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.
Severe waterlogging looms over capital
The capital would face unprecedented waterlogging in the coming monsoon mainly due to its unplanned and insufficient drainage facilities, their poor maintenance, disappearance of the canals as a result of land grabbing and uncoordinated development activities carried out by government agencies, anticipates urban planners.
RAPE IN BUS Five to be quizzed for 3 days
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted police three days to question five suspects, who were reportedly held for raping a 24-year-old female garment worker on a moving bus of Jatriseba Paribahan at Dhamrai in Dhaka
Divergent faction continues quota movement
A divergent faction is continuing the quota reform movement at Dhaka University campus asking for the reform in a week time with the central platform of the quota movement already deciding to keep the movement postponed upon government's assurance
