Support for youth quota in JS almost nil
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party strongly disagreed with the Constitutional Reform Commission on its proposal for a quota of 10 per cent parliamentary seats for young candidates...
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SUST students issue 48hr ultimatum to abolish irrational quotas
Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum demanding the abolition of all irrational quotas, including the ward quota...
GOVT SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMISSION: Govt changes decision on uprising victim family quota
The interim government on Tuesday changed its decision to reserve seats for family members of the July mass uprising victims 鈥� injured or martyred 鈥� for admission to government secondary schools...
Ex-minister, mayor sued for attack on quota protesters
A case has been filed against former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury and former Chattogram city mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, along with 127 others, in connection with an attack on a...
Ex-AL MP put on remand over Shibir activist murder
A Chattogram court on Sunday put former Awami League lawmaker from Chattogram 15 constituency Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin Nadvi on two-day remand in connection with the murder of an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist during the quota reform student movement...
JU forms committee to review dependant quota in admissions
Jahangirnagar University authorities on Monday formed a committee to review the university鈥檚 dependant quota in the admission process.
PROTESTS AGAINST ADMISSION QUOTAS: 7-college聽 students block Science Lab crossing
The students of Dhaka University-affiliated seven colleges blocked the Science Laboratory crossing Sunday evening to press home their five demands, including the abolition of unreasonable quota in admission tests...
BB resets sukuk allocation quotas
The Bangladesh Bank has reset quotas for allocating sukuk among Shariah-based banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and individual investors...
BCL leader arrested over attack on July protests
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested Sajibur Rahman Sajib, a leader of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, in a case filed over an attack on students during the quota reform movement on the Dhaka University campus in July 2024...
FF quota forgery: ACC sues Atrais UNO Kamal
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against Kamal Hossain, now serving as the upazila nirbahi officer of Atrai in Naogaon, on charges of fraud and misuse of the freedom fighter quota to secure government job.
HC questions player, staff quotas in DU admission
The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking Dhaka University authorities to explain within two weeks why the quotas for the children of university teachers and employees and the sports quota in admission should not be declared illegal...
RU teachers-employees, students at loggerheads
The teachers, employees and students of Rajshahi University have locked horns over cancelling the existing ward quota for the children and grand-children of the university teachers, officials and employees for admission to undergraduate courses.
JU students protest at admission quota, demand reforms
A group of Jahangirnagar University students staged a demonstration on JU campus, calling for reforms to what they described as a discriminatory quota system in university admissions, on Sunday...
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...
Quota reform movement revisit
THE quota reform movement taking the whole nation by storm finally brought down the undemocratic government in Bangladesh. The indignant people, because of the...
Rokeya Univ to sue 81 teachers, students as probe finds involvement
The authorities of the Begum Rokeya University have taken a decision to file a case against 81 people, including two teachers and 72 students in connection with the killing of anti-quota movement leader and the university鈥檚 student Abu Sayeed...
Bullet-hit child Musa sent to Singapore
Seven-year-old Musa Khan, who was shot in the head inside the garage of his Rampura house on July 19 during student protests demanding quota reform in government jobs, was sent to...
Sarjis slams negligence
A central coordinator of the Student Movement against Discrimination Sarjis Alam slammed the adviser to the health ministry Nurjahan Begum for alleged negligence in treating the...
3 deceased AL leaders named in case
Three deceased Awami League leaders, who died much earlier, have been prosecuted over the attack on the recent anti-quota student protests in Cumilla...
Ex- planning minister Mannan granted bail
A Sunamganj court on Wednesday granted bail to former planning minister MA Mannan in a case filed for alleged attack on a rally of the anti-quota movement...
Juba League activist held for shooting at quota protesters
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday arrested an activist of Juba League, the youth wing of Awami League, allegedly for shooting at protesting students in the capital鈥檚 Uttara during the...
JU invites applications for providing treatment costs
The authorities of Jahangirnagar University have invited applications from the university students injured during the quota reform student movement for providing treatment costs...
2 policemen arrested for killing Abu Sayeed during students' protest in Rangpur
Two members of the Rangpur Metropolitan Police were arrested by the Police Bureau of Investigation on Monday in connection with the killing of anti-quota movement leader and...
Father to never call little daughter 鈥榤y princess鈥�
Clothing trader Muhammad Zan Sharif will never anymore call his eight-year-old daughter Zara 鈥榤y princess鈥� as a bullet took his life during the student movement for quota reforms in...
Injured worry about future
Injured patients admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital during the quota reform movement and subsequent student-led mass uprising now worry about their future as many of them do not know when they can return to normal life and work...
Turning into a colour revolution?
THE student-led anti-quota movement has made the headlines globally, not only for its original demands but also for the broader implications it carried for the entire country. Initially sparked by grievances over the government鈥檚 quota system in public sector jobs, the movement evolved swiftly into a much larger political struggle...
Justice demanded for student protest victims
A youth organisation, Juba Bengali, on Monday demanded justice for those killed, including its central organiser Asif Iqbal, during student protests seeking quota reform in the...
Cop suspended for gagging student mouth during protest
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police have suspended Shahbagh police station inspector (operations) Arshad Hossain, who was photographed gagging a student protester during a demonstration on July 31...
Hospital bills worry families of injured
Family members of injured patients admitted to private hospitals during the quota reform movement are still worried about their bills.
Former Major General Ziaul Ahsan arrested, remanded in murder case
Former military officer Ziaul Ahsan, who was allegedly involved in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of people, was placed on eight-day remand in a...