Behind Bangladesh Protests, Rage Over Inequality
The video, taken this month, shows a Bangladeshi protester wearing a black T-shirt and standing on one side of an empty street. His arms are outstretched, and he is holding a stick in one hand.
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Bangladesh top court scraps job quotas that caused deadly unrest
The top court scales back – but does not abolish – a contentious quota system that sparked deadly protests.
Bangladesh top court to rule on government job quotas that sparked deadly clashes
What began as a protest against politicised admission quotas for sought-after government jobs snowballed this week into some of the worst unrest of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s tenure.
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Bangladesh army enforces curfew as students-led protests spiral
Bangladesh soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the capital Dhaka on Saturday during a curfew meant to quell deadly students-led protests against government job quotas that have killed at least 105 people this week.
Bangladesh imposes shutdown as death toll from student protests mounts
Communications blackout persists as deadly crackdown on demonstrators continues in the nation of 170 million.
Bangladesh Orders Curfew in Effort to Quell Deadly Unrest
The authorities in Bangladesh ordered a nationwide curfew and deployed the army as clashes between student-led protesters and the police and paramilitary forces killed dozens of people and brought Dhaka, the nation’s capital, to a halt.
Despite curfew, deaths mount in Bangladesh student protests over government jobs quota
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police imposed a strict curfew across Bangladesh and military forces patrolled parts of the capital Saturday to quell further violence after days of clashes over the allocation of government jobs left several people dead and hundreds injured.