Bangladesh quota reform movement
Quota reform leaders reeling under lawsuits
It is becoming increasingly difficult for quota reform leaders to attend court hearings every month as police are “dillydallying” the submission of probe reports in five cases filed against them over a year ago.
‘Movement was for quota system reformation, not for abolishment’
Quota reformists say that their movement was for logical reformation in the civil service quota system, not for total abolishment.
Toriqul fights thru' pain
As the ambulance stopped in front of the Department of Islamic Studies of Rajshahi University in the morning, a few students rushed towards it.
Issue gazette notification immediately
Quota reformists yesterday staged a demonstration on Rajshahi University campus demanding immediate gazette notification for bringing reforms to the quota system for civil service jobs.
Student Protest: 3 more students get bail
Three more students involved with the recent student protest and quota reform movement have been given bail in cases filed with different police stations in Dhaka.
Bail brings relief, joy
The last 14 days had been excruciating for the family members of Shakhawat Hossain Nijhum.
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.
Quota reform leader 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 recent student movement for safe roads.
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.
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 reformists as Razakars’ children.
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 of their activists from jail.
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 to get the job done
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 information and reviewing reports about the system.
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.
Don’t understand logic behind anti-quota movement: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she is unable to understand the logic behind the movement against quota system in civil service.
Quota reform leader Tariqul remanded
A Dhaka court places Tariqul Hassan, a leader of quota reform movement, on a one-day remand in a case filed over assaulting police and vandalising vehicles on April 9.
Students demand DU proctor’s resignation
A group of Dhaka University students demonstrate and demand resignation of the university’s proctor over his failure to provide security to the students.
Quader unaware of BCL attacking quota reformists
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that he does not know whether the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) carried out attacks on quota reformists.
