpetrators and killers upon investigation....
JnU administration revokes decision to close hall聽
The administration of Jagannath University has revoked its decision to close the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall amid student protests....
Police fire tear gas, sound grenades at DU students鈥� coffin procession
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....
DU students refuse to vacate halls
Dhaka University students on Wednesday rejected the university authorities鈥� decision to vacant halls by 6:00pm on the day....
Mobile internet speed slows down on most univ campuses
Mobile phone users have been experiencing slow internet speed on most public university campuses, including Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University, Rajshahi University and Chittagong University...
Govt closes primary schools in cities
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....
Young Chinese seek alternative jobs in shifting economy
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...
BGB deployed to maintain law, order in Dhaka, elsewhere
The Border Guard Bangladesh personnel have been deployed amid the quota reform movement across the country in Dhaka, Chattogram, Bogura and Rajshahi....
BCL, JL attack protesters at Science Laboratory crossing
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....
One quota protester killed, 16 injured in Rangpur clash
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.
BCL, quota protesters clash at DU
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....
Nat鈥檒 minorities for restoration of 5pc quota in govt job
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...
Crucial farm jobs dry up in Morocco amid drought
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...
Govt may make rules for recruiting backward sections: HC
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�..
Court to make final decision on quota: PM
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...