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In October 1968, two fractions of East Pakistan Students Union, led by Rashed Khan Menon and Matia Chowdhury, and East Pakistan Students League formed an alliance called the Sarbadaliya Chhatra Sangram Parishad (All Party Student Movement Council in Bengali) The Parishad announced an 11-point demand that called for education reform, restoration ...
The inhabitants of East Pakistan (later Bangladesh) constituted the majority of Pakistan's population, and exports from East Pakistan, such as jute, accounted for a significant portion of Pakistan's export income. However, East Pakistanis felt they did not receive a proportional share of political power and economic benefits within Pakistan.
In the early months of 1968, Ayub Khan celebrated what was called the "Decade of Development", but outraged citizens erupted in protest. In response to the "Decade of Development" in the early weeks of October 1968 the National Students Federation, associated with the Maoist faction of the Communist Party of West Pakistan, started holding "Demands Week" protests and a campaign to expose the so ...
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.
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 University Library, housed in three separate buildings, is the biggest in Bangladesh. The library holds a collection of more than 617,000 volumes, including bound volumes of periodicals. In addition, it has a collection of over 30,000 manuscripts in other languages and a large number of microfilms, microfiche, and CDs.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a staunch advocate of democracy, emphasizing its pivotal role in governing Bangladesh. He articulated a clear vision, asserting that democratic rights were fundamental, and the collective will of the people should guide the trajectory of the nation.
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 Anti-discrimination Students Movement , after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the ...