Tipping points: where things stand
MAJOR planetary boundaries that support life are at risk of collapse. This is happening at speeds that climate scientists never thought possible. What are the consequences and what, if anything, can be done?...
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People hold demos for job assurance, admission, madrassah nationalisation
People in different groups on Thursday gathered in front of the Bangladesh Secretariat to press home their demands including assurance of employment, continuation of the migration system in cluster admission tests and nationalisation of ibtedayi madrassahs...
Filmmakers for censor board reform
Filmmakers on Wednesday demanded introduction of a rating system instead of banning any content...
Former CJ Khairul sued for changing verdict on caretaker govt
Former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque was prosecuted on Sunday for changing the Supreme Court verdict on the caretaker government system...
Protests all over
Hundreds of thousands of people on Friday came out on the streets across the country protesting at brutal killings and repression by the government during the student movement in...
What leads students to defy death on streets
IN MID-JULY, students in Bangladesh took to the streets to protest an illogical quota system which was meant to restrict their employment opportunities in the public sector. The government response to this peaceful, democratic movement has been brutal and cruel. In order to squelch this spontaneous student mobilisation, it launched a crackdown which is nothing but a euphemism for mass slaughter...
Corrosion of institutions: a call for reforms
THE recent events in Bangladesh have jolted the nation. What began as peaceful protests by public university students demanding the reforms in the quota system in public jobs has...
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...
125 arrested on sabotage charge during quota protests
At least 125 people have been arrested so far over their alleged involvement in sabotage during the quota reform system movement in the government job across the country...
Quota protest coordinator Nahid reappears injured
Nahid Islam, one of the coordinators of the Students Movement against Discrimination, a platform for the quota reform system in government services, was traced early Sunday, day after he went missing...
Govt borrows Tk聽94,281cr from banks in FY24
The government borrowed Tk 94,281 crore from the country鈥檚 banking system in the financial year 2023-24 while its revised target for the borrowing for the period was Tk聽1,55,935 crore...
Govt destroys evidence of killings: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday alleged that the Awami League government was destroying the evidences of killings and attacks during the countrywide...
BCS quota crisis and the state
THE job and social quota system has always been there and exists in one form or other in many countries...
DCCI for streamlining of tax system to improve compliance
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Ashraf Ahmed聽urged the government to streamline tax mechanism which will promote better understanding, easier compliance and reduce time, visit and cost...
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...
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....
BAURES unveils pomfret, eel鈥檚 smoking, canning techniques
Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System explored the potential of smoking and canning techniques for Pomfret and eel fish in its recent project focused on 鈥楶romoting sustainable technologies and value chain analysis to enhance incomes and reduce post-harvest losses of fishery products in the coastal regions of Bangladesh鈥�...
Day-long blockade today
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...
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....
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...
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...
All electronic payments to come under BB supervision
Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday passed the Payment and Settlement System Bill 2024 to bring all electronic payment by banks and non-bank service providers under the supervision of the Bangladesh Bank...
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...
New assessment system for national curriculum approved
The government approved a new assessment system for the national curriculum on Monday...
Budgetary allocation for garment workers demanded
Leaders of Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati on Friday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the government to keep an allocation in the proposed budget for financial year 2024-25 for the introduction of a rationing system for garment workers....