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In response to the controversial statement made by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh during a press conference, where she reportedly referred to students protesting the quota reform movement as the children of Razakars (traitors in the 1971 Independence War), students organized a midnight demonstration at the Dhaka University campus area (See ...
Current government projects to promote the education of children in Bangladesh include compulsory primary education for all, free education for girls up to class 10, [25] stipends for female students, a nationwide integrated education system and a food-for-education literacy movement. A large section of the country's national budget is set ...
The Students–People's uprising, [a] also known as the July Revolution, [b] was a pro-democracy mass uprising in Bangladesh. [c] It began as a quota reform movement in early June 2024, led by the Students Against Discrimination, after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector.
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 ...
More than 100 students were injured across Bangladesh on Monday in clashes between those protesting to end a quota system for government jobs and others loyal to the ruling party, police and ...
Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday scaled back that quota and ordered that the veterans’ share be cut to 5%, with 93% of jobs AP PHOTOS: Student violence in Bangladesh has killed scores of ...
Bangladesh, [a] officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, [b] is a country in South Asia.It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and among the most densely populated with a population exceeding 170 million within an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi).
Bangladesh is elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council. 3 June: Zia-ur Rahman wins presidential election and secures his position for a five-year term. 1979: 18 February: The 1979 General Election takes place. Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Zia scores a decisive victory. [21] 1981: 30 May: Assassination of Ziaur Rahman. 1982: ...