Bangladesh protests pause, curfew in place

Dhaka, July 22 Streets appeared calm in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday, a day after the Supreme Court agreed to scrap most government job quotas that had angered student-led activists and led to deadly protests. Late on Sunday, protesters gave Bangladesh’s...

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Updated At : 11:52 AM Jul 23, 2024 IST

Dhaka, July 22

Streets appeared calm in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday, a day after the Supreme Court agreed to scrap most government job quotas that had angered student-led activists and led to deadly protests.

Late on Sunday, protesters gave Bangladesh’s government 48 hours to meet a string of new demands, including a public apology from PM Sheikh Hasina for the violence. But on Monday, most appeared to be obeying a curfew in cities that had seen regular demonstrations after a high court in June reinstated old quotas that reserved many state jobs for descendants of freedom fighters and other groups. — Reuters

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