Lanka warns US tariffs threaten 鈥榯housands鈥� of jobs
Sri Lanka鈥檚 apparel manufacturing industry warned on Thursday that sweeping US tariffs will disrupt the island鈥檚 largest export sector and place thousands of jobs at risk...
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Maximum application fee of Tk 200 set for all govt jobs, including BCS
Application fees for all government jobs, including BCS and recruitment in banks and insurance companies have been capped at a maximum of Tk 200.
Foysal never came back home, dead or alive
On July 19, after having lunch, Md Foysal Sarker told his mother, Hajera Begum, that he would return soon before stepping out of their rented house in Savar鈥檚 Abdullahpur about 3:00pm...
Ordinance raising age limit for public jobs issued
An ordinance raising the age limit for entering public sector jobs to 32 was issued by Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday.
Jobseekers announce grand rally on Nov 24
A group of government jobseekers on Sunday called for a grand rally at 11:00am on November 24 in Shahbagh, Dhaka, demanding a minimum age limit of 35 for applying to government jobs with an open age limit under certain conditions...
Body positive about age limit extension
The committee appointed to review the age limit for entry into the civil service jobs has expressed positive views about raising the limit as demanded by a section of students...
Police fire tear gas shells as CA house blocked
The police on Monday afternoon lobbed tear gas shells and baton-charged the protesters who blocked the interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 official residence...
Raising age limit for govt jobs proposed
The Cabinet Division has sent a proposal on raising the age limit for entering government jobs to 35 years and the retirement age to 65 years to the public administration ministry...
European stocks, dollar recover from US jobs disappointment
European stock markets and the dollar recovered Monday after big pre-weekend falls caused by concerns about the health of the US economy, but Asian equities declined further...
Jobseekers block Shahbagh
Job seekers on Saturday noon blocked the Shahbagh intersection in the capital, demanding that the age limit for entry into government jobs be raised to 35 years from existing 30 years...
Job recruitment deaths highlight unemployment crisis in India
India launched a probe on Tuesday after 12 applicants for government jobs died during physical tests for coveted posts as excise officers.
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...