On Sunday, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had ignited nationwide unrest.
The decision, which was abolished in 2018, was reinstated last month, leading to a wave of protests and a crackdown.The verdict followed a series of deadly clashes, leading to a curfew and a communications blackout.scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had ignited nationwide unrest. The unrest led to deadly clashes between police and student protesters, resulting in over 100 deaths in the past week.
The government abolished the quotas following student protests in 2018, but Bangladesh’s High Court reinstated them last month. This decision triggered a new wave of demonstrations, which were met with a harsh crackdown, including a curfew and a communications blackout that isolated the country of 170 million people from the world.
The military patrolled the streets of Dhaka alongside riot police and thousands of Border Guard personnel, as authorities banned all gatherings amid rising casualties. Inamul Haq Sagar, spokesman for the police, told Arab News: “We are on the highest alert across the country to maintain law and order.”
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