Bangladesh quota system in public jobs

Quota protest: JU students block Dhaka-Aricha highway

Hundreds of students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway near the university campus for around two hours to protest the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs

Protests against quotas: Students go for ‘Bangla Blockade’

Students demonstrating against quotas in government jobs are set to block key intersections in the capital and highways next to campuses across the country this afternoon.

BNP lends support to anti-quota, pension protests

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today announced BNP's support for the ongoing quota reform and pension movements

Quota protests: University students briefly block major highways

Thousands of students from Rajshahi University, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, and Begum Rokeya University today briefly blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi, Dhaka-Tangail, and Dhaka-Rangpur highways to protest the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs

Quota protest: Students block Dhaka-Ctg highway for 3hrs

There were long tailbacks on both sides of the highway after the blockade; Chittagong University students block Ctg-Khagrachhari highway

Some BCL men barring DU students from joining quota system protest

Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League were "on alert" to prevent at various halls in Dhaka University this morning to prevent students from joining a protest demanding the reinstatement of the government's 2018 circular that abolished the quota system in public service

Quota system protest: Agricultural univ students block Agargaon road

Student of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University blocked the road in near their university in the capital's Agargaon in protest of the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs

Quota system protest: Students block Shahbagh intersection again

Several hundred students blocked the Shahbagh intersection in the capital again around 12:20pm today in protest of the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs

Govt jobs: HC order restoring quota for freedom fighters' children upheld for now

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today upheld the High Court verdict that restored 30 percent quota system for the freedom fighters' children in ninth to 13th grades of government jobs till further order

July 4, 2024
July 4, 2024

Anti-quota demos rage on across the country

University students yesterday stepped up their protest demanding the reinstatement of the government’s 2018 circular that abolished the quota system in public service.

June 9, 2024
June 9, 2024

DU students stage protest against return of quota

Dhaka University (DU) students today staged protest against a High Court order that ordered the restoration of 56 percent quota, including 30 percent quota for freedom fighters, in first and second class government jobs

June 9, 2024
June 9, 2024

30pc FF quota in govt jobs: Govt seeks stay on HC verdict

The government today filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court verdict that restored 30 percent quota system for the freedom fighters' children in the civil service

June 7, 2024
June 7, 2024

A rebirth of the quota reform movement?

Court ruling in favour of reinstating quotas in public jobs may reignite protests

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