Bangladesh Supreme Court Reduces Job Quotas Amid Deadly Student Protests
The Bangladesh Supreme Court has reduced civil service job quotas following violent student protests, maintaining a reservation for war veterans' relatives
21-07-2024Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Sunday reduced the civil service job quota system following weeks of student protests but stopped short of abolishing the policy entirely.
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin told AFP that the Supreme Court ruled the High Court's order to reinstate the quotas as "illegal." The new verdict allocates 93% of government jobs based on merit, reserving 7% for relatives of veterans from Bangladesh’s 1971 independence war and other designated categories.
In response to the unrest, authorities extended a nationwide curfew and authorized police to use "shoot-on-sight" orders. The violence and clashes have resulted in at least 133 deaths, including several police officers.
Here are the key developments:
The protests have shifted from a specific grievance about job quotas to a broader movement against Hasina’s government, in power since 2009, marking some of the worst violence in over a decade.
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