Students are in no way govt’s opponents: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said students are not the government's opponents. He was speaking at a media briefing at the Awami League President's office at city's Dhanmandi. He said even after fulfilling the demands reagrding quotas in government jobs, a certain group

Govt to implement 14-party decision to ban Jamaat-Shibir: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the government will implement the decision of the 14-party alliance on banning Jamaat and its student wing Chhatra Shibir. "The government will implement the decision of 14-party alliance led by Awami League on banning Jamaat-Shibir after

Quader urges students not to create public sufferings

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Thursday urged the students, who are agitating to scrap the quota system in government service, to go back to their respective educational institutions stopping their movement that creates huge public sufferings. The government must take legal actions if

Quader urges students to return to classrooms

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader Wednesday urged the agitating students to return to their classrooms, saying the apex court will give a ‘realistic decision’ over the quota system in government jobs. He made the call at a press conference at the AL president's Dhanmondi political office here Wednesday afternoon. “The

Govt observing both quota, Prottoy scheme movements: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the government is ‘observing’ both the protests by students and job seekers against quotas in government jobs and the teachers’ ongoing movement to repeal the Prottoy pension scheme. “Everything will be solved on time. We [the government] are keeping an eye on the two

Quader warns against politicizing anti-quota movement

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Monday called upon students to avoid any agitation programme which causes public sufferings. “The quota system in government jobs is a subjudice matter. So, we have to wait until the final judgment of the court,” he said. “We think that

Movements over pension, quota being strictly monitored: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday said the university teachers’ movement over pension scheme and students’ agitation over quota system in government service are being strictly monitored. “We are deeply monitoring the situation of the teachers’ movement and agitation over quota system. Those

India is political friend while China dev friend: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Saturday said India is a political friend of Bangladesh while China has contributed a lot to the country as a development partner. Noting that Bangladesh will take opportunities from anywhere for the sake of the country’s development, he