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Bangladesh Civil Service traces its origins to the Civil Service of Pakistan which was based on the Indian Civil Service of the British Raj. [10] After the independence of Bangladesh, the Awami League government under president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman established a quota for the Bangladesh Civil Service through an order of the Ministry of Cabinet Services.
The protest began in June 2024, in response to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh reinstating a 30% quota for descendants of freedom fighters, reversing the government decision made in response to the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. Students began to feel like they have a limited opportunity based on merit.
Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants, a partial victory for student protesters after days of nationwide unrest and deadly ...
Under the quota system, some 30% of sought-after civil service jobs are reserved for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence from Pakistan in 1971 - with many of the ...
Violence in Bangladesh has killed at least six people and injured hundreds after students took to the streets to demand reforms to a quota system that governs distribution of government jobs. The ...
Ohidul Islam and Others v. The Government of Bangladesh and Others was a case brought before the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. [1] [2] The writ petition was filed three years after the Government of Bangladesh, amid the 2018 quota reform movement, issued a circular declaring the existing quotas for descendants of 1971 Liberation War veterans to be unconstitutional. [3]
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.
Anti Quota Protests were spread to other parts of the country which made this protest a vital political issue. [5] The Prime minister of Bangladesh committed to remove this quota system as soon as possible. In October 2018, the government eliminated the quota system for recruitment to grade 9 and higher government jobs.