Myanmar rights crisis hits new low, Rohingya among worst affected: UN
25 August 2026
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Rights
BJIM says Humaiun Kobir ‘ridiculed’ journalists instead of answering citizenship question
24 August 2026
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Rohingya crisis needs renewed global attention: Human Concern
24 August 2026
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Workers demand answers over ‘gas-free’ ship after 10 deaths in Sitakunda
24 August 2026
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SSC student deaths: Aachol Foundation seeks govt intervention to prevent suicides
16 August 2026
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Journalism must not be equated with participation in crimes: Ain o Salish Kendra
16 August 2026
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Rangamati journalists rally for release of colleague Saykat Ranjan
13 August 2026
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Journalists demand access to SC courtrooms
12 August 2026
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BLAST demands justice for tortured sisters in Shariatpur
9 August 2026
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Journo Nadim murder: CPJ concerned as prime accused freed on bail
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed concerned as Mahmudul Alam alias Babu, the prime accused in Jamalpur journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim murder case, has been released on bail
11 July 2024
Quota system can be 'logically' reformed
Says Sector Commanders Forum
11 July 2024
Reinforce tobacco control laws
Say experts, call for stringent OTT policies to safeguard public health
11 July 2024
Protesting RU students block rail line
Rajshahi University (RU) students blocked Rajshahi rail route at 6:15pm, protesting the attack on Cumilla University students by police during a blockade demanding the abolition of quota in government jobs
11 July 2024
Quader urges students not to create public sufferings
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today urged students, protesting to scrap the quota system in government jobs, to return to their respective educational institutions and put an end to public suffering
11 July 2024
Govt can change quota ratio, observes HC
The High Court today released the operative portion of its judgment regarding the quota system, observing that the government is at liberty to fill up the vacant posts from the general merit list, if any quota is not fulfilled in any public examination
11 July 2024
JnU students break campus gates, join quota protest at Shahbagh
Breaking the gates on the campus, Jagannath University (JnU) students today joined with the student blockade at Shahbagh intersection to protest against the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs.
11 July 2024
Quota issue will be resolved by first week of August, Quader hopes
Quota issue will be resolved through the final hearing in the country's Apex Court in the first week of August, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today
10 July 2024
Mass media employee bill will ensure job protection: state minister
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat today said all media, including electronic, print and digital, will be included in the proposed mass media employee bill
9 July 2024
Palli Bidyut employees continue strike
The officials and employees of Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) in Bagerhat continued their strike for the ninth consecutive day today, pressing for demands including the regularisation of their jobs
9 July 2024
Quota protest: Students announce daylong blockade tomorrow
After a break for a day, students demonstrating against the quota system in government jobs today once again declared a large-scale blockade tomorrow
9 July 2024
Bangla blockade: JU students block Dhaka-Aricha highway
Hundreds of students of Jahangirnagar University blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway near the university campus today, protesting the reinstatement of quota system in government jobs
9 July 2024
Quota protesters can place arguments before SC through lawyers: law minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the government cannot make a decision about the quota system in the government jobs, as the matter in now pending before the Supreme Court
8 July 2024
Quota protest: No blockade tomorrow
Students demonstrating against quotas in government jobs decided not to hold any blockade programmes tomorrow
8 July 2024
Anti-Quota protests: Students announce fresh programmes for tomorrow
Agitating students demanding the abolition of quota in recruitment of government jobs declared to block important intersections of the capital and highways adjacent to colleges and universities across the country tomorrow
7 July 2024
Court will decide on quota: edu minister
Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury today said the quota issue is now under trial
7 July 2024
Students withdraw Karwan Bazar, Bangla Motor blockades after an hour
Students demonstrating against the quota system in government jobs have withdrawn their blockades from Karwan Bazar and Bangla motor intersections in Dhaka this evening, nearly one hour after they blocked the intersections as part of their "Bangla Blockade" programme.
7 July 2024
Quota protest: Students to boycott classes, exams from Sunday
Students announce fresh programmes demanding the abolishment of quota system in govt jobs
4 July 2024
Writ petition seeks govt policy on paternity leave
A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking its directive on the government to formulate a paternity leave policy for the employees at all institutions of the country.
3 July 2024
Recognise women's domestic work as economic activity: JS body
A parliamentary body today recommended that the government recognise women's domestic work as an economic activity
26 June 2024