Once again there is chaos on the streets in Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ignored the ultimatum of apologising, after which the students have erupted in anger and have come out on the streets at many places against the government. Local students are demanding the release of their leaders.
Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday pared back, but fell short of public demands to abolish, contentious civil service hiring rules that sparked nationwide clashes between police and university students that have killed 151 people. What began as a protest against politicised admission quotas for sought-after government jobs snowballed this week into some of the worst
At least 133 people have died in Bangladesh protests Dhaka: Bangladesh’s top court was due to rule Sunday on the future of civil service hiring rules that sparked nationwide clashes between police and university students, killing 133 people. What began as a protest against politicised admission quotas for sought-after government jobs snowballed this week into
The protests, which began late last month, reached a boiling point earlier this week. New Delhi: Violence in Bangladesh has left over 130 dead as students demand reforms to a quota system governing the allocation of government jobs in the country. The protests intensified following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s controversial remarks, where she labelled the
Bangladesh Student Protests Photo : AP KEY HIGHLIGHTS More than 30 people have died as thousands of students clashed with armed police in Bangladesh At least 19 lost their lives on Thursday The protest, over the allocation of government jobs, resulted in a country-wide internet blackout More than 30 people have died as thousands of
Bangladesh Quota Protest: Violence Grips Dhaka As 18 More People Killed In Clashes (Representational Image) Photo : AP Dhaka: At least 18 more people were killed and over 2,500 injured in Bangladesh on Thursday, media reports said, as violence escalated in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere over student protests demanding quota system reform for government