Bangladesh court scraps most job quotas that caused deadly unrest: Reports

Bangladesh scraps most job quotas that sparked protests

Dismissing a lower court order, Bangladesh's Supreme Court has directed that 93 per cent of government jobs should be open to candidates on merit.

Bangladesh top court scraps most quotas after deadly protests

The Supreme Court ordered that the quota for veterans’ descendants be cut to 5 percent, with 93 percent of jobs to be allocated on merit.

Bangladesh's top court scales back jobs quota after more than 100 killed in protests

Protesters had been demanding the end of a quota system that reserved 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence.

Bangladesh's Supreme Court slashes govt job quota which caused deadly protests

The apex court in Bangladesh has drastically reduced a government job quota system that was responsible for street protests which claimed the lives of over 100 people and caused injuries to several hundreds of other people. The Supreme Court on Sunday virtually quashed the quota system after weeks of unrest across the nation between the demonstrators and police operatives who fought desperately to contain the situation. Students who feared a ble…

Bangladesh top court scraps most job quotas that triggered deadly protests

Student anger had been fuelled by measures that included reserving 30 per cent of government jobs for the families of independence fighters, which the Supreme Court has now dismissed

After many killed in unrest, Bangladesh top court scales back controversial government jobs quota

Bangladesh's top court on Sunday scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants, a partial victory for student protesters after days of nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and demonstrators that have killed scores of people.