Bangladesh's top court on Sunday scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants, a partial victory for student protesters.
6 months ago

The global job market has gone through a dramatic paradigm shift during the COVID-19 period, enabling remote work opportunities for...
2 months ago

Tens of thousands of students blocked the main streets of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, on Thursday, demanding that quotas for civil service jobs be abolished.
6 months ago

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh, on Sunday, scaled back the controversial quota system for civil service job applicants, reducing its scope but stopping short...
6 months ago

Bangladesh's top court on Sunday scaled back -- but did not abolish -- a contentious quota system for civil service job applicants after the...
5 months ago

Students want the quota system scaled back to only apply to ethnic minorities and people with disabilities, with the remaining 94 per cent of positions...
6 months ago

Huge protests across Bangladesh escalated into deadly violence this week with clashes between students, pro-government supporters and armed...
6 months ago

Dozens of people have been killed in Bangladesh as nationwide student protests over the allocation of civil service jobs took an increasingly violent turn.
6 months ago

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government late Friday announced a nationwide curfew across Bangladesh and ordered the deployment of military...
6 months ago

Bangladesh's top court on July 10 temporarily suspended quotas for coveted government jobs after thousands of students staged nationwide protests.
6 months ago