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The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2024 in Bangladesh.2024 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.
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.
On 5 August 2024, Bangladesh's longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India following the non-cooperation movement.It was a pro-democratic disinvestment movement and mass uprising, of which the sole demand was the resignation of Sheikh Hasina and her cabinet, initiated within the framework of the month-long quota reform movement resulting in mass killings.
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 Awami League won the 2018 general elections and formed the government. [23] The first session of the parliament sat on 30 January 2019. As the tenure of a parliament lasts five years in Bangladesh, [3] the Sangsad was scheduled to expire on 29 January 2024.
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.
The non-cooperation movement, [a] also known as the one-point movement, [b] was a pro-democratic disinvestment movement and a mass uprising against the Awami League-led government of Bangladesh, initiated within the framework of 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
General elections are expected to take place in Bangladesh following the removal of the government of Sheikh Hasina amidst the Student–People's uprising in August 2024. A constituent assembly election will take place before the general elections. [1]