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.
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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.
Bangladesh shuts offices, imposes curfew to curb deadly job quota protests
DHAKA - Soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday (July 20) and the government ordered all offices and institutions to stay closed for two days after at least 114 people were killed this week during student-led protests against government job quotas.
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.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina cancels foreign trips following deadly clashes
This week’s violence has killed at least 105 people so far, based on a count of victims reported by hospitals, and poses a significant challenge to Hasina’s autocratic government after 15 years in office.
Pakistan says it arrested an al-Qaida leader who was a close aide to Osama bin Laden
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan counterterrorism police have arrested an al-Qaida leader who was a close aide to Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, officials said Friday.
Bangladesh sees widespread telecoms disruptions as student protests spiral: ‘it’s a war’
Sparked by student anger against the controversial quotas, the protests, some analysts say, are also being fuelled by economic woes, such as high inflation, growing unemployment and shrinking reserves of foreign exchange.
The bodies of 4 Pakistanis killed in the attack on a mosque in Oman have been returned home
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The bodies of four Pakistanis killed in an attack on a Shiite mosque in Oman this week have been repatriated and handed to their families, officials said Friday.