Bangladesh top court scraps most quotas that caused deadly unrest

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has significantly reduced a controversial job quota system following a week of nationwide unrest that led to the deaths of more than 100 people, as reported by local media. Students have been protesting against a policy that allocated 30% of government jobs to descendants of veterans from Bangladesh’s War of Independence in […]

Deadly Unrest Over Job Quotas Engulfs Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Dhaka- Students equipped with sticks and cricket stumps, stood at the gates of Dhaka University, checking the identification of everyone entering. Outside, several police platoons were stationed to prevent acts of vandalism. By Wednesday afternoon, Bangladesh’s oldest university resembled a fortress, with opposing forces on either side of the gates, poised for unrest. The […]