Police, baton charge, tearshells on job aspirants.
The age limit for entry into direct service was raised from 27 years to 30 years in 1992, the age limit for entry into freedom fighters and judicial service is 32. Nowadays human life expectancy has increased. The terrible corona virus, and session jams, seven colleges affiliated to Dhaka University, political unrest are disrupting the recruitment process due to various reasons. As a result of which almost graduation and post-graduation pass, about crores of students are unemployed and living inhuman life. Although the demand was raised in the parliament several times during the previous dictatorial regime, the government did not heed it. Instead, they tried to suppress it with police, cases, attack
During the covid 19 pandemic, almost all developed countries including India, Pakistan, China have raised the age limit for entry into employment. And about 162 countries of the developed world, the age limit for entering government jobs is much higher than that of Bangladesh. After passing out from various universities and preparing for jobs, they reach the age set by the government and live an inhumane life, being humiliated by the family and society.
Many brilliant students have committed suicide in frustration, as they cross the age limit of 30. And getting involved in various types of crime. Only because of the charter based education system, unemployment is on the rise. Unemployment is now the main problem in Bangladesh. If technical education expansion, and career oriented education were provided. If unemployment allowance, unsecured bank loans were arranged to eliminate unemployment, then such dire situation would not have arisen.
Since 2018, the government has failed many times in the age increase movement. Job aspirants just want an opportunity to evaluate their merit. After the fall of the previous fascist government, it tried to attract the attention of the interim government in various ways. No promising answer was found. As a result, even more disappointed, he announced a rally on the 30th. Thousands of job aspirants from all over Bangladesh started gathering at the foot of Raju Bhaskar in the country since morning. Then they stayed at Shahbagh. If no representative of the government contacts. They proceeded towards the Chief Adviser’s bus building. Takes place at the entrance to the residence.
He got into an altercation with law enforcement. Md. Anwar Hossain, the coordinator of the movement, said that the police suddenly rushed up, fired tearshells, sound grenades, lathicharges and bullets on them. About half a hundred job aspirants were seriously injured. At one point, the protestors continued to move ahead, ignoring the obstacles, while the police played a tolerant role, trying to convince them.
The job seeker’s representative demanded that a notification should be issued as soon as the age limit for entering the job is 35. In this context, the chief adviser said, “We brought down the fascist government and brought in the current government. May the long-running movement be put to an end in your hands as soon as possible. It quickly issued a notification to increase the age limit for entering government jobs to 35. Oblige us.
