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Students in Bangladesh began a quota reform movement in early June 2024 after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector. The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as July massacre , by the ...
DHAKA (Reuters) -Soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday and the government ordered all offices and institutions to stay closed for two days after at ...
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday rolled back most of the controversial quotas on government jobs which sparked violent protests.. Under the quota system, some 30% of sought-after civil ...
At the heart of the demonstrations is a quota system that reserves up to 30% of government jobs for family members of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.
The massacre was a significant event in the political spectrum of Bangladesh, and part of the ongoing unrest that began in mid-2024. [30] The Supreme Court's decision to reinstate a 30% job quota for descendants of freedom fighters sparked initial protests as the decision reversed reforms from 2018 made in response to the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. [31]
In response to the situation, India has placed its Border Security Force on high alert along its 4,096 km border with Bangladesh. Additionally, India has suspended all train and flight services to Dhaka, [ 234 ] while the state government of Meghalaya has enforced a night curfew in areas bordering Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh government said on Tuesday it would heed a Supreme Court ruling that 93% of state jobs be open to competition, meeting a key demand of students after a week of some of the country's ...
The government of Bangladesh has set an ambitious target of generating 30 million new job opportunities by the year 2030. [3] In its endeavor to improve labor conditions and expand employment opportunities, the Government of Bangladesh has undertaken significant initiatives to establish a specialized entity known as the "Directorate of Employment."