Court will decide on quota system: minister
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Anisul Huq said on Tuesday that the Appellate Division would decide on quota system based on all sides鈥� statements....
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SC to hear DU students鈥� plea today
The Appellate Division has set today to hear a fresh petition seeking a stay on a High Court verdict that directed the government to restore a 30 per cent quota for...
Quota protesters鈥� blockades on tracks disrupt rail communications across Bangladesh
Rail communications across Bangladesh disrupted on Monday as students blocked the rail tracks at different places including Rajshahi, Chattogram and Mymensingh demanding cancellation of the High Court order that reinstated 30 per cent quotas for freedom fighters鈥� children and grandchildren in government jobs....
Anti-quota protests rock Bangladesh
Students from different public universities and colleges on Monday blocked rail tracks, roads, and highways in Dhaka and other places across the country, demanding reform in the...
Quader meets ministers over movements of students, teachers
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, also the general secretary of the ruling Awami League, met five other ministers and state ministers on Monday over the ongoing students鈥� protests against quota system in government jobs and teachers鈥� movement to cancel the new pension scheme....
RU students block rail tracks in Rajshahi demanding cancellation of quota
Rail communication between Rajshahi and the rest of the country remained suspended as a group of Rajshahi University students on Monday blocked the rail tracks near the university central graveyard demanding cancellation of the High Court order that reinstated 30 per cent quotas for freedom fighters鈥� children and grandchildren in government jobs...
Solution to quota issue should come from court, says PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that quota issue in the government jobs should be settled in the apex court.
Quota protesters leave Shahbagh announcing blockade for Monday
The students who gathered at Shahbagh in Bangladesh capital Dhaka at about 4:00pm to block the intersection and its adjoining areas left the place after over four hours announcing that they would block different areas in the city Monday afternoon....
PM dismisses anti-quota protests terming it as irrational, sub-judice
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday dismissed the movement against the quota system in the government jobs as irrational saying, 鈥業t is sub-judice.鈥�...
Dhaka traffic paralysed, highways in different parts of Bangladesh blocked
Students from different public universities and colleges blocked major highways in the country and several crossings in Dhaka on Sunday, demanding the cancellation of the...
Quota protesters block highways, announce blockade for today聽聽
Students from different public universities and colleges on Saturday blocked major highways across the country, including Dhaka-Tangail, Dhaka-Rajshahi, Dhaka-Pabna...
BNP morally supports movements of teachers, students: Fakhrul
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....
Students block Dhaka-Tangail highway demanding cancellation of quota
Students of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University in Tangail blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway for around two hours on Saturday demanding cancellation of quota system in government jobs...
Anti-quota protests keep spreading
The students of different public universities continued their protests on Friday demanding cancellation of the High Court order for restoring a 30 per cent quota for...
Unrest at public universities
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...
BNP infiltrates student, teacher movements: Hasan Mahmud
Foreign minister and the ruling Awami League joint general secretary Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said that the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party had infiltrated student and teacher movements over quota system and pension, as the party 鈥榣acks the capability to initiate independent actions.鈥�....
Student protests aganist quota intensify
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...
SC again refuses to stay HC verdict restoring FF quota
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court again on Thursday refused to stay a High Court verdict that asked the government to restore the 30 per cent quota for the...
JP chair GM Quader criticises quota system in govt service
Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Mohammad Quader on Wednesday criticised the government for keeping quota in the name of freedom fighters in government jobs....
Students continue blocking roads, highways
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...
BU students block Highway protesting against quota system reinstatement
Students of Barisal University blocked the Dhaka-Barisal Highway for an hour on Tuesday protesting against the restoration of the quota system in government jobs....
Students block Shahbagh,聽highway as quota protests intensify
Students of the University of Dhaka and Jahangirnagar university on Tuesday blocked the Shahbagh intersection and Dhaka-Aricha highway as protests demanding...
Students hold demos for cancelling HC order
Public university students on Monday blocked highways, brought out protest processions and held rallies demanding cancellation of the High Court order for the...
Quota or no quota 鈥� that is the question
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鈥檚 verdict...
Students threaten nationwide movement against FF quota
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鈥� children and...
SC refuses to stay HC verdict restoring 30pc FF quota in govt jobs
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday refused to stay a High Court verdict that asked the government to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters while recruiting cadre and non-cadre officers in the civil service....
JU students protest at restoration of FF quota
The students of Jahangirnagar University formed a human chain protesting at the move to restore freedom fighters鈥� quota in government jobs after a...
Quota helps a few, but meritocracy helps all
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...
JU students demand scrapping of HC verdict聽 on quota
Students of Jahangirnagar University on Friday demonstrated on the campus demanding scrapping of the recently delivered High Court verdict restoring...
How rational is govt job quota?
People of Bangladesh have been victims of discrimination at the hands of foreign rulers for thousands of years. It can, therefore, be seen that the development movement started with the aim of eliminating discrimination. The main objective of the great liberation war was to establish a non-sectarian...