- The government of Bangladesh imposed a national curfew and called in the Army to address protests.
- At least 67 people have been killed amid the demonstrations.
- Protesters are challenging a quota system that reserves many public sector jobs for relatives of veterans from the country’s war of independence.
- The United Nations has criticized the violence against protesters as shocking and unacceptable.
- Around 300 Bangladeshi police officers were injured during clashes with demonstrators.
- The protests were initially ignited by demands to reform the public sector employment quota system.
- Contention surrounds the 30% reservation of civil service jobs for the families of Freedom Fighters from the 1971 Liberation War.
- Violence escalated following attacks on protesters by the ruling party’s student wing, police, Border guards, and the paramilitary group RAB.
- The internet has been down for over 24 hours, and there are reports of over 100 deaths.
- Bangladesh is currently facing a cost of living crisis, high unemployment rates, and an increasingly authoritarian political system.
- The protests have evolved beyond quota reform to demands for accountability, justice, and the resignation of the government or Prime Minister.
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