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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 the July massacre , by ...
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.
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 ...
Previously, Bangladesh has more than 55% quota in various government jobs, including 30% freedom fighter quota, 10% district-wise quota, 10% for women and 5% for minorities. [15] [16] However, as per the rules, if there are no qualified candidates in these quotas, 1% is allocated for the disabled. As a result, only 44% of the candidates were ...
The main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), demanded that the government hand over power to a neutral caretaker government before the January 2024 elections. [9] This was rejected by Hasina, who vowed that "Bangladesh will never allow an unelected government again". [ 10 ]
Hasnat Abdullah (Bengali: হাসনাত আব্দুল্লাহ) is a Bangladeshi student activist and convener of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement, [1] [2] which led the Student–People's uprising. [3] [4] He is currently a student in the English Department at University of Dhaka. [5] [6]
6 January 2009 – 5 August 2024 Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad: Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury: 1 May 2013 – 6 August 2024 Chief Justice: Obaidul Hassan: 25 September 2023 – 10 August 2024 Chief Election Commissioner: Kazi Habibul Awal: 27 February 2022 – 6 August 2024 Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission: Mohammed Sohrab Hossain
The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2024 in Bangladesh. 2024 ( MMXXIV ) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar , the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century , and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.