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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 ...
The quota system serves as an affirmative action plan for marginalized groups, as well as for descendants (including grandchildren in 2010) of former soldiers. [9] From the 35th to 40th Bangladesh Civil Service exams, not enough candidates were found for recruitment under the system: merit-based jobs were only 44 percent of job openings, but ...
The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement was a series of anti-government [d] and pro- democracy [e] protests in Bangladesh, spearheaded primarily by university students. Initially focused on restructuring quota-based systems for government job recruitment, the movement expanded against what many perceive as an authoritarian government when ...
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 ...
Sam Jahan and Sudipto Ganguly. July 21, 2024 at 12:05 PM. By Sam Jahan and Sudipto Ganguly. DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped most quotas on government jobs after ...
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."
The 2018 Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement was a students' movement demanding reforms in policies regarding recruitment in the Bangladesh government services. Bangladesh Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad (Bangladesh General Students' Right Conservation Council) initiated movement initially began in Shahbag and on Dhaka University ...
A 2009 study by the Boston Consulting Group found that the number of Internet subscribers in Bangladesh is likely to reach 18.3 million by the year 2020, equivalent to a 32 percent household Internet penetration, which will result in a 2.6 percent contribution to the country's GDP while creating 129,000 more jobs, the research added. [17]