Stipulating that 93 percent of recruitments will be on merit now, Bangladesh Supreme Court has scrapped most of the quotas in government jobs which had led to massive protests across the country and left over 100 people dead, media reports said.
Bangladesh govt orders 'shoot-on-sight' to quell student protests as death toll reaches 133
Dhaka/IBNS: The Bangladesh government has ordered the army to 'shoot-on-sight' in order to quell the civil unrest and for those defying the curfew orders as soldiers patrolled the streets amid the violent protest by students over demanding quota reform in government jobs, media reports said.
Bangladesh unrest: Govt imposes curfew, orders army deployment
Dhaka/IBNS: The Bangladesh government has imposed a countrywide curfew and deployed troops as at least 105 deaths have been reported so far since Friday morning in violent protests and clashes over the government job quota system, media reports said.
Bangladesh snaps internet services as anti-quota protests turn violent killing 39
Dhaka/IBNS: At least 39 people have been killed in the violent protests against the quota system for government jobs in Bangladesh forcing the state to snap internet services in a bid to control the situation, media reports said.
Anti-quota protests leave over 30 dead in Bangladesh
Bangladesh, the nation which voted to power PM Sheikh Hasina and her government to power for another term this year, has been put on high alert as clashes between students and police continue over quota issues.
Bangladesh quota unrest escalates, 32 dead; protesters set state TV HQ on fire
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladeshi students Thursday set ablaze the country's state broadcaster BTV's headquarters, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeared on the network seeking to calm escalating tension that has left at least 32 people dead.
Violent clashes erupt at Bangladesh's Jatrabari over quota reform movement, 6 sustain bullet wounds
Dhaka/IBNS: At least six people, including a child, received injuries from tear gas shells and rubber bullets in a violent clash between protesting students and the police during the quota reform movement in the Shonir Akhra area in the capital's Jatrabari on Wednesday evening, media reports said.
Bangladesh's deadliest executioner Shahjahan Bhuiyan, who had executed six killers of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, died at a hospital in the capital Dhaka City on Monday.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has claimed a 'white man' offered her to create an airbase of a foreign country in her nation in return for smooth re-election in the January 7 general polls.
Experts, intellectuals hold Pakistan accountable for Bangladesh war crimes in 1971
International geopolitics experts and intellectuals held Pakistan accountable for the war crimes of 1971 in Bangladesh.
Global experts to participate in international webinar on 'Bangladesh Genocide' on March 24
Eight experts from across the world will participate in an international webinar to mark 'Bangladesh Genocide Remembrance Day' on March 24.
Bangladeshi detectives arrest three members of Chinese fraud gang
Detectives have arrested three Bangladeshi associates of a Chinese gang that has been embezzling a huge amount of money by targeting Bangladeshis through various online scams.
Somali pirates hijack Bangladesh-flagged cargo vessel
Somali pirates on Tuesday hijacked a Bangladesh-flagged cargo vessel in the Indian Ocean and held hostage all the 23 crew members, Bangladeshi officials confirmed.
Bangladesh building fire leaves 44 dead
At least 44 people, including 26 women and three children, died after a fire broke out at the seven-storey Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Thursday.
Bangladesh's far-right political outfit rejects 'India Out' social media campaign
Bangladesh's far-right political party Bangladesh Islami Front has negated 'India Out' social media campaign which has been circulating on social media in recent times with the potential to damage the relationship between the two neighbouring nations.