BNP terms demand for job quota reform justified

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Almgair termed on Monday justified the demand of the demonstrating students and job-seekers for reform of the existing quota system in public service, reports UNB.The BNP leader made the comments while speaking at an emergency press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office in...

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Pro-BNP docs demand 'proper medical tests' for Khaleda

Pro-BNP physicians demanded on Monday 'proper medical tests' for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has remained in Old Dhaka Central Jail on Nazimuddin Road in the city since her imprisonment in a graft case, reports UNB. They alleged Khaleda Zia's physical problems cannot be diagnosed with some 'simple medical tests'...

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Digital Security Bill in JS

The Digital Security Bill, 2018, aiming to deal with cybercrimes, including hurting the religious sentiment, propaganda against the Liberation War and the Father of Nation, and illegal activities in e-transactions and spreading defamatory data, was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday, reports UNB.Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa...

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Factional clash kills AL leader in Khulna

An Awami League (AL) leader was killed and four people, including two women, were injured in a clash between two rival factions at Atalia village in Terokhada upazila of Khulna on Monday morning, report agencies.The dead is Golam Maula (50), a member of Terokhada Sadar union parishad and president of...

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Job quota reform has necessity to secure FFs' honour: Zafar Iqbal

SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY, Apr 9 (UNB): Renowned writer and professor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal on Monday said job quota reform is needed to protect the honour of freedom fighters (FFs).Talking to reporters at Dr MA Wazed Miah IICT Building on the campus, Zafar...

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Ministry to scrutinise quota system, says cabinet secretary

The Ministry of Public Administration will scrutinise the existing quota system and inform the prime minister about it, said Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam on Monday, reports UNB.He said this while talking to reporters after a cabinet meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat where an unscheduled discussion on quota system was...

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Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader speaking at a press conference

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader speaking at a press conference after holding a meeting with a delegation of students demonstrating for job quota reform at the Secretariat in the city on Monday — Focus Bangla

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