Rathish murder accused die in custody

An accused in public prosecutor Rathish Chandra Bhowmic murder, Madan Chandra Milon, 30, died on Friday night at the prison cell of Rangpur Medical College Hospital.He was the assistant and motorbike driver of Rathish Chandra Bhowmic.

Quota system abolition not right decision, says Ershad

Jatiya Party chairman Hossain Mohammad Ershad on Friday said that it would not be right to fully abolish the quota system in government service.

Scraping rickety CNG autos goes slow

Scraping and replacing CNG-run auto rickshaws beyond their economic life in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan cities is yet to start in full swing. In the port city scraping of expired CNG autos would start today, officials said while the process was suspended for few days in the capital.

Quota system to go: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that there would be no quota system in public service recruitment to avoid repeated movements for its reform.

33 univ teachers want quota reform

Thirty-three teachers of different public universities, hours after prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s parliamentary speech on quota system in public services, on Wednesday demanded quota reform, not abolition

Occupants’ protest halts eviction drive in Ctg hills

The people who have been living illegally in the Motijhorna hill of Chittagong compelled the district administration to halt its eviction drive on Wednesday morning.

No quota in public service recruitment: PM

Prime minister Sheiklh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that there would be quota system in public service since nobody wants it.

Protests continue across the country

Protests for reduction of quota to 10 per cent from the existing 56 per cent in government jobs continued across the country on Wednesday for the fourth consecutive day of the protests and spread from public universities to private universities.

QUOTA REFORMS FOR GOVT JOBS Protests resume, spread to pvt univs

Protests for reduction of quota to 10 per cent from the existing 56 per cent in government jobs continued and spread from public universities to private universities Tuesday, the third consecutive day of the protests

DU hall unit BCL chief expelled for ‘torturing’ anti-quota protester

The Dhaka University authorities have expelled a leader of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, ruling Awami League-backed student organisation, for allegedly torturing a female protester inside the hall early Wednesday.