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...
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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...
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....
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...
Govt can change, reduce, increase quotas: HC
The High Court in the operative part of its verdict on quota in government job has said that the government at liberty to change, reduce or increase the ratio or...
Quota protestors crossing the line, says home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said that students continuing quota protest are crossing the line....
Six injured as police clash with quota protesters in Cumilla
At least six people were injured as police and quota protesters locked in a clash when the protesters from Cumilla University tried to block the Dhaka-Chittagong highway near their university Thursday afternoon....
DMP warns anti-quota protesters not to cause further public suffering
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police additional commissioner Khandkar Muhid Uddin on Thursday said that there was no scope for anti-quota protesters to take to the streets after the Appellate Division decision on Wednesday to stay for four weeks a High Court verdict that had asked the government to restore a 30 per cent quota for freedom fighters鈥� descendants....
Air passengers suffer due to anti-quota blockade
Air passengers, especially those departing for overseas jobs, have suffered because of blockade of roads and railways by anti-quota protesters across the country on Wednesday as many had to reach the airport in Dhaka hours before their scheduled journeys...
Quota protesters want law, not litigation
Students protesting for reform in the existing quota system in government services vowed to continue their movement despite the Appellate Division鈥檚 decision on Wednesday to stay for four weeks a High Court verdict that had asked the government to restore a 30 per cent quota for freedom fighters鈥� descendants...
HC verdict on job quota stayed
The Appellate Division on Wednesday ordered status quo for four weeks over a High Court verdict that asked the government authorities to restore a 30 per cent quota for the descendants of freedom fighters while recruiting officers in the civil service...
Protesters against quota block roads, rail tracks at places across Bangladesh
Students of different public universities and colleges began its pre-announced day-long all-out blockade by blocking roads, highways and rail tracks in Dhaka and elsewhere across Bangladesh to press home their one-point demand to reform the existing quota system....
SC asks govt not to implement quota restoration verdict for four weeks
The Appellate Division on Wednesday asked the government authorities not to implement the High Court verdict that ordered them to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and dependents of freedom fighters while making recruitment in various cadre service...
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....
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...
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�...
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...
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...
Dozens protest in Kenya with riot police out in force
Dozens of Kenyans took to the streets on Tuesday under a heavy police presence, with many shops shuttered as youth activists called for fresh protests after...
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...
Kenya protesters vow to march again
Kenyan protest organisers called on Wednesday for fresh peaceful marches against deeply unpopular tax hikes, as the death toll from nationwide demonstrations climbed to 22, a state-funded rights body said, vowing an investigation...
Public univ teachers resume strike for 3 days
Teachers of the country鈥檚 different public universities on Tuesday resumed the half-day work abstention under a three-day protest demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme notification for them, terming it as discriminatory...
Five killed in Kenya protests
Five people were shot dead and 31 wounded on Tuesday during protests in Kenya over proposed tax hikes, an NGO said...
China protests EU sanctions on firms with Russian war links
China on Tuesday said it had protested to the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on 19 Chinese companies for abetting what the West believes is Beijing鈥檚 support for Russia鈥檚 war in Ukraine...