Quota protesters announce protest procession on all univ campuses for Tuesday
Students demanding reform in the quota system in government on Monday announced protest processions on the campuses of all universities across Bangladesh for Tuesday....
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200 injured as BCL attacks quota protesters at DU 聽
Students demanding reform in the quota system in government jobs claimed that at least 200 students were injured in a clash between quota protesters and Bangladesh Chhatra League on Monday....
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....
15 quota protesters injured in BCL attack at Eden College
The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League鈥檚 Eden College unit allegedly launched an attack on quota protesters and leaders of the Socialist Students Front on Monday....
Students again on streets demanding PM should withdraw remarks
Agitating students of Dhaka University and other educational institutions on Monday afternoon again took to the streets demanding that prime minister Sheikh Hasina should withdraw her remarks...
JU hall provost resigns after 鈥楤CL attack on protesters鈥�
Provost of Bishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore of Jahangirnagar University resigned from the post following an attack on quota protesters, allegedly by Chhatra League activists early Monday...
Midnight protests erupt on univ campuses across Bangladesh over PM鈥檚 remark
Thousands of university students across Bangladesh took to the streets on Sunday night, primarily on their campuses, in protest at remarks made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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...
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...
Case against quota protesters could be dropped if meritless: minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan indicated on Sunday that the case filed against quota protesters could be dismissed if it was without merit...
Quota protestors march towards Bangabhaban defying police obstruction
Students calling for the reform of the quota system in public service marched towards Bangabhaban removing police barricade at Gulistan in the capital on Sunday afternoon...
24hr ultimatum given to lift case
The protesting students for quota system reform in government jobs on Saturday gave a 24-hour ultimatum for withdrawal of the police case against them and demanded actions against...
Intruders enter into quota reform movement: DB
Dhaka Metropolitan Police additional commissioner and Detective Branch chief Harun Or Rashid on Saturday said that intruders entered into the quota movement to divert it in a different direction...
It鈥檚 time to say 鈥榥o鈥� to discriminatory quota
IN RECENT days, Bangladesh has seen student protests in many parts of the country, especially on university campuses. The protesting students have valid reasons to protest about a quota system that they find highly unfair and discriminatory. A whopping 30 per cent of the well-paid and massively oversubscribed Bangladesh Civil Service posts...
BNP for withdrawal of case against聽anti-quota protesters
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday demanded withdrawal of the case filed against the students agitating for quota system reform in...
Unidentified quota protesters sued over vandalising police vehicles
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....
It will be sub judice if we meet protesting students: Obaidul
The road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that if they met with the protesting students against the quota system then it would be a sub judice...
AL asks quota protesters not to become political tools
Urging the quota protesters not to be abused as political tools of anyone, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said that their party was always...
Ghosts of anti-independence elements conspiring: Anisul
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister advocate Anisul Huq said on Friday that ghosts of anti-independence elements were conspiring in the name of...
Students keep blocking roads, railways
Thousands of students agitating for quota system reform in government jobs in the capital and elsewhere across the country vowed on Friday to resist attacks and overcome obstacles...
Police won鈥檛 tolerate violation of law: DMP commissioner
Mentioning that everyone should obey by the court order, Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman on Friday said that police would not tolerate...
Quota protesters vow to resist intimidation
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....
Govt, AL, BCL warn anti-quota protesters
The government and the ruling Awami League issued a warning on Thursday for students protesting against the quota system in public service on the streets, saying that...
Ensure proper coordination, adjustment of quota-related issue: NHRC
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...
JCD expresses support for anti-quota movement
Jatiyatavadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Thursday expressed its full support to the ongoing movement waged by students and jobseekers demanding quota reform in government jobs...
Protesters face attacks, intimidation
Students protesting against the reinstatement of quotas in public services and demanding reform in the system faced attacks and intimidation by the police and the ruling Awami League鈥檚...
Chhatra Dal extends support to quota movement
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.
BNP must walk the walk and stop belittling legitimate issues
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...
