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Hasina abolishes quota system to recruit civil servants

Bangladesh’s decades-old system of reserving a large chunk of seats in the civil service exam for people under various “quotas” is set to end. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced on Wednesday that the much-debated quota system would be abolished. Hasina’s announcement came in a parliamentary session against the backdrop of a large-scale student movement that […]

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