Bangladesh quota reform movement
‘We demanded quota system reformation, not abolishment’
Quota reformists say that their movement was for logical reformation in the civil service quota system, not for total abolishment.
Release arrested students: SCBA
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) demands release of students detained over recent protests and quota reform movement, withdrawing all cases filed against them.
Luma placed on 3-day remand over ‘rumours’
A Dhaka court places quota reform leader Lutfur Nahar Luma on a three-day remand in a case filed against her for allegedly spreading rumours on social media and instigating violence during the...
Quota reform demo: Eden College student held in Sirajganj
A student of Eden College, also a leader of the quota reform movement, is arrested from her grandfather’s house in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj district, police say.
Tougher quota demo threatened
The quota reformists yesterday threatened the government with tougher agitation if their three-point demand, including unconditional release of their leaders and exemplary punishment of the...
‘Quota reform demand logical’
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain says the ongoing students’ movement demanding reform to the existing quota system in civil service is a logical one and blasted the people who branded the quota...
Students’ platform demands release of quota reform activists from jail
Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Odhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad, the platform that spearheaded the movement for civil quota system reformation, comes up with three-point demand including immediate release...
PM warns BCL of excess on quota issue: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says members of the party's student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League were warned so that no more complaints are made against them on the quota issue.
Quota Review: Committee gets 90 more days
The time-frame of the committee formed on July 2 to “review, reform or cancel” the quota system for civil service has been extended for 90 more working days as it has not finished collecting...
PM took U-turn over quota: Fakhrul
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken a U-turn over quota, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.
What's the logic behind movement?
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she was unable to understand the logic behind the quota reform movement.