QUOTA REFORMS FOR GOVT JOBS Protests resume, spread to pvt univs
Protests for reduction of quota to 10 per cent from the existing 56 per cent in government jobs continued and spread from public universities to private universities Tuesday, the third consecutive day of the protests
DU hall unit BCL chief expelled for ‘torturing’ anti-quota protester
The Dhaka University authorities have expelled a leader of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, ruling Awami League-backed student organisation, for allegedly torturing a female protester inside the hall early Wednesday.
Severe waterlogging looms over capital
The capital would face unprecedented waterlogging in the coming monsoon mainly due to its unplanned and insufficient drainage facilities, their poor maintenance, disappearance of the canals as a result of land grabbing and uncoordinated development activities carried out by government agencies, anticipates urban planners.
RAPE IN BUS Five to be quizzed for 3 days
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted police three days to question five suspects, who were reportedly held for raping a 24-year-old female garment worker on a moving bus of Jatriseba Paribahan at Dhamrai in Dhaka
Divergent faction continues quota movement
A divergent faction is continuing the quota reform movement at Dhaka University campus asking for the reform in a week time with the central platform of the quota movement already deciding to keep the movement postponed upon government's assurance
Woman ‘gang-raped’ in running bus
Police arrested five transport workers Sunday night chasing a bus of Jatriseba Paribahan on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Dhamrai on the outskirts of the capital as they were allegedly raping a 24-year-old female readymade garment worker in the bus on her way home from her workplace
Sudden surge in diarrhoea patients in capital
The number of diarrhoea patients rose suddenly in and around the capital with the advent of summer.Hospitals in the capital are struggling to grapple with the sudden surge of diarrhoea
AIT on newsprint imports to go: Muhith
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Monday said he would cut import duty on newsprint and realise value added tax from the private universities from the next fiscal year beginning July 1.
Protests paralyse univs, trigger traffic chaos
Protests paralyse univs, trigger traffic chaos Police, BCL attacks mark two-day pitched battles at DU Staff CorrespondentDaylong protests of jobseekers and university students for reduction of quota in government jobs paralysed education at public universities and triggered traffic chaos across the country on Monday
Arm losing student Rajib on life support
Government Titumir College student Rajib Hasan who got his right arm lost being pressed between two buses in the city has been kept on life support at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
