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Curfew still in place in Bangladesh

today25 July, 2024

Background

Bangladesh’s government says it will only take a call on lifting a nationwide curfew – that has been in place for over a week now – if no clashes are reported on Friday. Hundreds have been killed in protests that started last week over demands that a quota system for government jobs be scrapped. The country’s Supreme Court has drastically brought down the number of reserved jobs but students say they want more. Neha Poonia has more.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen