University students and jobseekers yesterday staged demonstrations across the country, demanding reform of the existing quota system in government recruitment tests including Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination. We will continue our movement until our five-point demand is met and police withdraws the false case,” he said. At Rajshahi University, hundreds of students also brought out a procession around 10am to press home the same demand. The procession started from the university library and ended at Martyred Intellectual Memorial of the campus. Meanwhile, students of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology formed a human chain and organized a protest rally at the university library around 11am, demanding reform of the quota system and withdrawal of the case against the protesters.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 18, 2018 14:15 UTC